SCOTUS is in a hellova positon. If they scrap Obamacare, I believe

[Boogiemack]

the two GA Senate seats will go to Dems. It would be a new ballgame.

[tinrobot]

1. They are just hearing the case next week, the actual scrapping comes later.

Probably after the election.

[kairos12]

2. Totally agree.

But I think the tenor of the comments by the Justices will set the stage for the race in Georgia.

[BComplex]

3. The republican party will pull any trick out of their evil book of tricks that will

keep us from getting those 2 senate seats.

I'm glad we have Stacy Abrams on our side!!

[brush]

4. Thing was, trump was supposed to have won, and then do a curtain call...

by killing Obamacare the week after the election in the Supreme Court.

But as in most things planned by this inept administration, it didn't work out.

Another one being, he's a one-term LOSER.

Woohoo!

[pandr32]

6. +1

[Finishline42]

5. They should be pounding 2 issues in GA

Healthcare (ACA and Medicare)

Social Security

Even with Trump defeated Mitch has been pitching the cutting of SS and Medicare to offset the revenue losses of the Trump Tax cut. (I have a hard time believing that we didn't hear more about cuts in SS in this election as the Trump budget showed big cuts in both).

[Buckeyeblue]

14. I agree...that is the winning issue.

I would campaign on the fact that ACA being overturned is a done deal. And it's going to have to be replaced. The only way to do that is to have a majority in the Senate.

I think they need volunteers to put on masks and go door to door.

[Shermann]

7. People like political parties who didn't lose the election

I suspect even more GA voters are going to jump ship over to the Blue Team the second time around. They saw the celebrations in the streets and are going to want to be a part of it.

[nuxvomica]

8. A lot may depend on his behavior over the next 2 months

He is likely to only make himself look even more pathetic.

[GoCubsGo]

13. I'm not so sure they'll join the Dems.

Most will just jump ship and stay home. Trump isn't on the ticket, so a lot of them won't be motivated to get out and vote again in January, except maybe for the few that HATE Kelly Loeffler.

[onetexan]

9. Taking away healthcare coverage for millions of ppl during pandemic would delegitimize this SCOTUS

and further solidify Dems resolve to expand the courts to rebalance it. Heck, we can place term limits on their sorry butts.
Roberts had better tread very carefully here.

[SmartVoter22]

10. Term limits are popular

Term limits on all federal judicial and legislative offices would be very popular and could easuly pass as a Constitutional Amendment.
A dozen years. Hell, start with 12 for everything.

Federal Judges.... may serve one 12 year term, staggared like the Senate to replace justices.
Legislative...no more than 12 years. Four Congressional terms and Two Senate terms.

Expand the federal appealate courts to hold 12 members per bench.

[onetexan]

11. Hear hear!!

[atse]

12. Problem

There's a problem with your theory. Although the supreme court hearings on the ACA case starts very soon, the actual decision won't be announced until late spring, well after Biden is inaugurated in January. So it's unlikely the court case will have an impact on the senate run-off races.

That said, a hell of a lot can happen between now and early January when the run-offs happen. In particular, the pandemic is exploding almost exponentially. So the country is going to be a different condition then from that alone. So who knows, the run-off races might be winnable.

[SmartVoter22]

15. Post wasn't about one specific case

it was to highlight the lifetime terms, and career politicians.

SCOTUS cases that originate at SCOTUS are very, very rare.
Almost every case that SCOTUS accepts has gone through the federal appellate courts, which often have argued all the aspects and challenges; like standing to file a lawsuit, that's a legislative question not one the courts can answer, etc.

I promoted term limits, which gives ample time for a federal justice to impart their own Constitutional ideology ( originalists vs fluids) within a 12 year period.
The legislative term limits afford both parties to promote candidates that want to move forward, and then have the opportunity to do so. Career pols usually have the same mindset, even if society, the economy has changed significantly over a decade or more.

Americans, since day one, have opposed lifetime jobs as similar to the divine right of a monarch,
Term limits would not stop anything or anyone from being successful in one of those lifetime jobs.

I totaly agree that SCOTUS opinions on ACA will likely not come until the last week of the SCOTUS term, which is late June 2021.
I think they hold back on quick decisions, to allow legislatures to fix a problem, thereby making the opinion moot.