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egbertowillies

(4,479 posts)
Wed Jul 6, 2022, 11:33 AM Jul 2022

PROOF: Our Supreme Court is illegitimate and sadly was placed there by rogue small-state Senators.

America loves to preach and spread Democracy. Unfortunately, our acts do not ring true overseas as they see what we are becoming starting with the Supreme Court.



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PROOF: Our Supreme Court is illegitimate and sadly was placed there by rogue small-state Senators. (Original Post) egbertowillies Jul 2022 OP
The Senate too. The Senate, small as it is, has an outsized role in government, in SWBTATTReg Jul 2022 #1
This Filthy Court needs a new name magicguido Jul 2022 #2

SWBTATTReg

(26,399 posts)
1. The Senate too. The Senate, small as it is, has an outsized role in government, in
Wed Jul 6, 2022, 01:22 PM
Jul 2022

confirming nominees by the president, and only 100 pushing forth their various laws, amendments, etc. Only 100. Very tiny group and one that I don't think is very representative any longer, since the billionaires and millionaires have thrown tons of money to gerrymander the boundaries of districts, thus ensuring that only republicans can win these districts.

Personally, I think that they should expand the Senate to 200 people, from 100, and have 2 floating senators in each state extra, w/o boundaries (other than state lines). This would stop the obvious and blatant gerrymandering that is going on way too much.

And I agree w/ expanding the membership of the Supreme Court, it's already screwed up (tilted towards the extreme right) and I feel that the damage is already done, that any new laws, etc. passed will be simply voided by the ultraright Supreme Court.

 

magicguido

(6,315 posts)
2. This Filthy Court needs a new name
Thu Jul 7, 2022, 10:01 AM
Jul 2022

shoddy adjective

Synonyms & Antonyms of shoddy

(Entry 1 of 2)
1 of low quality

shoddy merchandise that soon fell to pieces

Synonyms for shoddy

bad, bargain-basement, bum, cheap, cheapjack, cheesy, coarse, common, crappy [slang], cut-rate, el cheapo, execrable, gimcrack, inferior, junky, lousy, low-grade, low-rent, mediocre, miserable, poor, rotten, rubbishy, schlock (or schlocky also shlock or shlocky), second-rate, sleazy, terrible, trashy, trumpery, wretched

Words Related to shoddy

useless, valueless, worthless

indifferent, lackluster, second-class

brummagem, flashy, garish, gaudy, glitzy, kitsch, kitschy, meretricious, ostentatious, showy, splashy, swank (or swanky), tawdry

seedy, shabby, tacky

counterfeit, fake, phony (also phoney), sham

supercheap, ultracheap


2 not respectable

a waterfront area filled with shoddy saloons, tattoo parlors, and houses of prostitution

Synonyms for shoddy

discreditable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, ignominious, infamous, louche, notorious, opprobrious, shady, shameful, shy, unrespectable

Words Related to shoddy

bad, criminal, immoral, seamy, sordid, unethical, unsavory, wicked

base, contemptible, despicable, detestable, dirty, low, mean, miserable, vile, wretched

evil, iniquitous, nefarious, rotten, sinful, unrighteous, vicious, villainous, wrong

blamable, blameworthy, censurable, inglorious, reprehensible

corrupt, debased, debauched, degenerate, depraved, dissolute, gamy (or gamey), libertine, loose, perverted, reprobate



shoddy noun

Synonyms & Antonyms of shoddy (Entry 2 of 2)
as in bastard, duffer

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for shoddy

bastard, brummagem, duffer

simulation, synthetic

fraud, gaff, imposture, spoof, swindle

dummy, mock-up

copy, facsimile, replica, reproduction

copycat, knockoff

counterfeit, fake, forgery, hoax, humbug, phony (also phoney), sham

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