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J_William_Ryan

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10. "'opened the floodgates' to what it may be presumed legal for a president to do"

Reply to Jack Valentino (Original post)

Fri Dec 26, 2025, 10:36 PM

11 hrs ago

And that’s the problem – the next Republican president will undo what the Democratic president accomplished, reinstating much of what Trump did.

This an example of the considerable damage the Supreme Court has done – short-term policy by partisan politics, not long-term established, institutional sound, responsible governance.

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Next Democratic president should give Republicans 'a taste of their own medicine'! (AlterNet) [View all] Jack Valentino 12 hrs ago OP

Why not add this Dan 11 hrs ago #1

Indeed, 'why not'? "FLOOD THE ZONE!" Jack Valentino 11 hrs ago #2

could go down that list one by one ... but it probably isn't worth the effort ... - - -(nt)- stopdiggin 11 hrs ago #4

Sadly, it won't really work. unblock 11 hrs ago #3

We CAN ignore the Trump and far-right wing, if we are delivering REAL BENEFITS Jack Valentino 11 hrs ago #7

I could not agree more, gab13by13 11 hrs ago #5

Add 30 more justices Seeking Serenity 11 hrs ago #6

Yep. Supreme Court needs to be corrected somehow, someway. chicoescuela 11 hrs ago #11

Hell yes! ABC123Easy 11 hrs ago #8

This would be just continuing down the same path just with our dictator EdmondDantes_ 11 hrs ago #9

so we should continue to attempt to be 'better than the Republicans', Jack Valentino 10 hrs ago #13

"'opened the floodgates' to what it may be presumed legal for a president to do" J_William_Ryan 11 hrs ago #10

So we should ignore the needs of our party members, in fear of 'what the next GQP president may do'? Jack Valentino 10 hrs ago #12

Turnabout is fair play jfz9580m 8 hrs ago #14