BoozeGetsMeThrough: What do you think he can do outside of abusing the exact power we're all so worried about with Trump?

very much reflective of the lack of any real survival instinct among journalists that they think the big story today is whether biden will step down

“What makes you so confident you should be president?” is an actual question a reporter shouted at the incumbent who just warned about a reckless court decision that imperils democracy

Will Biden do anything about an illegitimate scotus helping Trump become a dictator before November? If not he should step down because he's not the man for the moment

What do you think he can do outside of abusing the exact power we're all so worried about with Trump?

Pack the court, declare judicial review invalid (didn't exist at the founding after all), refuse to enforce their edicts, ask Congress to pass laws reigning them in, tell Dick Durbin to do his job in senate judiciary, tell the DOJ to investigate Manchin's family ties to lobby groups.

There are options for someone interested in fighting

ah but biden would need to make some sort of firm executive action, which is against his nature

Fuckin true

You understand that the Democrats don’t control the House, right?

The only thing that requires that is passing laws, which HE SHOULD PRESSURE THEM TO DO. But yes, better not ask the house to pass a law the people want and pressure vulnerable Republicans because they might not go along with it.

It’s cute that you think Johnson will ever let a vote on this happen, but yeah pushing for stuff is a good idea.

Investigate him too. Roberts just said the president can talk with DOJ about it. We gave him power, he refuses to use it. Act like democracy is at stake for once, fuck

What good does it do to investigate Roberts? Unless you’re arguing for Biden to do authoritarianism, none of this is going to “help.”

Manchin is already retiring, he just quits if this happens and Jim Justice appoints himself to the office a few months early. Agree with the rest of it, to the extent that it's possible

His daughter is a lobbyists. There's your leverage

This isn't House of Cards. If you threaten Manchin he goes public, resigns from the Senate, Trump gets elected, and any revenge investigation is killed.

Goes public with what exactly? With what? You think west Virginia has a special election before November?? He resigns you investigate his daughter ANYWAY and you need 50 not 51 to pass the Senate. Who's next to be brave in the Senate?

He goes public with "Biden threatened my family if I didn't help him pack the court", of course! No special election -- Jim Justice just appoints himself to the vacancy. Investigating his daughter isn't a compelling threat if the investigation gets killed in six months.

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