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bdamomma

(63,836 posts) Tue Sep 25, 2018, 10:03 PM Sep 2018

Is the Supreme Court the Next

institution to be taken down by corruption by the treasonous repigs???? Sounds like a Putin tactic.

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Is the Supreme Court the Next (Original Post) bdamomma Sep 2018 OP

Yep. Bought and paid for dalton99a Sep 2018 #1

Good question! imanamerican63 Sep 2018 #2

Democrats are going to have a choice: admit that the idea of it being a noble institution RockRaven Sep 2018 #3

The court's legitimacy should be questioned by all Democrats. Dawson Leery Sep 2018 #5

And then the Republicans will "adjust" the court next fescuerescue Sep 2018 #7

The SCOTUS has been of questionable legitimacy since Bush v Gore. roamer65 Sep 2018 #4

There should be NO position in government that is a lifetime appointment. democratisphere Sep 2018 #6

America, as we understand it, will change dramatically eleny Sep 2018 #8

dalton99a

(81,451 posts)

1. Yep. Bought and paid for

Reply to bdamomma (Original post)

Tue Sep 25, 2018, 10:05 PM

Sep 2018

imanamerican63

(13,776 posts)

2. Good question!

Reply to bdamomma (Original post)

Tue Sep 25, 2018, 10:05 PM

Sep 2018

RockRaven

(14,958 posts)

3. Democrats are going to have a choice: admit that the idea of it being a noble institution

Reply to bdamomma (Original post)

Tue Sep 25, 2018, 10:11 PM

Sep 2018

is now a myth (and has been certainly since the Merrick Garland episode) and will be forever more because that is how the GOP reliably operates in our lifetimes, or pretend that the noble institution can be reinstated even though we must suffer a generation of harm before we have even a chance of clawing back this idealized entity.

To me the choice is clear. SCOTUS has been torn from it's pedestal and cast into the gutter by the GOP. Wake up and accept that, and fight back with whatever tactics the GOP would use if the positions were reversed.

I think if the Dems take the House, Senate, and White House in 2020, they should strongly consider packing SCOTUS by adding 2 or even 4 seats, even if they have to nuke the legislative filibuster to accomplish it. And apolitical, impartial judiciary is a lie, and has been for a long time. Look at the Federalist Society.

Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)

5. The court's legitimacy should be questioned by all Democrats.

Reply to RockRaven (Reply #3)

Tue Sep 25, 2018, 10:25 PM

Sep 2018

Also, don't use the term "packing". Democrats should "adjust" the court to reflect the times we are in.

fescuerescue

(4,448 posts)

7. And then the Republicans will "adjust" the court next

Reply to Dawson Leery (Reply #5)

Tue Sep 25, 2018, 10:30 PM

Sep 2018

and then the Dems. and then the Republicans.

We'll need a stadium to just to hold all the SC justices.

roamer65

(36,745 posts)

4. The SCOTUS has been of questionable legitimacy since Bush v Gore.

Reply to bdamomma (Original post)

Tue Sep 25, 2018, 10:13 PM

Sep 2018

If this sexual predator is seated, then there will be no question anymore.

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)

6. There should be NO position in government that is a lifetime appointment.

Reply to bdamomma (Original post)

Tue Sep 25, 2018, 10:28 PM

Sep 2018

Lifetime appointments can only lead to abuse of power and corruption.

eleny

(46,166 posts)

8. America, as we understand it, will change dramatically

Reply to bdamomma (Original post)

Tue Sep 25, 2018, 10:35 PM

Sep 2018

I'm tearful for all of us being dragged back to the bad old days.

Trump gave license to the racists, his hard core base. So far, a few have changed some lives forever for the worse. Now all of us will know what minority peoples have been trying to tell us for our whole lives.

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