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13. Impeaching a justice just like a potus takes a 2/3rds majority

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Tue Oct 27, 2020, 12:31 AM

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Dem leadership will make judicial changes [View all] mysteryowl Oct 2020 OP

We win the WH, we win the Senate and we win the House. 6 months is 25% of our power hour. CincyDem Oct 2020 #1

Can we just wait until we win to keep discussing this? Boogiemack Oct 2020 #52

Yeah, because it's a secret? lagomorph777 Oct 2020 #59

I'm no fan of this 6 months deal. The GOP wouldn't wait 6 months. sarcasmo Oct 2020 #2

Bingo! notinkansas Oct 2020 #24

I agree Sunsky Oct 2020 #31

Let's see what the SC strikes down. If they kill pre-existing conditions, on Nov 10th, expect all OnDoutside Oct 2020 #54

Agreed. sarcasmo Oct 2020 #62

I think they'll change their tone when the election is over vercetti2021 Oct 2020 #3

I am really glad Kamala will be VP to light a fire under Biden. mysteryowl Oct 2020 #5

Yep vercetti2021 Oct 2020 #8

We The People will put pressure on our own party to mysteryowl Oct 2020 #14

Tell me how many times in 2016 when 'Progressives' were campaigning ... Budi Oct 2020 #26

thank you P.C.L.D. Oct 2020 #27

THANK YOU! betsuni Oct 2020 #29

Great post Gothmog Oct 2020 #35

This graphic from a study shows you are wrong. Democrats have moved right since 2000. mysteryowl Oct 2020 #36

You mean the year 2000 when Again, the 3rd party split the Fla vote Budi Oct 2020 #45

"Look at the cheering squad of comments you got, which reinforces my point." - what point is that? George II Oct 2020 #49

Sounds like an us against them statement rather than the unity we need to.. Budi Oct 2020 #53

I wish I could rec this post! brer cat Oct 2020 #39

Brava! Some people should have lived through the 50s, 60s, and 70s. This wasn't all handed..... George II Oct 2020 #44

Exactly right George ll. Budi Oct 2020 #46

Sounds more regressive than progressive Budi Oct 2020 #47

Well said! mcar Oct 2020 #51

+++ still_one Oct 2020 #57

Yep! (nt) ehrnst Oct 2020 #61

Oh, brother! NurseJackie Oct 2020 #28

What does "Pelosi and Schumer aren't gonna go quietly" mean? betsuni Oct 2020 #30

They better!! 6 months is too much time to waste when we may have only 2 yrs Thekaspervote Oct 2020 #10

Maybe vercetti2021 Oct 2020 #11

I'm serious about getting 45-yr old liberal firebrands and installing 4 of them at once... Moostache Oct 2020 #4

They need to change more than the Supreme court. mysteryowl Oct 2020 #9

Only 4 ? A dozen of them has a better ring to it. OnDoutside Oct 2020 #55

1) They don't need 6 months. 2) bipartisan means an element of hard right, the last thing justice Karadeniz Oct 2020 #6

Notice how the only "bipartisan" talk is from the Dems. mysteryowl Oct 2020 #12

"Bipartisan" is a mirage; how is that not blatantly obvious by now? lagomorph777 Oct 2020 #60

Impeaching a justice just like a potus takes a 2/3rds majority Thekaspervote Oct 2020 #13

K&R Blue Owl Oct 2020 #7

I think the pressure on Biden to expand the court will not be something he can ignore PlanetBev Oct 2020 #15

I have been hearing about more options than adding to the court. mysteryowl Oct 2020 #17

No it's not possible to demote a SCOTUS Justice. Nt Fiendish Thingy Oct 2020 #20

It will be up to the people to hold their feet to the fire. Nt Fiendish Thingy Oct 2020 #21

It all rides on taking the Senate and killing the filibuster. roamer65 Oct 2020 #16

Not reassured Ell09 Oct 2020 #18

6 months will be plenty of time for a well funded opposition ad campaign Fiendish Thingy Oct 2020 #22

Our side needs a bigger, better ad campaign. Crunchy Frog Oct 2020 #34

Our side needs to act swiftly and ruthlessly- no ads necessary. Nt Fiendish Thingy Oct 2020 #50

THIS. n/t area51 Oct 2020 #56

Right - there was no "bipartisan" activity while the Repukes were in charge FakeNoose Oct 2020 #48

My concern is, by next summer, some senatorial spines may jellify Fiendish Thingy Oct 2020 #19

Agreed Ell09 Oct 2020 #23

More Like Six Days..... LovingA2andMI Oct 2020 #25

How did that bipartisanship work out for Obama? JCMach1 Oct 2020 #32

Yep mysteryowl Oct 2020 #37

6 days should be all...what's going to happen to Tribetime Oct 2020 #33

Agreed. mysteryowl Oct 2020 #38

However it's done it needs to make sense and not look overly partisan Buckeyeblue Oct 2020 #40

And, to remove the religious right from infecting politics. mysteryowl Oct 2020 #41

That's the subtext, right? Buckeyeblue Oct 2020 #43

Why a delay? The sense of urgency is high now. Six months after inaguration the here and now Statistical Oct 2020 #42

Six months is waaaaay too long. SCROTUS will dismantle the nation in that time. lagomorph777 Oct 2020 #58