the irony of the Barrett confirmation.......

[Takket]

if Mitch had played by the rule he invented, and left the seat open, the Democrats would have had no moral high ground to expand the court. Even if Biden won the election, it is highly unlikely he would have done anything more than replace RGB with another left-leaning judge, and the GOP would have held a 5-4 majority with Roberts being the "sometimes" swing vote.

Now we have the moral high ground and the electoral mandate to expand the court and lock in a fully left leaning court. (Assuming we win the WH and Senate). So the court could ultimately end up MORE left than it would have been otherwise. That's assuming the rethugs and Barrett don't destroy the country somehow in the lame duck session by appointing drumpf emperor.

[Blue Owl]

1. Mitch overplayed his rotted hand

n/t

[BigmanPigman]

11. HandS (plural)

as well as his upper lip. He really must have fallen hard to bruise something that barely existed in the first place.

[SheltieLover]

2. Very true!

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. You are assuming Republicans wont throw the election to the Supreme Court

Which if they do it’s over it doesn’t matter how many millions of votes Joe has more than traitor it’s over, they win, they don’t care about the law.

[ecstatic]

4. True, if the election is free and fair

Let's just hope and pray that it will be.

[MiniMe]

5. RBG

[unblock]

8. Maybe he thinks rgb should be replaced with CMYK?

[MiniMe]

9. CMYK???

[unblock]

10. ...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMYK_color_model

[canuckledragger]

15. That's a subtle one

that will go right over the head of anyone without techie-type knowledge...or experience with the old picture tube TVs...

[unblock]

17. Yeah sometimes I play to a limited crowd lol

And sometimes it's a crowd of one

[Thekaspervote]

6. The smarmy gop think they have it all wrapped for decades to come..

News flash..Americans are sick of you and your backward attitude. The youth vote has finally shown up only adding to our historic win

We...the Dems are not without power, we not without options

[Claustrum]

7. Like their 2016 stance, they will worry about the consequences later.

As long as they prevent a win on our side in 2016 (Garland's seat), then they still get a chance to fill that seat. Consequences be damned. And so far, they haven't been punished yet.

[gracemcdonald]

12. That's assuming Schumer & Biden...

Are daring enough to do this! Frustrating difference between Dems and Republicans is that the GOP is ruthless enough to push through their agenda.

[ancianita]

13. We'd damned well better use the moral high ground early and often with impunity.

No fewer than 13 SCOTUS justices. No drama.

Just smile, pretend we're listening and do every last damned thing they scream about.

That's what cold, righteous justice does. Speaker Pelosi is all for that. For the children.

[rainin]

14. They are planning for the SC to decide the election in tRump's favor n/t

[KS Toronado]

16. Been thinking & saying the same thing since RBG passed

You know that turd will get the court involved, he's cheated at everything his entire life.
Why stop now?