one of the worst parts about america right now is the court and justice system is completely taken over by far right activist judges and there’s not really a democrat/leftist response to this at all right now
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There could be, but everyone is somehow too moral to engage in violence, but they'll sit and watch it happen in the form of capitalism, over policing, the housing market disappearing, our medical rights vanish, the debt trap, for profit schooling/health-care and genocide.
The majority of Dems are millionaires, just like the Cons, and they don’t give a fuck about us. They will idly stand to the side for an extra dime so the rich can grind our bones.
Worse, conservatives got here by spending decades meticulously building this system. It will take a similar effort from liberals to counter it, which means we may not see the payoff in our lifetimes, and so far there's no evidence they have the drive to even contemplate an undertaking on this scale.
This is a global strategy. In Spain it was started by a right wing government in 2000. It takes years to implement, but it works and gives enormous power to impose their policies. Now in 2024 we are seeing in Spain how Justice is acting as one of their arms. Very dangerous for democracy.
McConnell was relentless and the Dems came out looking so weak.
It was infuriating watching what went down during Obama's last two years. Less than 30% of judges being approved is pathetic. Then the GOP just steamrolled nominations with Trump in office.
If I were hypothetically taking over (THIS IS A JOKE AND NOT AN ACTIONABLE THREAT), I would reverse all the anti-trans legislature and then spend the rest of my time getting revenge on my enemies.
Anyone formerly registered Republican would lose their voting rights.
If Trump just replaces Alito and Thomas in the next 4 years, the Supreme Court will have a Trump-appointed majority for what is likely the rest of my life.
Ok well even if the American left WASN’T weak AF rn, no leftist of any kind would have any hope of becoming a judge in a high enough position of power+democrats are totally fine with far right Republican judges anyway.
At SCOTUS yes. And there's def more crazy from RW than LW. It's a legit problem. But you can't say "completely taken over" When over the last 8 years, equal number of fed judges has been appointed by Dem as GOP, and over the last 32 years, Dems have had POTUS for 20
The problem here is that the American notion of "right" and "left" is fundamentally diseased by dint of the two-party system. The United States does not have a right and a left party. It has a far-right party and a center-right party that occasionally panders to liberalism.
The Democratic Party's response was to elect 220 judges over the period of Biden's administration. I'm not sure what other sort of response there is, beyond also making sure you vote in all your local elections, because a lot of places elect judges.
There's not a Democrat response to anything because our country descending into a far-right hell scape benefits the democrats. We need to build up a new party or literally stage a coup against the DNC leadership
If only The Dems spent the last couple of years growing a backbone to push back against this type of shit, but instead they just kept trying to meet all these far right fuckheads halfway for some stupid reason.
I don't think there will be another election or at least one where there is a chance they will lose, probably the rules wiil change so much that will be impossible for another party to win
Lets drop the accommodating title....they are NOT judges, (much less justices). They are a panel of sycophants, craven to the Right Wing Oligarchy, groomed, bought and paid for by the Theocracy Branch.
The Democrats simply did not have the same level of multi pronged attack the GOP did. Its crazy how unprepared they were for fascism when they have been openly planning and executing their plan
Pro business/anti-labor legislation directly benefits every single one of the top 1% Dem donors who bankroll the entire party. Of course they aren’t going to fight it.
Why do you think all the Kamala rhetoric shifted to “securing the border” and shit like that after they started their closed door fundraiser campaigns across the country? Hell the DNC itself knows this.
It's almost cute. I can be pretty cynical but writing it off as them not caring or colluding just doesn't really ring true. I think it's a kind of naïvete that good always triumphs.
Yeah I think so too but not in that way. Even in the old members, I just see starry-eyed children who think their strength lies in being the best rule followers of everyone
How could they possibly have been prepared for voters wanting fascism so bad that they voted for a convicted felon?
It was clear from the recent campaign that they think conservatives are rational people that can be appealed to. And not what they are, fools in the grip of mass hysteria.
They've not been unprepared. The purpose of a system is what it does. Democrats do not oppose the GOP in any meaningful way, but they will summon all of their resources to arrest any leftist momentum.
Liberals in particular can’t conceive of stating that the democratic process in America has failed in some way. They’ve been cowering from the “the left hates America” jab for so long that the right is able to just pummel everything else with impunity.
One of the few parts of The West Wing I actually agree with is during the reelection when Bruno rants about the way liberal Democrats just cave to Republicans, effectively making them the same. https://youtu.be/Qyt0BGAV5rY?si=pIiG16Y_70kCYYvR
I don't think I've ever heard a Democrat criticize the Federalist Society, much less call for its members to be stricken from consideration for judicial appointment or even jobs as lawyers. They're not even bothering to create a competing liberal judicial organization.
I've been saying for a while now that the Democrat strategy needs to get just as ugly as the GOP if they want to effectively fight it. Trying to be nice is a nothing burger in the eyes of brainrot victims that only believe in "might makes right"
I do not think the Democrats do enough, but this post really neglects to mention how liberals spent the whole election cycle telling people the danger of letting Republicans win and appoint judges, only to have the people change the topic, and now those people are acting like there was no warning...
Guess who couldn't confirm judges if they weren't elected?
Republicans.
Literally even if the choice is nothing (which isn't true anyways) or absolute shitshow, and people are like oh well, not voting, It's not exactly only the democrats fault.
The difficult thing is that a leftist judicial system would need to be so much different than the cruel and self-worsening system we have now.
A leftist response would either face immense attacks from the rest of the judicial system, or need to compromise with the world worst bastards.
I know, that's why stating a difference between reforming the judicial system into a better one (but facing attacks while doing it) and trying to do good while still under that system (but having to compromise)
hello i am from department of vote, we saw that you recently voted for things to get better but we regret to inform you the racist senator from a state no one cares about decided to vote against things getting better. things will now in fact get worse.
Did you consider the fact that the Russian billionaires behind this were put into power by American economists and politicians? It was called "shock therapy".
Democrats are corpo shills. Top brass are beneficiaries whichever way this goes UNLESS a class-based movement takes hold and results in accountability and the dismantling of the two tiered justice and economic system. They’re working together.
Two opinions battled: 1) the Constitution says what it says, and 2) the Constitution says whatever we want it to say. 80% of the American public chose #1, the side you hate. I suppose that must be tough.
There really need to be center/center-left parallels to the Federalist Society, Heritage, Hoover, Cato, etc that work to bring things back to some semblance of sanity. The far right have been working at this for decades, and it will probably take decades to fix, and it needs to be organized.
There is a Democrat response. It's called the "Roll Over and Take It" plan. It's where they just give up on protecting our rights and let the Republicans do trans genocide.
The communist response is pretty self-evident. It's a matter of class consciousness of the masses growing to gain legitimacy, and then we take up the instruments in which political power grows from and dismantle these institutions.
It's not a near-term, neat response, but it is a response.
How useful is that in this particular point in time? Not very. But, these institutions actively prevent 'leftist' solutions to these kinds of problems. It's not what anyone wants to hear, but it's the truth.
Democrats could do things in the system, but we all know they won't.
If the communist response does not materially help the targets of fascist oppression in the near term, it's not a useful response. Hell, it barely even classifies as a "response" at all.
There's also the community support, bail funds, etc.. But those aren't solutions to the problem, they're solutions to the symptoms so I didn't mention them.
Those materially help the targets(of which, communists are also targets, I might add), but that's not fixing the problem.
Who said anything about right-wing voters? Well over a third of this country doesn't vote. Democrats can become class conscious, given time. And this problem isn't going to be fixed by voting, anyhow.
In both your responses, it's just defeatism, is that your response to the problem?
unfortunately the democrat response to this was during trumps first term, when Schumer agreed to fast track hundreds of his judge appointments so they could all go on vacation.
he is doing what he and his party considers valuable, otherwise he/they would be doing something else. they run a fundraising machine, not an opposition party
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It was infuriating watching what went down during Obama's last two years. Less than 30% of judges being approved is pathetic. Then the GOP just steamrolled nominations with Trump in office.
Feels like it'd take a generation to recoop.
People keep telling me “well, you just want a system where your people are on top and your enemies get the boot” and I’m just like…
Yes!
Anyone formerly registered Republican would lose their voting rights.
https://bsky.app/profile/chrisgeidner.bsky.social/post/3lcyu4qhpks2r
It's what Trump would do.
"No queens! No abortions! NO SELLING THINGS TO THE ONION!"
The wealthy would much prefer regulatory capture and gerrymandering to the capricious destruction of fascism.
The rule of law is the coziest sense of security the rich can have.
It was clear from the recent campaign that they think conservatives are rational people that can be appealed to. And not what they are, fools in the grip of mass hysteria.
https://youtu.be/Qyt0BGAV5rY?si=pIiG16Y_70kCYYvR
The right wing infects everything with poison
Republicans.
Literally even if the choice is nothing (which isn't true anyways) or absolute shitshow, and people are like oh well, not voting, It's not exactly only the democrats fault.
A leftist response would either face immense attacks from the rest of the judicial system, or need to compromise with the world worst bastards.
dont forget to vote next time. donate too.
"what are we, Russia?"
It's not a near-term, neat response, but it is a response.
Democrats could do things in the system, but we all know they won't.
Those materially help the targets(of which, communists are also targets, I might add), but that's not fixing the problem.
They want this. They've shown for a very long time this is what they want.
In both your responses, it's just defeatism, is that your response to the problem?