Fixing the court

[lefthandedskyhook]

Biden says he will not expand the court, so this mentally derranged body must be healed in other ways:

Alito- This delusional freak used ridiculous dark age witch hunter claims as the foundation for his attack on all our citizens in his desire to "put women back in their place" (paraphrase) as his insane thoughts about religion demand. Such a zealot will never retire. He is also much harder to impeach than Thomas.

Thomas- Lets hope that the evidence exposed by the J6 hearings can at least eventually take Thomas out for treason which several of these authoritarian ideologues have undoubtedly been involved in. Thomas should have never been confirmed due to his obvious sexual assault of Anita Hill; we can't undo that, but Ginni has made his impeachment mandatory. If you think he did not support her treason and commit it with her you are sorely mistaken. The proof is there to investigate

Kavanaugh, serial rapist - Put him on trial for his crimes! find a way around his statute of limitations shield... it is just a loophole for real criminals like him

Gorsuch is like toothpaste that came out of a tube of feces. His appointment was unethical, anti-American, and remains unacceptable for his life. His votes will always be deligitimized by the fraudulent process of his appointment

Barrett is a product of more McConnell corruption and deceit. Double standard? She buys the fundamentalist tripe caused by the tragic injection of Roman patriarchal tradition into christianity... blech!

They ALL lied to congress... big deal, right? Do we want to have a country any more?

[Demsrule86]

1. Biden can't say he will expand the court before midterms...it would be suicidal.

No need to give the slime GOP an issue to run on. We will see. The fact is courts are not easily fixed...which those of us who get out the vote warned repeatedly. But we will do what we can. We have a rogue court. At some point...a leader will stand up and say to SCOTUS...Make Me. Call out your armies...oh wait you don't have any.

[Demsrule86]

2. Kavanaugh is not serial rapist...I hate the guy. But the statute of limitation has long run out on

his college days. He will not be convicted of rape. Some of these suggestions are seriously never going to work. When you go into the voting booth consider the courts always and vote Democratic in every election. That is it. Maybe we can add justices. I don't know. You aren't going to convict Thomas either...maybe his wife. As for the others, they were confirmed. That is the bottom line. If a judge is confirmed, it is over...this is why courts matter at elections and every other day.

[lefthandedskyhook]

4. Statute of limitations is...

...such a double edged sword

[Demsrule86]

8. True that...but I doubt since we are talking decades ago, that we have enough evidence to get

a conviction. As far as I know there are no recent victims.

[lefthandedskyhook]

10. Yeah, but I still believe his accusers

The statute is his criminal shield against RAPE. Should this worm exist at all? Our system needs serious repair if such a person is untouchable

[Demsrule86]

16. I only remember one accuser.

but it has been a while. And no matter what we believe, we have to prove it and even then I don't know that he would have to resign.

[lefthandedskyhook]

23. There are 3 accusers

Only one accuser was in the news much during his confirmation: Christine Blasey Ford. Her case sounded very solid but did not prevent his confirmation and was buried due to the fact that the events occurred in 1982. There were multiple corroborating witnesses. The other accusations got thrown out by chump's FBI IIRC. Why is this slippery criminal suspect from the "distant" past on our court without any real investigation??? It seemed to be all swept under the rug by chump's FBI, so it doesn't matter any more

[treestar]

3. who is on it is due to elections having consequences

people sat home or voted third party in swing states in 2016 and now reap what they sowed. There's nothing to do but get the next retirees or dead justices replaced. That involves voting - oh, I guess you know - voting Democratic for federal offices regardless of lack of purity and recognizing the differences between the Ds and the Rs.

[lefthandedskyhook]

5. This would be true in a democracy

The undemocratic nature of these court appointments deligitimizes it and all it used to stand for in the public sphere. This will not change until and unless sanity is restored. You are spot on about the process, but these people are not immune to prosecution and they are criminals. A prima facie case against Thomas is still a very real possibility given the sloppy nature of his wife's criminal activity

[treestar]

6. then we need 67 Dem senators too

69 if they include a couple of Manchins.

We've seen how partisan they are.

Now the "indictment of a sitting justice" may not have been settled the same way as for POTUS - but what are the chances of indictments here? Donnie JT hasn't been indicted yet.

[lefthandedskyhook]

7. Yeah while we are at it let's fix the filibuster...

...or use the 14th amendment to disqualify so many R's that we will get that super-majority.

Stay tuned for the indictment of DJT

[Demsrule86]

9. Wishful thinking. we are bound by the constitution. And the only remedy for removing

a justice is an impeachment in the House and a conviction in the Senate.

[lefthandedskyhook]

11. Yes, we are bound by the Constitution

republicans have not been giving more than lip service to our Constitution for a very long time. Real change must happen or our ailing republic will soon be terminated by authoritarians

[Demsrule86]

14. I don't disagree...but how can we do it...the only way starts with winning elections and nothing

can happen until we do. We need more Democrats.

[lefthandedskyhook]

18. I wish you were wrong

You understand the imbalances. Enthusiasm put into action is key as always. Voting is far from adequate now. Far too much is at stake. Do you march?

[Demsrule86]

17. We warned treestar...and we hear the same shit even now.

[GoodRaisin]

12. Pray for them to suddenly be smitten by the hand of God,

because outside of that, fixing SCOTUS anytime soon is akin to putting toothpaste back in the tube. I think most of us realize that and is what is so frustrating. Realistically, we not only need to elect more democrats but we need super majorities before we can have any chance of changing the court. Just have to work harder to get our message through to the American people that we will continue to see our rights and our personal liberties erode until we have the votes to do something about the make up of the court.

[lefthandedskyhook]

13. Yeah, only a super-majority can fix most of the super-majority flaws

We can only hope, but without major changes occurring there is very little hope. The corruption is very ugly and getting rapidly worse. the chump is just a symptom of our problem

[GoodRaisin]

19. Root cause -

Find the people who gave McConnell the names of these 3 justices and you will find the enemy of the American people.

[lefthandedskyhook]

21. Heritage Foundation and beyond

A swarm of them worked on it as part of their movement. conway and pence were just messengers for chump

[GoodRaisin]

22. They are running the country now, with their hand picked judges and politicians.

It will take at minimum a supermajority in the Senate and House majority to defeat it by defeating the filibuster and then expanding the court. Even then, it will only stop the bleeding if it doesn’t hold.

[lefthandedskyhook]

24. The midterms will be crucial

The SUPREME NUTS just helped us big time at the polls with their medieval cruelty which has ongoing consequences,especially for the most vulnerable. J6 continues. Tomorrow things will change for the better let's hope

[Demsrule86]

15. We do not need super majorities to add justices...so it can be done.

[GoodRaisin]

20. I fail to see how that could happen with 60 votes needed to invoke cloture in the Senate.

What scenario do you envision?

[lefthandedskyhook]

25. Biden has that power, mostly

The court size is not enumerated in our constitution. The President has the power to appoint justices, or not. The senate is to "advise and consent" on these appointments

[GoodRaisin]

26. Biden's not going to have the consent unless he has 12 more Democratic Senators

to have the votes for consent. If we could add justices without consent the time to do it would have been with Garland when we were replacing Scalia. That appointment was rightly Obama’s and McConnell broke protocol to steal it. Biden can’t just start adding liberal justices without consent.

[brooklynite]

27. Nobody on the Court will be Impeached/Removed or Prosecuted

Reality sucks, buts it where we have to start.

[lefthandedskyhook]

28. Reality bites

I must remember this:

"Anger is like raw potatoes... not very useful

but if we cook it

we can make something useful from it" - thich nhat hanh