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Democrats, while better than republicans in this regard, are also to blame. It is not one or the other.
by chabes 4mo ago
Democrats, while better than republicans in this regard, are also to blame. It is not one or the other.
- platevoltage 4mo agoCould you elaborate?
- miltonlost 4mo 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 4mo agoHow so? The judiciary is stacked with compromised individuals. the republicans did this.
- chabes 4mo 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 4mo agoObama and Biden should have done more. But they are not responsible for the malicious and calculated mess that has followed.
- litoE 4mo 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 4mo agoObama could have done more to pressure RBG to retire into a friendly Senate.
- nosioptar 4mo 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 4mo agoI wasn’t aware of that - thank you.
- nosioptar 4mo 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 4mo 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 4mo agoIt’s their job to spot the rotten ones and block them. Everyone who voted for him is culpable.