man it would've been nice if the dems ever had a plan for SCOTUS other than "win every election till a bunch of justices die of old age again, hope we have the executive, house, and senate with untouchable majorities then, and hope they don't roll back too many rights anyway till that happens" - ThreadSky

spacetwinks.bsky.social • 2 days ago

man it would've been nice if the dems ever had a plan for SCOTUS other than "win every election till a bunch of justices die of old age again, hope we have the executive, house, and senate with untouchable majorities then, and hope they don't roll back too many rights anyway till that happens"

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savealifamily.bsky.social•2 days ago

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Amid the bombing and danger, there is no hope of returning to school, and their dreams are fading.
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werechicken.bsky.social•2 days ago

Even when they had all that they did jack shit because the Senate parliamentarian and Chuck Schumer kept shooting it down.

Now they are courting two whole Cheneys.

kj1313.bsky.social•2 days ago

Either pack or abolish. Those are the only 2 options.

aleanbhvixstag.bsky.social•2 days ago

"bUt tHeN ThEy wILl pAcK iT tOO!" cry the do-nothings...

cowardlylafaard.bsky.social•2 days ago

And when it happens they'll aim to install "moderate" Republicans and other GOP allies like Garland.

katzratz.bsky.social•2 days ago

tbh the part that's wild to me is that I've seen people (especially you) saying this for so long

it's not like this problem came out of nowhere, there's been years of this happening

wordlight.bsky.social•2 days ago

I mean, "win every election ever" was also their plan for dealing with pretty much every other problem in government. Reforms might curtail their own power, or make corporations sad

norbertmadao.bsky.social•2 days ago

It's hilarious that Biden (or more likely one of his babysitters) actually did come out in favor for court packing... when he had like 5 minutes left in his presidency.

sixfortyfive.bsky.social•2 days ago

Impeaching multiple justices the next time the Dems have the numbers is the only feasibly quick way out of this, but you know they'll never even consider it.

expatriot.bsky.social•2 days ago

Maybe we'll get lucky and something will happen to remove several of them from office during a dem admin

expatriot.bsky.social•2 days ago

The animated one is better

lachlanthesane.bsky.social•2 days ago

Impeaching Roberts for his blatant corruption would have been so easy during the Biden administration. Then at least they would only have to deal with a *slim* majority of monsters.

biteren.bsky.social•2 days ago

I wanna have hope, the news today roughed me up.

spm1961.bsky.social•2 days ago

i used to laugh at the "general strike" ppl over on twitter but the thought of today's democratic party being tasked w/expanding SCOTUS makes me realize those folks absolutely had the right idea.

tyrotcm.bsky.social•2 days ago

I'm still pissed at Ginsburg

spacetwinks.bsky.social•2 days ago

it was the problem that was just ticking away this whole time. even in the universe where dems took all three in 2024, SCOTUS was still there, and everybody in charge of the party didn't want to do anything but hope somebody else did something about it. so SCOTUS would still do shit.

ganondalf.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yeah I mean there was a period where the question was that if Kamala won, would they have to defy the Roberts court to let her take office

spacetwinks.bsky.social•2 days ago

it just drives me fucking crazy the plan really was "win every election and hope the court doesn't do some rulings that suppress our votes to a degree we can't win in the next 8-12 years"

spacetwinks.bsky.social•2 days ago

a plan of "have world's greatest run of luck at blackjack table" combined with "my enemies who want me dead suddenly decide to be nice to me for no reason"

spacetwinks.bsky.social•2 days ago

like. even if they had all three, if SCOTUS flipped them the bird anyway and did bullshit rulings, what were they gonna do about it?

we already knew it was gonna be "hope really hard roberts reins them in/somebody else fixes the problem" and avoiding any other way to chip away at their power.

zyla.top•2 days ago

run lots of articles that "actually amy coney barrett is a hell of a feminist"

wowcoolrobot.bsky.social•2 days ago

they had 2008 - 2010, and the Supreme Court overturning a presidential election based on highly suspect behavior from Florida was in very recent memory and they didn't even talk about about either issue

spacetwinks.bsky.social•2 days ago

a political vision and strategy of "hope everything just sort of works out perfectly for us for the next 8-12 years and then we can do something when some old guys die again". good lord.

adalore.bsky.social•2 days ago

I am so desperate for a president that will tear up and reform the branch with the gold "do anything" ticket the supreme court gave the executive.

spm1961.bsky.social•2 days ago

sadly, dems hope for '28 is to run on "we follow the rules and respect law and order", which i think will be a disaster for them against the republicans at this point, even taking into account how insane the GOP has become.

even most normie libs want dems to take the gloves off at this point.

adalore.bsky.social•2 days ago

we'll see if that is true, it depends on how explosive the midterms are. Mamdani might be a sign we are in for something that isn't the worst timeline constantly.

cwilhelm24.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yeah, I am ready for a supreme court of three following six Official Presidential Acts.

striderhlc.bsky.social•2 days ago

In retrospect it continues to be clear that “win every election forever” is the only plan they’ve ever had

nathrach.bsky.social•2 days ago

RBG fucked us

The Hubris of the Olds keeps fucking us

queersatanic.bsky.social•2 days ago

“pragmatism”

soccerdaddy.bsky.social•2 days ago

Democrats have to believe in the sanctity of the separation of powers, and to not Politicize The Court. Republicans don't need to believe this, but they get to act aghast when Dems aren't sufficiently deferential. No idea who made the rules, I only report them.

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