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Democrats should probably get off their fucking asses and do some court expansion on the Supreme Court.

For the entirety of this century, Democrats have been naive institutionalists while Republicans have been destructionists. Institutions cannot save you if they do not exist. Conservatives are trying to kill us while liberals are still bitching about following the norms.

Naive is being generous.

I'm more in favor of a court reduction first

they won't

Maybe we can get a party leader to do a sarcastic clap at Trump again

Oooh, that would legendary. Exactly what beleaguered Democratic voters need right now.

They need 100 votes to do that. So it won't happen

SCOTUS: presidents have absolute immunity for all actions taken in office POTUS: sweet. *has SCOTUS assassinated*

If only

Or at least start *talking about it.* Their spinelessness on this issue is unforgivable.

something something something Roosevelt was right about this one thing

Fun story, did you know President Biden can have supreme court justices and elected officials arrested for aiding in an insurrection because hey, its part of his duties as President to defend the constitution. Take that immunity and run Joe.

I suspect the reaction will be to try placating centrists and conservatives and punch left even harder.

Alternatively, Joe Biden can now legally shrink the court by REDACTED

The majority opinion calling the non-judicial branches "political" makes me think some of the Justices have utterly dissociated from reality, or that they spend their spare time petting white cats and cosplaying Bond villains.

Ah but the finger-wagging is just so much easier

Just appointment like 12 more justices. Oh but the republicans will do the same. Good, the more justices we have the less they matter.

Dick Durbin: "Well, now, Let's not be hasty. A strongly worded letter from my staff shold suffice"

How would they go about doing that in this political environment?

They could start by saying they support it and making it part of the party platform.

The problem (meaning one of many, many problems) with Democrats is they mass deliberate on every issue. They might put this up for discussion for a month before they kill it because of some technocratic snag the top dogs of the party get hooked on. If I recall correctly, they've already done this.

Which means we're actually already a few steps down the road in this process. This isn't that hard. At the moment the Democratic Party has a single leader. If he endorses court expansion that's the Democratic position, at least for a while.

If you mean Biden. he's not going to. He doesn't have the stomach or nerves for it. He is neither a radical nor a visionary. He's a conservative "bipartisan" technocrat by deep nature. (If he does this, it's because someone else has taken the reins from him.)

I agree he won't. But he absolutely COULD.

there are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy

Substitute "Biden" or "Democrats" for "Horatio."

Yep. They'll use it to try to get more campaign donations. That's about it.

Yes and some reform

Old man Biden was the main one against it. 🤷🏾‍♀️

Dickhead Durbin is currently on vacation.

They need Manchin and Sinema to make that happen. What are the odds they'll vote to make that happen?

Manchin wants to feel important, so if they gave him a few higher profile jobs, praised him for the performance thereof, and otherwise massaged his ego; I think he'd (1) agree to run for another term, and (2) go along with a few bigger picture things.

I feel like Joe B has done everything for him he can. He's a lost cause.

West Virginia is actually ideal for "hemp as biofuel" production; allocate some money, put Manchin "in charge", and he's the "hero" who brought a few thousand jobs for the cultivation, refining, and transportation that produces a few 100k bbls of diesel and biogas fueling the SE.

Manchin isn't an idiot, he just wants to feel important and on top of something. In a split Senate, he sees himself as "kingmaker". So give him something else to do. **Sorry for the delay in this follow up, I'm at work and it moves in waves

This Supreme Court is corrupt! Sorry, Not sure why they think Presidents are above the law, no one is above the law!