teqniq
DisMembered
I dunno, do they shut up shop for the summer like they do here?
Supreme Court Ruling time again
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bcuster
Well-Known Member
Yes, I think so
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hang the bankers
Ming
I shot a man in Reno...
Mitch McConnell must be ecstatic. He blocked Obama's nomination for a bullshit reason then allowed a Trump nomination ignoring the reason for the previous objection. He's one of the most responsible for the 6-3 majority in the SCOTUS. I saw him say in a Q&A session once in response to a question about how he'd evaluate Democratic candidates for the court and he just said 'oppose them'. No discussion of the merits or suitability of the judge in question. Just 'oppose them'. That cynical discipline is why Republicans win so much. They don't seem to have any better angels. Bit like the Tories.
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
When has Trump ever shied away from being extreme? He's proven that there's no low to which he won't go.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
And hobbes?
Jeff Robinson
Marxist-Lentilist: Jackboots and Jackfruit
Useful diagram here, although the use of 'possibly' is important, as SCOTUS has made itself the arbiter of what constitutes an "official vs unofficial act" - they will gerrymander the meaning of that distinction depending on whether it is a Reublican vs Democratic President in office:
Jeff Robinson
Marxist-Lentilist: Jackboots and Jackfruit
Jeff Robinson
Marxist-Lentilist: Jackboots and Jackfruit
Yes, for fucks sake - have a plan! Reform the court, expand the court, abolish the court - DO FUCKING SOMETHING. Yes, its bad, its fucking awful, its been that way for ages, DO SOMETHING, AT LEAST HAVE A POLICY!
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Too little too late
gosub
~#
It was the petty politicking under Cromwell that lead him to come down in favour the devine right of Kings...They reached their own conclusions but Leviathan was defo on the founding fathers reading list...and they were pretty certain the war of independence wasn't about exchanging one King for a home grown one.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
You've never seen the cartoon 'Calvin and hobbes' then
Gromit
International Man of Misery
Biden is still currently President yes?
They've just given him the power to dissolve the supreme court. Replace it with one of his own making and then get them to make a ruling that only presidents named Joe Biden can break the law.
WouldBe
Dislicksick
I was going to suggest he could repeal the law but your idea sounds better.
teqniq
DisMembered
Ain't gonna happen but what a wonderful idea.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
He'll do feck all and hand the Presidency to Trump.
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
Democrats move to expand Supreme Court after Trump immunity ruling
Democratic lawmakers are pushing to expand the court, impose a binding code of conduct and pass term limits in response to the court's ruling.
www.newsweek.com
Not sure they've actually 'moved' to do anything - some calling for it
they're going to have to be bloody quick though - can't see them changing anything in time for Trump to reverse it when he gets in
eta; and it's a bit fucking late it's been obvious since Biden got in they needed to do it.
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moochedit
I'm not feeding seagulls
They need two thirds for a constitutional amendment so no they don't.
moochedit
I'm not feeding seagulls
I think i read they can change the court max limit of members with a regular law but i think the repubs control one of the chambers iirc
Jeff Robinson
Marxist-Lentilist: Jackboots and Jackfruit
I find it so infuriating that the fanatical edicts issued by this court are treated with such reverence. Sure, Biden and others criticise these rulings, but act as if there’s nothing to do to challenge them because they’re law. Whilst a constitutional democracy should be premised on a strong presumption of judicial independence, there comes a point where judges are acting so blatantly in a partisan manner and threatening the very foundations of democracy that intervention becomes necessary. The separation of powers is a safeguard against the concentration of power in one branch of government, it isn’t a suicide pact.
After SCOTUS upheld slavery in Dred Scott, Lincoln went to war with the South. When SCOTUS attempted to hobble FDR’s new deal in a series of extreme laissez faire rulings, FDR threatened to pack the court and they backed down quick.
Now SCOTUS has laid the constitutional blueprint for American fascism. It’s time to act against them fast before it’s too late.
After SCOTUS upheld slavery in Dred Scott, Lincoln went to war with the South. When SCOTUS attempted to hobble FDR’s new deal in a series of extreme laissez faire rulings, FDR threatened to pack the court and they backed down quick.
Now SCOTUS has laid the constitutional blueprint for American fascism. It’s time to act against them fast before it’s too late.
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Superdupastupor
fun to funky
No joke, as pointed out above this is a bona fide Enabling Act..
I can only hope Trump is too self-interested to realise the extent of decision.
I can only hope Trump is too self-interested to realise the extent of decision.
Jeff Robinson
Marxist-Lentilist: Jackboots and Jackfruit
Fucking idiots, signing their own and, possibly many others, death warrants.
www.rollingstone.com
Biden Campaign Brushes Off Idea of Reforming the Supreme Court
Biden surrogates brushed off questions about reining in the court, while emphasizing the gravity of a second Trump term.
www.rollingstone.com
Karl Masks
Birds Angel Delight
It's excruciating to watch Sideshow Bob walk through a field of rakesFucking idiots, signing their own and, possibly many others, death warrants.
Biden Campaign Brushes Off Idea of Reforming the Supreme Court
Biden surrogates brushed off questions about reining in the court, while emphasizing the gravity of a second Trump term.
Jeff Robinson
Marxist-Lentilist: Jackboots and Jackfruit
They are turkeys voting for Christmas.
People might think the stuff about the court empowering Trump to use the military to murder his opponents or stage a military coup are hyperbole. They’re not. The court did not deny that’s what they did, Trump’s lawyers did not deny that’s what they were arguing for that.. And law professors agree that is an effect of the ruling:
The ruling is as terrifying as it sounds.
As a Brit observing this I’m baffled. Not so much by the ruling itself given how fanatical the court is (though in all honesty I’m still shocked by how extreme this decision is) but more the non-response of politicians to it. Biden’s was basically like: “the Supreme Court just made the president king, so vote for me to be the good king instead of trump the bad king”.
How is that an adequate response to such a maniacal deterioration of democratic norms?
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