She’s the best, incredibly inspiring.
Pretty open and shut for the both of them, presiding over cases they have material interest in.
Kick their ass.
Which is why I’m honestly surprised reich-wingers haven’t tried to murder her
Knocking on wood.
There was that creepy anime assassination video by fellow congressman gosar, AOC has mentioned receiving multiple death threats and one of the capital rioters said he’d bring guns next time to “assassinate AOC”, so awful threats are happening.
Same guy that tweeted a selfie from inside the capital "just want to incriminate myself a little lol.”
AOC is very clear that she believes had they not escaped during the riot, assassinations would have occurred.
I’m happy that she is safe.
Knock on wood.
I have no doubt they’d have killed more then have people there if given the chance.
I just want you to know, I read this comment after a single toke and got concerned someone laced my weed with something.
Are you trying to say that you walked to school, or brought your lunch?
She hasn’t done anything to directly go after Fuckface 45. Once she does that…
The rapist with 34 felonies. I won’t give the honor of calling him 45.
I’ve been calling him that since he was in office and Colbert called him “Putin’s cock holster”.
They did, though, on January 6th! They were looking for her and others.
I’m sure they have tried, I’m also sure she’s probably pretty careful about her day to day life knowing the amount of potential enemies she has
Well… they did just legalize gratuities for political favors.
Not quite as open and shut anymore.
Open and shut case… if the Dems controlled the house. But not enough democrats were voted into office, so these articles go to MAGA Mike Johnson, and unfortunately, his trash can.
But AOC knows this. Her goal is to keep this in the press so voters remember it in Nov. That’s the real play. No one is actually getting impeached this term. Mike Johnson is a Christian nationalist who loves what those activist judges are doing. No way he’s brining this to the floor. And if he did, AOC doesn’t have a simple majority.
Yea, open and shut objectively, not practically.
She’d get further just paying them enough to quit.
Don’t down-talk John Oliver.
I thought his offer to pay the RV judge to quit was admirable. Was it a joke?
I laughed.
Just gotta add a few zeros to the offers. And likely have decent blackmail
Good on her for keeping this in the news for another cycle. This doesn’t go anywhere after she hands them the speaker of the republican controlled House. Johnson is basically going to throw them right in the bin.
But I imagine her goal is to get the media to cover the drama, and therefore keep this corruption story in the news.
She and others should just keep filing articles of impeachment every week until Nov. Keep this shit in the news.
Forcing them to put it in the trash is good though… Another thing to report on so perhaps it shifts house seats a bit.
It also tries to help Democratic congressional candidates in close races. Once these get thrown in the bin, they can remind voters that if they flip enough seats, they can have meaningful impeachment hearings in the next Congress.
Doesn’t matter, the attempt had to be made for a firm historical objection.
People have no attention span these days. Our media has trained us to move on quickly to the next thing. They will probably only cover it if someone makes a spectacle of it like Trump does.
Godspeed.
I mean, it would literally only pass if the nominees for their replacements were some of Trump’s spawn, but I guess it needs to be done anyways to establish just how corrupt Republicans are. You know.
Again.
Thank you AOC for standing up for the American people! Her speech introducing the articles of impeachment is well worth watching: https://youtu.be/1H1R_qtPiVY
Thanks for posting this. I wouldn’t have gone looking for it and it was definitely worth watching.
Time to write my representative in support, and have him laugh at me via bulk form letter!
Can’t they just make it a law they can’t be impeached? Can’t they just say the rulings and bribes are official acts?
No, the court interprets laws. Congress writes them.
“We think the intent of this ‘Impeach These Clowns Act’ was actually to permanently enshrine our positions - so said with a 6-3 majority.”
I mean, at the end of the day, the SC only has power if we allow it to. The two other branches could decide to ignore them and pick a new supreme court. Aka the supreme Court has no army
at the end of the day, the SC only has power if we allow it to. The two other branches could decide to ignore them and pick a new supreme court.
One party that agrees with the majority of the court about almost everything.
The other respects rules and norms (and the delicate sensibilities of their owner donors) much more than the will and even LIVES of the people they’re supposed to represent.
While technically accurate, you’re making the mootest of points.
If the impeachment passed Congress, like in the situation described by the comment I’m replying to, then that would imply the majority of Congress is on board.
I agree that Republicans likely wouldn’t go along with this today in real life. One can dream
Yes, this could happen. Then checks-and-balances would dictate that Congress and/or executive should step in and impeach or otherwise handle them
Congress and/or executive should step in and impeach or otherwise handle them
…for annulling an attempt to impeach or otherwise handle them. You don’t see the flaw in that plan?
Impeachment of the judges is not the only way Congress has power over the judicial branch. Congress literally sets the rules about how the whole court functions, the number of seats, etc. One would expect Congress (regardless of which party is in power) to respond against the court if it feels threatened or subverted. But this scenario assumes just the court vs congress, it doesn’t assume an effort by multiple people across multiple branches to subvert the government as a whole.
They can interpret the law any way they want. Nothing in the constitution restricts it in any way. They can literally decide that whatever existing law they want actually says that SC justices can’t be impeached, and that would be the official interpretation of that law. There is no higher court to say otherwise.
So the law is that the sc presides over impeachment hearings in the Senate, once the house sends it over, can’t they just dismiss the case with prejudice?
Impeachment isn’t a criminal process, it’s a political one, the same rules don’t apply.
That’s not necessary, as far as I understand there’s a 2/3 majority required to carry an impeachment (not American, so could be wrong). That’s not possible with roughly 50% republican votes. The impeachment can’t succeed, but it’s their job to try, and it also puts the evidence on the record.
And ensure that we align those who voted “the president should have the power of the king” and “I can be bought and sold” are at least written in history for their deeds. There’s far more that needs to happen, but this is a good thing
That’s not how the three branches work, no.
The three branches are working?
The country’s “check engine” light is on, and she’s trying to fix it.
Country needs to get its front end/ alignment checked. Seems to only make right turns.
sounds like the steering linkage is disconnected
slaps hood of country this baby can fit so much corruption in it
Gawddayamn, can it ever.
Half the country is about to flood the engine bay with spray foam and put oil in the coolant reservoir.
Not to mention the blinker fluid refills.
Headlight fluids too
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Truck nuts!
Meaningless since the Republicans run the House.
Action denied is just more evidence of their complicitness rather than supposed. Also makes it very clear who does operate for their constitutes and only for their self interest.
Correct. This isn’t an open debate anymore - the bribes were accepted. Every no vote is a vote saying it’s ok to bribe the court.
The people who need to be convinced to care already don’t care. The GOP isn’t going to help remove their staunchest pawns on the court.
Especially not if in doing so Biden gets to appoint two judges. I mean honestly it wouldn’t be smart for them to do from their POV at least until another republican is in office.
But defeatism tho!
It’s not entirely meaningless. Her aim is to keep the justices recent rulings in the media so that voters are aware of them come Nov.
AOC isn’t a dummy, and she’s knows that Johnson will immediately throw this in the trash.
I’d like to see someone else do this next week, and then another person the week after, etc etc. keep doing it until Nov. Keep reminding voters about the corruption.
Yep this is as performative as the GOP threatening impeachment of Mayorkas. I get why she’s doing it but it’s going to be dead by Friday.
She has no leg to stand on… Corruption is legal in the US for high ranking officials.
Congress and Mullahs are on the side here lol
lol.
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