All it takes is one lawsuit. That's a different federal circuit. I'm pretty sure a couple are already out there.
The entire system needs an overhaul, but the way conservative justices twist themselves in knots is kinda funny in a vacuum.
When all you care about is entrenching their power (because you know most people hate them), I think it helps to
1) have virtually no ideological consistency other than "I'm right, you're wrong, fuck you"
2) feel no shame or hesitation about that
The leaps are funny in a vacuum though. Agree.
These right-wingers claim to be "originalists". What they really mean is that they look for ways to use the Constitution to rationalize the result that they originally wanted.
I think you’re referring to the Jan 6 insurrection/riot in Washington, DC? It wasn’t in Texas, Louisiana, or Mississippi. Evidently the First Amendment still applies everywhere else, at least for now.
Look, this is a shitty thing, but what exactly is Biden supposed to do here?
He can't fire SCOTUS. If he issues an executive order to counter this it will get litigated. He can work with Congress to try to get a law written, but since we don't have both houses, that's not likely to happen.
No, like most things, you don't.
But tell us more about how you don't understand that parts of the government run by conservatives will almost always give in to other conservatives, but not to liberals.
It's fascinating seeing the almost pure ignorance on display
dont worry, the country is going to fascism and the most powerful guy in the world is sitting on his hands while the court strips away our rights. nothing he can do ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
If SCOTUS somehow says Trump is above criminal prosecution while Biden isn't...
Seriously, what do you want Biden to do? Expand the Court? The Senate won't do that.
look man, liberals have assured me time and time again that trump will be able to enact pure, uncut fascism, while also saying joe biden is powerless to stop anything that’s happening now. i don’t know what to tell you, im just repeating their talking points
"Look, the republicans have repeatedly demonstrated the rules mean nothing to them and trying to fight them within the framework of the current rules is useless"
"So what do you want the democrats to do? Break the rules?" *grasps pearls*
No power?
No.
The power to arbitrarily change the rules?
No, he doesn't have that either.
Given the constraints (a hostile majority in the House, a Senate which won't abolish the filibuster) he's getting a lot done, but he can't reverse decades of court stacking by fiat.
Which is a good thing.
The president single-handedly cannot do anything. In this case, the courts have to do it, and the far right dominated SCOTUS decided to do nothing. All Biden could do is appoint liberal judges to the 5th circuit if there are any openings.
good thing the dems sat on their haunches and fundraised for years instead of doing anything about it. it’s the hypocrisy that really gets me and why i can’t support them or any political party
“vote for us if you dont want more fascism!”
*more fascism happens anyways*
“what do you expect us to do? we cant protect democracy without breaking rules & getting away w/ it like republicans do! sure fascism is growing, but we have the moral high ground by doing absolutely nothing to stop it!”
Trump had the power to put extra people on the supreme court because Mitch McConnell held the position to a double standard. Those people are making these rulings. Biden cannot put people on the supreme court unless someone dies or retires. See how simple that is in showing the power difference?
He can issue an executive order and have it get litigated. You >just< said what he can do and then proceeded to argue he shouldn't bother even trying because it might not work.
