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GoodRaisin

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

Reply to lefthandedskyhook (Reply #21)

Mon Jun 27, 2022, 04:50 PM

Jun 2022

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.

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Fixing the court [View all] lefthandedskyhook Jun 2022 OP

Biden can't say he will expand the court before midterms...it would be suicidal. Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #1

Kavanaugh is not serial rapist...I hate the guy. But the statute of limitation has long run out on Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #2

Statute of limitations is... lefthandedskyhook Jun 2022 #4

True that...but I doubt since we are talking decades ago, that we have enough evidence to get Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #8

Yeah, but I still believe his accusers lefthandedskyhook Jun 2022 #10

I only remember one accuser. Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #16

There are 3 accusers lefthandedskyhook Jun 2022 #23

who is on it is due to elections having consequences treestar Jun 2022 #3

This would be true in a democracy lefthandedskyhook Jun 2022 #5

then we need 67 Dem senators too treestar Jun 2022 #6

Yeah while we are at it let's fix the filibuster... lefthandedskyhook Jun 2022 #7

Wishful thinking. we are bound by the constitution. And the only remedy for removing Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #9

Yes, we are bound by the Constitution lefthandedskyhook Jun 2022 #11

I don't disagree...but how can we do it...the only way starts with winning elections and nothing Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #14

I wish you were wrong lefthandedskyhook Jun 2022 #18

We warned treestar...and we hear the same shit even now. Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #17

Pray for them to suddenly be smitten by the hand of God, GoodRaisin Jun 2022 #12

Yeah, only a super-majority can fix most of the super-majority flaws lefthandedskyhook Jun 2022 #13

Root cause - GoodRaisin Jun 2022 #19

Heritage Foundation and beyond lefthandedskyhook Jun 2022 #21

They are running the country now, with their hand picked judges and politicians. GoodRaisin Jun 2022 #22

The midterms will be crucial lefthandedskyhook Jun 2022 #24

We do not need super majorities to add justices...so it can be done. Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #15

I fail to see how that could happen with 60 votes needed to invoke cloture in the Senate. GoodRaisin Jun 2022 #20

Biden has that power, mostly lefthandedskyhook Jun 2022 #25

Biden's not going to have the consent unless he has 12 more Democratic Senators GoodRaisin Jun 2022 #26

Nobody on the Court will be Impeached/Removed or Prosecuted brooklynite Jun 2022 #27

Reality bites lefthandedskyhook Jun 2022 #28