The major questions doctrine, explained.

  • 😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Exactly how does the president do that? He cannot expand the court on his own. Congress doesn’t have enough Democrats to do it. None of the current justices are going anywhere unless they die.

      • Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        They made the case for removal twice against Trump. It did exactly nothing.

        Unless you have 67 senators willing to remove them, none of it matters. And right now, I have a better chance of getting blown by every one of the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders in alphabetical order than getting 15 or so Republican senators to be willing to remove one of their own.

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      1 year ago

      Everyone chip in to make sure all the conservative justices have free chicken and big macs at all times. While signing up the liberal justices for free gym memberships.

      Just pointing out there is a public mailing address for the supreme court that I’m sure would happily forward gift certificates, and a chik fil a almost within shouting distance. Don’t make them walk too far, it’d defeat the purpose.

    • conquer4@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Or, charge several of them with taking bribes. As there is plenty of evidence already, they are not above the law.

      • Speff@melly.0x-ia.moe
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        1 year ago

        The moronic general public already thinks holding 45 accountable is “political persecution” source. This is with rocksteady evidence. And now you people are talking about charging R-aligned Justices on loose bribe accusations? Just… no. This is how you fire up their base and hand R’s the election with a supermajority.

        This is the Congress’ job to fix. Want it fixed? Stop relying on the president and start figuring out how to make Congress actually work again.

        • reddwarf@feddit.nl
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          1 year ago

          This is how you fire up their base

          Not sure what more firing up the base needs in your opinion? That part of society is lost for quite a while now and if you think these morons could be ‘pulled back in’ as long as you do not insult/antagonize/etc. is a myth. A dangerous one at that. I would even wager that this attitude of soft gloves to not insult or fail to fairly accommodate the other side is what partially got us here.