republicans calling any judge they disagree with an “activist judge” is great framing from a political perspective and democrats should absolutely co-opt that language about far right judges
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I remember hearing so much about stacking the court with “Christian” and “pro-life” judges growing up in a religious conservative environment. Like they were (and are) so open about it. That’s the exact definition of “activist judge” lol
Calling a far right judge an activist judge might call into question the legitimacy of our court system and upset Republicans voters who might possibly vote for a democrat someday so the focus group says that message for dem is a no go
They should be taking all the same tactics the chuds use and reframing them from a progressive standpoint but they'd rather spend $20 million looking for the 'liberal Joe Rogan'
I say this will full seriousness, if the US wants to see actual progress after all this is said and done then we need to do exactly what trump is doing but to the right people.
deport republicans to siberia.
threaten russia with annexation.
blast on live tv how anyone that is right wing is stupid.
Genuine question: Would the Supreme Court looking at this be what makes them go "yeah no buddy, too far; too fucking far" and undo their ruling on his conviction? Or would a person enabled by the rhetoric enough to try to cause harm be what causes them to reverse the decision?
At the same time, it’s an alarming breakdown of our judicial system, paving the way for unlawful & unconstitutional policies down the road. However, if we survive this, does that mean we get to ignore the Constitution too & take everybody’s guns away when the pendulum swings the other direction or?
They are rightwing themselves. They aren’t trying to oppose it. They’re trying to just occupy the space were opposition would otherwise be, to make sure there’s never any real opposition.
This isn’t about them being stupid or incompetent. They know what they’re doing, and they do it well.
Yeah weird how when there was a Dem majority every second op-ed was condemning them for supposedly “legislating from the bench”, but now the Roberts court is completely upending centuries of constitutional jurisprudence it’s barely being mentioned …
It is factually true based on the data that a given person of color prosecuted for the same crime by either a Republican backed judge or a Democrat the Republican judge will sentence them to statistically a much more life ruining sentence. I hate how long judges and sherriffs have been ignored
Like Milwaukee is the bluest area in the state and they elected a sheriff who murdered people in his jails by turning off their water. Letting them die of dehydration with water flowing through pipes in the wall inches away. We can’t pretend these people aren’t insane partisan monsters
the creepy judges, the weirdos, you know the ones, they all nourish far right ideas like eugenics and white exceptionalism, most of them can be found next to epstein in photos, they each have a stepford wife that looks three decades younger than them
They can’t, because they themselves love rightwing judges, and don’t want to attack them.
We don’t need Democrats to do better; we need whole new Democrats. We have to identify the rightwing (fiscally conservative) Democrats and exile them forever.
Except "activism" is generally a good thing. They've co-opted it and turned it into something negative (like they did with "woke" and many other progressive terms). We need to call them what they really are, which is fascist judges
The problem is, ultimately they don't really care what you call them. They use the "activist judges" label to rile up their own base. They're not concerned with what labels we slap on them. Half the time, they flip them around and wear them with pride (remember "deplorables"?)
I'm not talking about the judges, I'm talking about whoever you're hoping to sway. Right-wingers in general. The Fox News crowd. They're never going to hear your arguments anyway.
Yeah. Moderates are too out of the loop to know there's a conversation at all, and far-right types will support open rapists and bigots. Conservatives don't give a fuck unless leftists are involved
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deport republicans to siberia.
threaten russia with annexation.
blast on live tv how anyone that is right wing is stupid.
democrats, by and large, are only capable of accepting right wing framing; they simply believe it & are incapable of using those structures tactically
This isn’t about them being stupid or incompetent. They know what they’re doing, and they do it well.
Stop being polite
It’s our democracy on the line
#StopTrump
We don’t need Democrats to do better; we need whole new Democrats. We have to identify the rightwing (fiscally conservative) Democrats and exile them forever.
As it is this is not an ideal world and using their term would be much more effective in decrying judicial overreach.