• Tinidril
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    6 months ago

    This sounds like exactly the sort of thing that the Democrats are too spineless to ever do.

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      6 months ago

      The key problem is that it requires the support of the other seven justices, four of whom are Republicans.

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        6 months ago

        I read a while ago of two strategies to combat this:

        1. Swap the justices to other life-long positions in different federal courts, and swap in other life-long federal judges
        2. Grow the Supreme Court

        If I recall correctly, these were explained as plans that the President has the power to do without needing legislative approval.

        I never looked into whether these claims were accurate.

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          6 months ago

          #2 can actually work, but it requires the Senate to go along with it. There hasn’t been a majority in favor of it to date.

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      6 months ago

      While I agree they go way too easy on Republicans, this was literally authored by a prominent Democrat, it’s way more likely for them to actually do this than a lot of the average stuff the news says they should.

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        6 months ago

        Jamie Raskin is a prominent Democrat in the same way AOC is a prominent Democrat - not because of his influence over the party, but because he stands out for having a backbone and some integrity. He is sadly not representative of the party as a whole.