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The thing I can't stop thinking about is this: I'm 48, and in my adult lifetime there has been one Republican who won the popular vote. But I will probably spend the rest of my life under the authority of a Supreme Court dominated by hard right conservatives. How is that democracy?
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A biden win this election probably results in a 5-4 liberal court
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Umm…no. That would also require the Democrats to control the Senate, and no conservative judges, let alone 2, will just not retire while Democrats control both the White House and the Senate.
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Thomas and Alito are both getting quite up there in age
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Also they just ruled that Joe Biden is allowed to walk up to them with a big hammer and smash all their bones
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No, that would arguably be an unofficial act. He'd have to order Seal Team 6 to rendition them to an undisclosed location for enhanced interrogation to be immune from prosecution.
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Oh I see, thank you for the clarification!