CalvinBall wrote:It is going to be 6-3. Mitch's email to his caucus makes that clear, if it wasn't already.

Incredible that only one of those 6 republican appointments will have come from a President who won the majority of votes in an election. 30 years and it is clear that the majority of Americans did not vote for this. Yet, in arguably the most powerful branch of our government will be entrenched with the minority. It is broken.

06hawkalum wrote:

The Savior wrote:

da_bad_ass wrote:

The Savior wrote:Not sure if it’s wise to campaign on this, but the Dems should do nothing short but pack the federal courts with more judges and the SC. Make them pay. May the courts reflect the majority.

i generally support packing the courts in theory but its a double edged sword. whenever a conservative gets in power they'd just do the same shit. slippery slope, even tho i hate the term.

Better to be the one who fires the nuke first

Yup, we are "over the hill" as a democratic nation and already flying down that slippery slope. It's just a matter of time before the GOP expands the courts. Dems best do it first. Eventually the court-packing will grow intolerable for both sides and some sort ot bi-partisan legislation or Constitutional amendment will pass to limit the size of each level of the federal court system.

It also crossed my mind that, even though it seems a ridiculous thought at the moment, we may live to see the drafting of a new Constitution because the current one was only effective when people of good will represented us in the Senate. Even 25 years ago the Senate was largely a centrist body. Now it is just a smaller House of Reps.

CalvinBall wrote:It is going to be 6-3. Mitch's email to his caucus makes that clear, if it wasn't already.

Incredible that only one of those 6 republican appointments will have come from a President who won the majority of votes in an election. 30 years and it is clear that the majority of Americans did not vote for this. Yet, in arguably the most powerful branch of our government will be entrenched with the minority. It is broken.

jerseyhoya wrote:

CalvinBall wrote:It is going to be 6-3. Mitch's email to his caucus makes that clear, if it wasn't already.

Incredible that only one of those 6 republican appointments will have come from a President who won the majority of votes in an election. 30 years and it is clear that the majority of Americans did not vote for this. Yet, in arguably the most powerful branch of our government will be entrenched with the minority. It is broken.

Pretty sure Thomas, Roberts and Alito are three justices, not one

06hawkalum wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:

CalvinBall wrote:It is going to be 6-3. Mitch's email to his caucus makes that clear, if it wasn't already.

Incredible that only one of those 6 republican appointments will have come from a President who won the majority of votes in an election. 30 years and it is clear that the majority of Americans did not vote for this. Yet, in arguably the most powerful branch of our government will be entrenched with the minority. It is broken.

Pretty sure Thomas, Roberts and Alito are three justices, not one

Dubya did not win the popular vote in 2000.

thephan wrote:On a CNN scroll I see that Trump wants to announce a nominee before the first debate

Bill McNeal wrote:Someone stole my Biden yard sign last night. Didn’t touch my other two. There are three others around me and two of those were stolen as well and someone from a neighboring town posted on a local message board hers was stolen as well. So I’m guess some loser drove around for hours last night stealing only Biden signs, since it’s only Biden I’m also assuming it wasn’t a high school kid, it was a grown ass adult who loves trump so much he felt he needed to do that. What a fucking loser.

Slowhand wrote:Somebody’s Ring camera probably caught something.

momadance wrote:

Wolfgang622 wrote:

Slowhand wrote:

SixerLed3 wrote:Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died at the age of 87.

Well that’s not good.

What a fucking disaster.

Civil war imminent.

Wolfgang622 wrote:I mean I *think* I know this is me just being an overly paranoid drama queen, but honestly at this moment I feel that this has us actually at the brink of civil war. If there were a call for enlistments right now, I am kind of thinking I would have to die for what this country ought to be.

I don't know you, but I'm glad your're constituents are smart.

Bill McNeal wrote:Someone stole my Biden yard sign last night. Didn’t touch my other two. There are three others around me and two of those were stolen as well and someone from a neighboring town posted on a local message board hers was stolen as well. So I’m guess some loser drove around for hours last night stealing only Biden signs, since it’s only Biden I’m also assuming it wasn’t a high school kid, it was a grown ass adult who loves trump so much he felt he needed to do that. What a #$!&@ loser.

The Savior wrote:Statehood first PR and DC should now be a day one focus for Dems. Losing the court in the short term sucks but making it significantly more difficult for this to all happen again long term is far better.

Simple as that.

Vote for our republic people.

06hawkalum wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:

CalvinBall wrote:It is going to be 6-3. Mitch's email to his caucus makes that clear, if it wasn't already.

Incredible that only one of those 6 republican appointments will have come from a President who won the majority of votes in an election. 30 years and it is clear that the majority of Americans did not vote for this. Yet, in arguably the most powerful branch of our government will be entrenched with the minority. It is broken.

Pretty sure Thomas, Roberts and Alito are three justices, not one

Dubya did not win the popular vote in 2000.