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And you have only one party to blame for this, it also predates all the Trump unhinged cases/decisons and even his first mandate. Republicans simply suceeded i
by throw101010 5mo ago
And you have only one party to blame for this, it also predates all the Trump unhinged cases/decisons and even his first mandate.
Republicans simply suceeded in their plan to take over the federal judiciary branch from the top, in great part with the help of the Federalist Society.
The only answer if Democrats ever take power back is to pack the court now, no amount of unwritten rules following and norms respecting can work against people who abuse the system and packed the court themselves (by unjustifiably blocking candidates nominations which would have balanced the court, for years)
- chabes 5mo agoDemocrats, while better than republicans in this regard, are also to blame. It is not one or the other.
- platevoltage 5mo agoCould you elaborate?
- miltonlost 5mo agoNah, it's really just Republicans doing all the corruption these days at the SUpreme Court. Unless you can provide some decent examples of Democrats. You seem to be bothsidesing the issue when McConnell stole multiple seats.
- lostlogin 5mo agoHow so? The judiciary is stacked with compromised individuals. the republicans did this.
- chabes 5mo agoObama should have picked a replacement for RBG. Biden and the democratic congress should have done more to get the judiciary back in line. They had their opportunities.
- lostlogin 5mo agoObama and Biden should have done more. But they are not responsible for the malicious and calculated mess that has followed.
- litoE 5mo agoRBG passed away while Trump was president. Obama did pick a replacement for Antonin Scalia though: Merrick Garland. Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refused to even give Garland a hearing arguing it was "too close to the presidential election", even though Obama's term had about one year to go.
- UncleMeat 5mo agoObama could have done more to pressure RBG to retire into a friendly Senate.
- nosioptar 5mo agoClearance Thomas was confirmed 52-48, with 11 dems voting in favor [0]. He wouldn't have been confirmed without dem votes. (The other five shitheads would have been confirmed without dem votes if I'm not mistaken.) [0] https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1021/vote_102_1_00220.htm https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1...
- lostlogin 5mo agoI wasn’t aware of that - thank you.
- nosioptar 5mo agoNo worries. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely blame the republicans for the state of the court. I'm just saying the dems have some shit on their hands too.
- apothegm 5mo agoClarence Thomas was confirmed in a very different era of politics, when the long term right wing strategy was only just beginning to take root; the vituperative rhetoric was still on the comparative fringe of talk radio; and cooperation was still the norm from both sides.
- lostlogin 5mo agoIt’s their job to spot the rotten ones and block them. Everyone who voted for him is culpable.
- watwut 5mo agoThis is downvoted, but true.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 5mo agoI wonder if a two-party race to the ethical bottom is the only way to fix things because if underhanded unethical tactics only benefit one party then they won't want to fix it.