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Trump personally dictated the new RNC language on abortion and gay marriage. His team put the delegates in a room, took their phones, and Trump said you're going to pass this and you're going to do it quickly.
— Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania) July 18, 2024
Night of the Long Knives for social conservatives. pic.twitter.com/IQLdu22tOy
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ok let me try to word this in a way you can understand.
A senate majority can be formed with less than 36% of the vote.
The president can win with a non-majority of the vote.
What happens when the court, with lifetime appointments, is primarily shaped by a minority of the country? It rapidly loses credibility, especially when the minority specifically appoints the most extreme conservatives they can find, that repeatedly rule in insane ways.
Like the reforms to the court are to save it, because the current path will end in the court being completely meaningless.
The "democrats" that started the first civil war are all republicans now my guy.
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I'm sorry, all I read is cope about how you don't like Court decisions not being in your favor.
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Keep it up, watch what happens when the court is meaningless.
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"My God, the Court applied a plain-text reading of the Commerce Clause and now the federal government doesn't have the power to micromanage and regulate every facet of American life! WE NEED TO CHANGE THE RULES BECAUSE WE LOST!!"
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theres a reason the credibility of the court has tanked.
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Which I'm sure has nothing to do with the Democrats doing a full-frontal assault on every one of its decisions that they continue to lose on. Even cases where the Court rules for the seemingly Democrat position, it's assailed. You've spent X years demonizing the Court and now are pointing to polls - which the Court itself could give two shits about - to justify changing the rules so that you can win.
Try passing laws that meet Constitutional muster or not taking such r-slurred positions on issues that any 1L can see is preposterous. It's a co-equal branch of the federal government and is well within its province to tell either the president or the Congress to frick right off.
At the end of the day, this is all theater because the Court rules against your priorities. You just want naked power, which is fair considering you're shilling for the Democrats here.
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No, I'm pretty sure it was the packing of the court by a minority of Americans with radical conservatives.
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How was the fricking Court packed? It's still at 9 justices, you disingenuous frick. If you're whining about fricking Garland, you should know well how much of a political risk it was for McConnell to do that. Clinton never called him on it, never made it an issue during the campaign...and lost.
What's packing the Court is telling a respected jurist like Justice Ginsburg to retire because you're worried she'll die. What's packing the Court is moving to change its numbers so you can appoint more. What's packing the Court is attacking every decision you don't like because your pet super-legislature didn't vote your way.
Win elections and nominate justices, until then either propose to amend the Constitution or shut the frick up.
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loading the court with radical conservatives has reduced the credibility of the court.
This shows in the data.
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