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Court of domestic terrorists. Fuck the federalist sods
It's as if the court is controlled by dark money >

Although that is a factor, let us not dismiss the fault lies with American citizens and their voting choices (including not voting). Dark money influences people, but it does not entirely deprive us of our choices in life.
The Uvalde shooting happened in the spring of 2022, however 6 months later the people in that community re-elected Republicans to the state capital from governor to state senate and downwards.
Londoners often ask me what it will take for the American people to wake up. The fact that the GOP still won so many races in November, despite the attack on women’s rights with Roe v. Wade being gutted and countless other misdeeds, says a lot more about American voters and non-voters. >

It's that but you have to factor in districts that are gerrymandered to hell the fact that we're not able to get time off to vote and the fact that some states make it as hard to vote as humanly possible. All I can say is non voters are a problem but my gen z ass and the rest of the people in my generation have been stepping up in record numbers. Which Republicans want to raise the voting age to 25 btw. You can go die for us at 18 but you have no say in what policies get implemented. The GOP has gone full fascist the time to stop them was 2012 but they go low we go high ya know?
We're so unbelievably screwed. >

Gerrymandering is why I am not afraid of DeSantis. His office rewrote the voting districts and the federal government told him they were discriminatory and he did it anyway. He won a red state that leans red in elections, and was gerrymandered for red votes. Put him in Virginia or Pennsylvania and they’ll see through him like they saw through Oz. >

You can’t gerrymander for Governor though. That’s just a statewide race.
Best he could do is depress turnout. But if people voted against him, he’d be gone. >

The reason DeSantis won is because the Democratic party has quit on Florida. They keep putting up the same candidate, Charlie Christ, who has failed to win like 4 times now. He's a terrible candidate, I miss the days of Jeb Bush to be honest.
The reason DeSantis won't work on a national stage, he is TERRIBLE in live debates. He's so bad that his public appearance schedule is secret. He only takes questions from staged reporters and if anyone finds out that isn't expressly requested to be there, they are removed. That won't work on a national stage. There isn't a GOP Candidate that will allow him to skate by without several debates. Trump would embarrass him on a national stage, it's the only reason I hope Trump runs, to destroy DeSantis and the last remnants of the MAGA cult. >

Republicans don't do debates anymore >

they do during primaries. >

Was Trump good in live debates? This seems like something that would cause Democrats to vote for someone else, but not Republicans. >

he was rude, crass, and just an all-around asshole. That definitely appeals to a certain demographic. DeSantis has zero qualities he can rely on to help him win on any kind of national stage. Don't get me wrong, there will always be people that vote (R) no matter what, but he isn't going to convert voters. >

This is what happens when you have arch partisans in stead of judges. 
The rest of the first world has a name for partisan judges it’s called corruption. >

This is what happens when you have a government that allows representatives a minority of the people to decide who gets to sit on the bench. >

Our illegitimate Supreme Court is the saddest thing about our country. Absolutely awful, and the clearest sign that the GOP is not interested in the US being America anymore. 
It should be corrected. >

The last sparkle of hope is that majority seems to be skeptical of Moore v Harper. If that's the case and elections won't change substantially if at all, the last midterm showed new enthusiasm for Democrats. Let's give them few years and maybe they'll pack the court. 2024 senate map is disaster, but you have ample time to canvass for historic turnout. And in 2028, the majority might be enough. >

"Skeptical" in quotes. They still showed support for it, just not full naked endorsement of Independent Legislature Theory in all cases (e.g., ISL cannot theorhetically discriminate based on constitutional protections such as race--but good luck enforcing it).
The lawyers I listen to opining about this topic (such as the guys at Opening Arguments) are suggesting that SCOTUS is poised to partially rule in favor of Moore such that it guarantees Republicans can steal elections nonetheless.
Sort of like saying "we don't have a dictator who is above the law. We have a president for life who cannot ever be prosecuted for breaking any law. Big difference." >

I concur. They will rule in favor of it 'just enough' to allow the margin of victory they desire. That's the Lucy's Football of the left, we always think there is going to be a cataclysmic event, but the establishment knows to never do this, so they weasel it out in small steps.
The GOP just needs to forever lock down current red states and then let the Cambridge Analyticas of the future do their magic in the rust belt. >

We overlook the fact that the only reason the Supreme Court has the power to do this is because the have assumed part of the role of Congress.
The Supreme Court should never have the ability to define the laws of the land.  They have that power because we send people to Congress which promise to do a lot, but end up doing very little. >


send people to Congress which promise to do a lot, but end up doing very little.

I'm not the sort of person to put politicians in one bag (some are lazy, some aren't; some are smart, some aren't) but there has been a trend to not legislate and instead push the decision to any other institution. 
That's why the GOP has "the best health plan ever" but no one knows what it is and it's never tabled to be debated. That's why ObamaCare was a gift to the Republicans. It was something they could point to, prod, and laugh at.
Actually doing something is political suicide. Things only get done because there are a few politicians who in good faith try to make the country better, or, are lobbied to do something with the lobbyists taking the heat (eg picking up any lost campaign funds etc) if any. >

I believe an armed militia being necessary to the security of our free state should in all aspects of the word, protest. Reagan lost his shit when the Black panthers started open carrying >

I don't know. A country who goes nuts for wearing a cloth over their face during a pandemic but are happy for school rooms to have litter boxes for school shooting prep isn't right in it's head. 
A collective cognitive dissonance. It ain't healthy. >

Where the fuck is this “litter box” bs happening at? Can you name a school? >

They're referring to the kernel of truth in the litter box thing.  Schools often keep litter around cuz it's good for cleaning stuff up, some schools have started storing it in classrooms so kids can use it in the event that they're trapped in the room during a school shooting.  
But of course no school is providing them for furries or kids identifying as cats. >

That’s what I thought he was referring to, the anti lgbt  propaganda I mean, shit is just so odd that they have to grasp that badly for straws because they never have policies that actually focus on improving the issue >

Of course they are. >

Wow. An illegitimate court doing illegitimate things. It’s almost like everyone said this would happen when it was stolen from the people. >

The MAGA court is the enemy of the American people and is purposefully destabilizing the country in service of their fascist masters >

We're so fucked >

Make sure when people complain you tell them how voting for a gorilla, both side-ism, and I could never vote for Hillary caused this. >

Yeah and if she was here I would tell her the same thing. But she's not. Voters are and that's who I'm addressing. >

Extend the court to 13 justices (in line with how many circuits there are) and make it a law that the Supreme Court can never exceed the number of circuits.
For such an important body, the general public should vote for who they want on the panel rather than the current president who will always choose a political ally! 
The court should be a representative and somewhat neutral standing body (not the current political chess piece that it is currently) 
Hell I’m not even from the US and this shit pisses me off >

Electing judges does not get politics out of the courts. And it opens the door wide for money to come in, even more than now. >

It'd be hard to open the door more, at least if we elected them, they'd be accountable to the people instead of just other politicians. >

At what point do we as a country just... stop putting up with it? Say "let the courts enforce their decision"? Pack the courts? Impeachment? Or someone goes more extreme because they don't see another way? 
Left-wing terrorism is extremely rare, especially when put alongside the Right-wing variants, but I fear we'll see more of it if we keep the current trajectory and people start losing hope. And then that will be used to oppress us further, just like back in the Cold War days. >

Honestly, I am firmly in the camp that the only way to defeat Republicans is to play by the rules they follow themselves.  That is, none. Arrest the compromised SCOTUS occupiers. Open investigations into who paid more than $300k to settle all of Kavanaugh's debt problems overnight. Dig into Thomas and his wife's sedition, and his complicity in refusing to recuse. Dig Kennedy up from whatever hole he buried himself in, and get his corrupt banker kid while we're at it.
Drain the swamp, essentially.  And take down any liberal in the way and who is also dirty while we are at it.  Entering political life as a servant should be "dangerous" in this country such that all their shit gets exposed no matter who they are.  Everyone is so shocked about George Santos but he really isn't any different than these people. He's just worse at covering his tracks. >

The Dems never play hardball like this. Maybe it's because they don't have it in their DNA or they maybe they've got  the same donors and they are deathly afraid if they did anything it might turn off the money spigot. >

The short term memory of this sub astounds me. Pelosi rolling in stock wins after her husband bought stock in Nvidia right before a major bill comes out. And when questioned about it, “No, absolutely not,” and walking off stage… we wouldn’t have any politicians left if we did op’s suggested draining of the swamp. >

I think more people would be for this too... She isn't liberal, she's corrupt too!
Find someone else to do the job! >

Can we just abort the supreme court? We really don't need or want 9 old rich people deciding futures of 300 million people spread out over almost 4million Sq-mi. >

The problem are those who are just fine with 6 of these jacks. >

The fact that we aren't on a mass strike until those three plants plus the two old seditious assholes are gone is nuts to me. They have divided us and beaten us down too much, it seems >

"Somehow this is the fault of Democrat voters" - miscellaneous trolls on reddit who say that in every post where Republicans have been up to no good.
Not the fault of right-wingers and Republicans, no. They are off the hook. It's always Democrats who are somehow to blame. >

The US will be playing catch up politically for the next 100 years if republicans are allowed back in office. They have zero redeeming qualities at this point. >

This is terrifying >

To summarize:
There are two decisions pending appeal right now regarding Title 42, one in AZ, one in LA. The one in LA says the Biden admin didn't follow the (months long) notice and comment process to end Title 42. The one in AZ says the Title 42 program was illegal in the first place. That's great for the Biden admin, because it means they can dispense with program, even while these cases are being appealed.
Except...
Red state leaders, who were not even parties to the AZ lawsuit, asked the appeals court to overturn the AZ decision, but the appeals court said they were too late to intervene in the case. The Reds appealed to SCOTUS, who IMMEDIATELY issued a stay on the AZ case order (the one that said the program was illegal in the first place) while SCOTUS decide whether the Reds were too late to intervene. SCOTUS isn't even considering whether the program was actually illegal in the AZ case, but they granted an immediate stay on the decision. The stay will last until they issue a decision in June.
Meanwhile, they issued no such stay on the LA case decision, which they will also take their time hearing.
This is brazen partisanship. They are openly treating litigants differently based on their political affiliations. They aren't even making a secret of it. The liberal justices have cried foul every time they do it. 
Vote for politicians to expand SCOTUS and fix this. >

Unjust >

Legitimized corruption. >

There's no reason why we still need to wait until June for opinion days. Lower federal courts are much faster. >

Honest question, in this day in age, how can any institution like the SCOTUS be independent and not biased? >

They are so corrupt and anti-American it's disgusting.
The #1 terrorists in America are on the SCOTUS. >

Yeah, those traitors too. >

They need title 42. Not because of their whole America first agenda, but so they can point at Biden for the immigration numbers. Without it, the same people wouldn't be crossing 5 times, and the numbers under Biden would be far lower. It's all poison pilled. They need it to be a disaster under Biden, and a call to arms under the GOP. Not to mention, screaming "open borders' over and over again, makes migrants think there are. Or their usual run of the mill hiring immigrants, that they don't want here, but secretly need, because mowing their own lawn, or cleaning their own house is beneath them. 
The GOP loves undocumented immigrants, just not the immigrants themselves. >

The fact the court packing is not on the democratic agenda is sad. >

Rigged Court.  We know what needs to be done.  But the Democrats aren't up to the job. >

One justice per district.
The Supreme Court as currently constituted isn’t doing anything to ensure its members abide by standard judicial ethical norms and is completely unprofessional.  If they refuse to police themselves, it’s time for the other branches to impose checks and balances. >

A chunk of reddit: We get to see Trump's tax returns. Democracy is saved.
Reality: The supreme court is compromised, the far right won long ago. >

We are all fucked in the US. 
Roe was just the beginning. 
To everyone who just couldn’t vote for Hillary - this is on you.
Edited to add: 
It doesn’t even make sense to have an argument. 
What is done is done. 
We all get to watch women be marginalized by religious freaks now. They are going after birth control next. >

No.  It's on the DNC, who got caught doing everything they could to hand the primaries to Clinton.  Not coincidentally the head of the DNC also joined Clintons election team.  If Clinton and the DNC didn't pull that shit, they wouldn't have alienated so many voters >

It’s because she was winning the primaries. >

That's such an odd argument. 
"They were advantaged in her favor." 
"Yeah, but she was winning." >

Yeah, I am well aware of the results.
If you and I run a 100 meter race and you have 50 pound weights strapped to each ankle, I don't think you're going to be impressed by my bragging that I won.
Sorry, but saying she won an unfair race is a piss poor argument. >

That is sorta how politics in the US works. 
If you’re the one who can fundraise and the votes - you’re the candidate. >

Sanders was raising record breaking money and doing it without taking large corporate and individual donations. 
And they tied the first race with closest margin in the history of the Iowa caucuses. And then he blew her doors off in New Hampshire. Recall that it was Bill Clinton coming in third in the NH primaries that gave him the nickname the Comeback Kid and got the press behind him leading to his eventual victory. Instead, the press focused on Hillary Clinton's imaginary lead because of uncast super-delegate votes. And she carried that into more wins a long line of primaries in states that the democrats almost never win in the general election.
And then if you look at the states that really turned the 2016 general election, Sanders won Wisconsin, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Michigan, Colorado, and Maine. And he really was close in others like Nevada, and even after most of the press had declared his campaign having no chance. Most of the remaining states were either going to go blue or red regardless of which candidate was running. So you really can't say he didn't have the votes.
We can go back and forth about this all day. The math was on his side in almost every aspect. If you're the one the establishment picks, you're the candidate. That's exactly how politics in the US works. >

So you're just going to ignore the facts of what I said. Seems about par for the course.
And it's not convincing to show charts that compare money raised over different time periods. But you know what really stands out...
Sanders 
Small Individual Contributions (< $200)     $134,669,942    57.70%
Clinton
Small Individual Contributions (< $200)     $105,552,584    18.58% 
Why does that matter? Because individuals vote. And because people opening up their individual pockets shows they are motivated. >

Of course, no integrity >

It’s almost as if we allowed bad actors to place agents inside the court to compromise its independence and legitimacy… Jesus will not weep for us. 🤣 >

it’s almost like they’re like untouchable high priests or something >

Whatever happened with Moore v Harper? >

Roberts will be remembered as the most disgraced Chief “justice” in SCOTUS history >

We are now moving out of the legal stages of fascism and what happens in January vis a vis the 1/6 trial will be very important in determining whether the USA remains free. >

i thought it was determined that they were letting everyone get away with it >

C in SCOTUS stands for Corrupted >

-Sigh- America is the ghetto >

America is over. All that's left is the theatrics. >

These hacks aren’t jurists; they’re politicians! >

Burn them all! Corruption!! >

It’s now called the imperial court. Who needs to craft laws when you can write them in court and get them enacted. >

They have become a joke. >

The party is a criminal organization and must be dismantled. >

Its not a court.  Its arm of the Republican legislature. >

I’ve thought through multiple responses about why this is wrong and how corrupt the court is and how it needs to change but there is too much and it makes me too angry. 
It shouldn’t be this way. Courts are supposed to provide clarity. >

They choose what cases they take, and the conservative side of the bench couldn’t wait to sink their teeth into a case that fit what they wanted to do. They ignored precedent, used extremely stupid logic, and ultimately chose to harm the rights of the American people. >

SCOTUS seems to be too busy to properly hear cases. Maybe Biden should appoint more judges to the bench to help them with the case load. >

Political appointees being political? Say it isn’t so! >

The Supreme Court is a fucking joke now. Absolutely politically compromised >

Anything related to trump is a con. The fat piece of dog waste should be indicted within 4-6 weeks. It’s coming. Just when.  Hopefully when he gets to prison he could run for prison president when he isn’t on his knees servicing his biggest supporters. Of course meaning the skinheads. Trump will need knee pads. He will be passed around like a newspaper. America will celebrate when we hear he is being abused. He abused all of the families who lost a parent when he lied about Covid. He was worried about his re-election before protecting EVERY SINGLE American. You wonder why he is hated. He was the laughing stock all around the world except for Russia and North Korea. Everyone else hated him. When the Queen died she had specifically had something in writing not wanting the “ clown” as she called him publicly and privately. Just want this over with. Enough already. I pay more in taxes in one year then this fat piece of dog crap does in 10
Yrs. Enough >

Gift by Trump. >

It’s like herpes. 
The gift that keeps on giving. >

What a disgrace of an institution. The GOP has corrupted it to its very core. >

Republicans will just refuse to debate. Problem solved. >

So with Biden not trusting the secret service and then this shit.. When do the moves against the fascists begin? When does Biden say something about how our highest court has been captured by an extremist dark money group? When do we get these assholes away from the levers of power? >

Anything SC related is just as much the Democrats fault for not having the guts to remove the filibuster and change the number of justices, as it is the Republicans fault for being dirty misogynist racist religious freaks hell bent on destroying the world. >

These GOP installed justices on this SCOTUS aren't qualified to clean the restrooms in the Supreme Court building basement. >

Mexican Court room buildings maybe >

Impeach!