Prediction

[malaise]

Biden will have another Supreme Court vacancy to fill this year
That is all for now.

[Ohio Joe]

1. I really hope that one turns out to be true...

And I really hope it's Clarence Thomas.

[Chainfire]

2. Malaise, you aren't going to do something drastic are you? ;)

[SheltieLover]

3. From your keyboard to karma's ear!

🤞

[PoliticAverse]

4. Did you miss Manchin's comment concerning that? n/t

[Bettie]

6. I missed it

is he saying he won't vote for a SCOTUS nominee who isn't white and right wing?

[PoliticAverse]

8. Manchin would not back Supreme Court confirmation right before 2024 election

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Senator Joe Manchin said on Monday he would not support a Senate vote to confirm President Joe Biden's pick for a Supreme Court seat if a vacancy opened up right before the 2024 presidential election.

Manchin, who often clashes with his own party, told reporters his view was consistent with his view when Republican President Donald Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court a little over a month before the 2020 presidential election.

Manchin voted against Barrett's confirmation, though he said he had supported her nominations for a previous post. He added it would be "hypocritical" for him to support a similar move by Biden.

From: https://news.yahoo.com/manchin-not-back-supreme-court-001114325.html

[Bettie]

11. I guess it all depends on what his definition of "right before" is

Does he mean anytime after this November? Is it one month before? Six months?

Ah well. Hopefully, it will come soon and it won't be as much of an issue. I don't expect Manchin to cooperate on anything anymore.

[PoliticAverse]

12. I know right? Where is the secret cutoff date? n/t

[Joinfortmill]

14. Sigh.

[Solomon]

28. He's worried about being a hypocrit when everything the repugs do is hypocritical.

[bluecollar2]

38. Since when is 'hypocrisy' a Senate standard?....n/t.

[OLDMDDEM]

5. I hope its Thomas.

[rurallib]

35. if we could vote on this I am sure he'd win by a landslide

[EYESORE 9001]

7. Perhaps due to a choking incident

involving a pubic hair on a can of Diet Coke.

[okaawhatever]

17. Oh no u didn't, LOL. NT

[SergeStorms]

43. If everyone on DU....

donated their pubic hair, now that would be enough for a certain SCOTUS judge nicknamed, "Clarence Thomas", to choke on.

[Sunsky]

9. That would be awesome, if

the one being replaced wasn't appointed by a Democrat. A C-T would be the best news for me.

[GoCubsGo]

10. From your keyboard to Gawd's ears...

One can only hope.

[Joinfortmill]

13. 👍

[LetMyPeopleVote]

15. You may be right on this

Link to tweet

[liberalla]

24. OMG! That is new to me

Uniting feuding factions, around a singular mission of

STEALING THE ELECTION!!

Damn!
That's no beating around the bush.
Plainly stated and IN YOUR FACE.

I need to find that NYT article.
Super graphic!

[FoxNewsSucks]

16. If you're thinking of the useless Thomas

and his corrupt wife, remember - they don't give a damn when they're found out and their corruption made public. They can't be shamed, and just don't give a shit what the peasants think. They don't answer to the people anyway.

Just like every other republicon.

[dchill]

18. Do you have a pincushion Clarence Thomas doll?

Inquiring minds want to know.

[ananda]

19. Vacancy inits: CT

And it also stands for Conspiracy Theory.

Evil smiley here.

[bucolic_frolic]

20. Who?

Roberts? Stepping down to balance the judiciary?

[monkeyman1]

34. Impeach the whole bunch & start over !! with term limitations ! every body is tired of bull-shit !

[leftieNanner]

21. That would be wonderful!

But if you're thinking about Clarence, I don't think he would ever resign - even with all the information coming out about his wife.

Republicans don't resign in shame any more. Oh, oops. SCOTUS is non partisan, right?

He will only leave his job "feet first" as they say.

[wnylib]

26. His wife could be prosecuted for supporting sedition.

If there is evidence that he knew and kept quiet about it, could he be charged with conspiracy?

Of course he would not resign, but he is subject to the laws, too, so perhaps he could be pushed out.

[leftieNanner]

31. Good Point

But the only way he will be pushed out is by the Senate - and Mitch would never do that. Takes 67 votes.

I would very pleased if Ginny and Clarence had to face consequences.

[wnylib]

33. By pushed out, I meant

Have charges brought against him for conspiracy with his wife's seditious activities. It would be difficult to rule on SC cases from a jail cell.

[leftieNanner]

37. Ooh! I think you might have something there.

May it be so.

[getagrip_already]

53. that *might* get him convicted, but it wouldn't remove him from scotus...

And he could argue that the exec branch has no jurisdiction over the operations of scotus, so he couldn't be prevented from voting.

There are only 3 ways to get rid of him: resignation, impeachment and conviction, or death.

[wnylib]

58. OK, then execute him as a traitor.

I just want the SOB gone.

[getagrip_already]

60. a bit too extreme methinks...

At least given what we know now. We aren't at the stage of justice before the drum head. At least I hope we aren't.

But if he were to die of natural causes, I would be as giddy as they were when rgb died.

[monkeyman1]

36. she payed for the damn buse's !

[wnylib]

40. So she's a seditionist and

By his silence, he is an accomplice. Charge them both.

[monkeyman1]

47. agreed x 1000 !

[LoisB]

22. Hopefully, it will be Clarence who retires to spend more time with Ginni. Although, I doubt she

will allow that. If he's not on the court, she has no power.

[Raster]

29. If he's not on the court, she has no power.

[Fla Dem]

23. That's great as long as he's filling a conservative slot.

[liberalla]

25. I love when you make these provocative predictions and declarations!

And as usual, I hope you're right!

[Javaman]

27. what tea leaves are you reading? nt

[PufPuf23]

30. Be pretty awesome if Ginny turned out to be the lead weight that

sank Clarence from the USSC.

There are several recent justices that perjured in confirmation.

[getagrip_already]

32. Doubt it would be thomas......

Thomas...... is neither shameable nor impeachable.

Robert's might if he has had enough of being rough ridden by the usurper's.. The other gop crew would rather die than open a seat for biden.

[ShazzieB]

39. Roberts stepping down would be awesome.

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Thomas is scum, for sure, but replacing Roberts would mean Biden getting to appoint a new Chief Justice, which is a pretty bfd.

I'd settle for replacing any of the conservatives on SCOTUS, though. Just to get the numbers more even.

[Rebl2]

44. Why would

Robert’s step down? Is he ill? What did I miss.

[ShazzieB]

46. I was responding to the just above mine, from getagrip_already.

There's been no serious talk of Roberts quitting that I know of.

[getagrip_already]

54. I was just guessing...

That roberts is more likely to step down than thomas. roberts isn't happy at how he is being pushed around by the newcomers. They are openly ignoring and over riding him. They have made him irrelevant by voting as a block.

He surely doesn't like that and it threatens to trash his legacy, which was never very good to begin with.

It would have to be an I've had enough moment of monumental size, but it is not out of the realm of emotion and revenge.

Thomas on the other hand would rather cut off his wawa than let biden replace him. It isn't going to happen. No matter what.

[Rebl2]

55. If Thomas's

wife keeps up her shenanigans and he is somehow connected with it , I wish he could be forced off the Supreme Court. Of course it won’t happen.

[getagrip_already]

56. they make there own rules.....

Just look at issues like conflict of interest, or outside income from speaking engagements, or even what might appear to be corrupt practices.

They just say they are acceptable to themselves and move on. Each member is accountable only to themselves. Doubly so since the senate will never convict one if impeached.

[Calista241]

57. That's not my impression of Roberts and what's happening.

He's gotten the court to consistently issue these very narrow rulings. In 2021 we had a string of news articles about all these unanimous decisions the court was releasing. In fact, last term they had 20% more unanimous decisions than the average term.

I think Roberts, like many SC justices, has an agenda, and he's not going to stop until he addresses what's on his agenda.

Just because we like to read into every word and nuance of an opinion or a comment to see if there are any cracks, doesn't mean the justices look at it the same way. But Roberts is looking at what's happening from a different political viewpoint than we are.

He may see the coming rollback of Roe or Affirmative Action as unfortunate, but I don't think he's sees it as a catastrophe like we do.

I could see Sotomayor retiring as a form of protest at the coming decisions from the court. In fact, I'd say that's more likely than anything else happening in the short term.

[malaise]

51. Beware of

doubting Thomas!

[nycbos]

41. If I was a religious man...

... I would say from your mouth to God's ear

[Blue Owl]

42. I like where this is going!

Proceed...

[PJMcK]

45. I think I know what you're thinking

It seems a bit of a stretch but the corruption is in plain sight.

We'll see...

[CTyankee]

48. do you mean a conservative will die or a liberal will retire while a Dem president is still in

office?

[malaise]

49. A ReTHUG appointee

[CTyankee]

52. OK. That's good!

I must review my Supreme Court justices. The ones appointed by a rethug. Hopefully, it is one of Trump's.

[BannonsLiver]

59. Well then it's certain not to happen.

These predictions are literally wrong 100 percent of the time.

[malaise]

61. Wrong

A little birdie toldme Herman would be cained and he was

[BannonsLiver]

62. Blinds squirrels and nuts.

Broken clocks and all that. Gets one right after making 100 air balls and then are so eaten up with my previous comment you have to come back a month and a half later to mention it!

[malaise]

63. Always better than chopped liver

Ah well

[BannonsLiver]

64. Sure, I guess.