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Crunchy Frog

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2. If he gets a second term, we'll be effectively living in a RW judicial dictatorship.

Reply to Odoreida (Original post)

Mon Feb 24, 2020, 06:02 PM

Feb 2020

Even if we should manage to get a Democrat in the WH at some point in the future, they would be essentially powerless.

At some point we're going to have to address the fundamentally dysfunctional nature of our current judicial system.

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Trump has flipped the 9th Circuit -- and some new judges are causing a 'shock wave' (LA Times) [View all] Odoreida Feb 2020 OP

Nooooo mahina Feb 2020 #1

If he gets a second term, we'll be effectively living in a RW judicial dictatorship. Crunchy Frog Feb 2020 #2

There are 16 Clinton and Obama judges,10 Trump and 3 GW Bush. onenote Feb 2020 #3

Here it comes. Odoreida Feb 2020 #4

You can thank Mitch for that. He kept dozens, if not hundreds, of vacancies open until Obama... Hekate Feb 2020 #5

K&R UTUSN Feb 2020 #6