Under today’s immunity decision, Biden could order AG Garland to immediately prosecute Thomas and Alito for corruption and insurrection. (Official act). If Garland refuses, Biden can fire him and replace him with someone who will. (Official act) I would suggest Elie Mystal.
Then, the President could speak to the nation (official act) and suggest that the cause of justice would be served best by them resigning, in which case, charges would be dropped.
If anybody objects, prosecute them too. Official acts! Official acts!
Or: say Biden sends Hunter over to the Alito beach house to say, “All your problems go away if you resign to spend more time discussing flags with your wife.” Not an official act! But if Biden were tried criminally for it, prosecutors *couldn’t mention Biden’s orders to the AG.”*
Have Garland declare the GOP a terrorist organization, have all the party members shipped to camp X-Ray for waterboarding and military trials. Official Acts!!
Yeah it’s great. And it will mean precisely nothing when a new constitution is being voted on by a bunch of people who value posturing over Christianity and guns and being demonstrably xenophobic more than ever helping or serving the public.
While some of them (Biden) are hung up on norms and traditions, most of the Dems don’t care. They are millionaires who will at worst be inconvenienced by Trump.
Oh, just you wait and see what Schumer and Durbin’s STRONGLY WORDED LETTER will say.
They may even say “Shame”, which has been remarkably effective on ultra-right judges
I think the asymmetry is partly down to the fact that these tactics offer a *much* worse risk/reward calculation than the usual approach of "try to win elections and pass laws," but that this approach is increasingly unavailable to the GOP.
IMO It also reflects the different voter bases. R’s have a higher % of ‘wield the sword of righteousness against our enemies’ voters, and D’s have a higher % of ‘can we please solve actual problems and live our lives’ voters
I think the GOP base is also more homogenous, so it's easier to pander to its worst instincts.
Dem voters aren't necessarily any better individually, but they're such a diverse coalition that pandering to the specific derangements of any one segment risks alienating the others.
It's not the liberals, it's the neoliberals that are the problem. They've controlled the Democrat party since Carter lost to Reagan.
And they aren't fighting the Republicans because a lot of their goals align.
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They side with corporations over workers, citizens, the environment, etc. They want to maintain the status quo and protect American business interests in other countries.
They support true liberal causes rhetorically, but not materially.
Older dem electeds are rooted in status quo, reluctant to recognize the current threat, so entrenched they won’t dump blue slips or filibuster. They are playing like govt is a game of chutes and ladders - they need to knock over the table.
💯💯💯 because it's true. We see and hope for the best in others. Let it please not be our downfall. I want everyone to learn about codependency and setting boundaries!
