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How so? The judiciary is stacked with compromised individuals. the republicans did this.
by lostlogin 5mo ago
How 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.