Matt Ferrel 🍦: Maybe, but Thomas and Alito may hang on just out of spite

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?

A biden win this election probably results in a 5-4 liberal court

Maybe, but Thomas and Alito may hang on just out of spite

Then we just have to win two elections in a row.

Agree. The doomers can fuck off into the sun. Let’s get to work electing Democrats at all levels.

Neither Alito or Thomas will retire under a Dem presidency as long as they breathe bsky.app/profile/saba...

Under Biden's presidency, of 41 appointees to the US Circuit Courts of Appeals (5 await confirmation), only 4 are GOP to Dem flips, of which 2 are due to deaths and 2 due to retirements (there are 179 seats total) Biden also elevated a Trump appointee following retirement of a G.W. Bush appointee

And if Alito or Thomas were to die under a Dem presidency with a GOP senate majority, they'd likely hold the vacancy indefinitely

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