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In reply to the discussion: Just Stop! [View all]stlstdg
(34 posts)50. Don't just accept that the SCOTUS is lost. If you live in a blue state, lean on your Senators.
Provided that Biden/Harris win and that the Democrats win the Senate, write
your Senators and demand that they move to add Justices to the Court--
and the other Federal Court districts as well.
There's nothing in the Constitution to stop them from doing it. Given how
much a threat that this new conservative majority poses to everything we
stand for, there's absolutely no argument that anyone can make that will
convince me that we have to all just swallow this.
I'll be writing my Senators if the election goes as we all hope it does.
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Yep, Chris Coons just said right now just vote and get out the vote. That's Priority One.
mobeau69
Oct 2020
#10
The rest of the decent world is also patiently waiting, holding their breath with us....
KY_EnviroGuy
Oct 2020
#11
Don't just accept that the SCOTUS is lost. If you live in a blue state, lean on your Senators.
stlstdg
Oct 2020
#50
True. We need to hound our senators until they listen. The courts either need to
BComplex
Oct 2020
#57
Yes, unfortunately. Apparently some people like fretting instead of taking aggressive action.
Blue_true
Oct 2020
#30
Exactly. I am focusing on voting aged younger family members now, make sure that they take
Blue_true
Oct 2020
#38
Well, IMHO, we will see ACA thrown out in a little over 2 weeks, leaving over 50 million Americans
yaesu
Oct 2020
#29
in 1980 my uncle voted for anderson instead of carter + regretted it. i learned my lesson as a teen.
pansypoo53219
Oct 2020
#63