Do you think you'll live long enough to see a liberal activist Supreme Court?

[Buttoneer]

I'm hopeful that Biden wins, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito get hounded into retirement by the press.

[ColinC]

1. Only way that happens is if we add seats

[Buttoneer]

4. Tried and failed

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/democrats-introduce-bill-to-expand-u-s-supreme-court/

[ColinC]

9. Cool. Let's try again with a healthy majority in both chambers

[rzemanfl]

7. Or manage to get enough seats to impeach a few deserving souls. n/t

[Dave says]

11. Nope

(I have slow-kill terminal cancer, but I’ve prob still have 4-5 years.)

[delisen]

2. I intend to live to see

5 disgraced male former Supreme Court justices

[rzemanfl]

10. Coney-Barrett gets a pass? Why?

[delisen]

14. She will be the token Republican on the Supreme Court

I think having a dissenting opinion will keep the Court sharp.

[rzemanfl]

15. I laughed out loud. Thank you!

[Ocelot II]

3. I'd be happy for just a normal, balanced one.

[LostOne4Ever]

6. This

I lost all hope and even balance seems far fetched.

[stopdiggin]

20. +1. not sure what 'liberal activism' would look like in the court

( although I'm sure I could find about a hundred different opinions - all free of charge! )

and then there's the question of whether I'd be real pleased with what I was seeing ...

( and I'm assuming that Roe/Wade and some return of 'separation doctrine' - would be considered just a return to 'standard' or norm? )

[Patton French]

5. One can only hope. NT

[Freethinker65]

8. Nope. Because a Democratic president will nominate someone qualified and impartial

Democrats believe in the intent of the Constitution. The founders did not see the Presidency as a position above the law. The founders did not think businesses with many employees (corporations) were people. The founders would not agree to deny women healthcare to save their lives. The founders would not allow an ex-President insurrectionist to run for the Presidency.

[RB77]

19. Also

The founders may have intended that the courts job is to interpret the law, not just vote to please the popular ideology of their political party. If they (the justices) do not agree with the law, they can recommend congressional action. I feel that if we’d never adopted the terms, ‘liberal and conservative judges’, we wouldn’t be in this mess.

[BOSSHOG]

12. I may see three more Presidential elections

Through 32. Optimistic for a rational, moderate court.

I recall the hearings for trumps three stooges and never heard the question, would you vote to overturn Roe V Wade? Many questions in the ballpark, but not to the point. One of many disappointments during his minority vote wins the election term.

[Irish_Dem]

13. McConnell blocked a sitting Dem president from appointing a SC justice.

So it may be difficult to ever get a liberal court with the GOP cheating so much.

[Model35mech]

16. I'm already 5 years past my expiration date

I'd love to see a liberal court that quashes Originalism, But I'm not counting on seeing it.

[wnylib]

17. Maybe I will live long enough to see a liberal court.

Depends on whether I survive the collision of political factions in November.

[Initech]

18. Unless we tell the Heritage Foundation to go fuck itself...

And start treating it like the terrorist organization that it is, nothing will change.

I'm going to say probably not in my lifetime, and I'm in my 40s. Fuck the Heritage Foundation to the hottest circle of hell.