This country is fucked thanks to the Federalist Society and they'll never get what they truly deserve.
They aren't immortal or impervious to retribution.
They aren't immortal or impervious to retribution.
They pretty much are, actuallyThey are only immune to people working within the confines the legal system.
And it'll be come 5/9ths if he gets back in, as Alito and Thomas I expect to step down.It's honestly the media's fault for not making a bigger deal of Republicans blocking a Supreme Court pick.
Yeah, Alito's opinion was "Black people tend to vote democratic, so this isn't racial gerrymandering, it's political gerrymandering"
Even though I believe SC in their plans literally said they were intentionally trying to racially gerrymander in order to hurt the black vote.
This country is fucked thanks to the Federalist Society and they'll never get what they truly deserve.
It's honestly the media's fault for not making a bigger deal of Republicans blocking a Supreme Court pick.
That should have been the starting story every day of how Republicans are politicizing the courts. It should have had countdowns like they do with the budget and government shut downs. Instead they just shrugged and moved on.
That's the moment democracy truly died.
At every turn over the last decade the media has completely failed to live up to the moment.
Oh, the media is absolutely a large part of why we're in such a precarious place and this is a good example of why, yes.9/11 or the Clinton trials probably gave them such a ratings boost, they were required to find a replacement at all times.
As for the moment democracy died, I think it has an earlier origin. Them cheerleading us into Iraq for ratings is when I believe they gave up on responsible journalism and behavior. From then on it was all about ratings and trying to control the narrative of the national discussion as opposed to informing us on the facts and the consequences of things with the severity/informative level it deserves.
9/11 or the Clinton trials probably gave them such a ratings boost, they were required to find a replacement at all times.
And if reelected Donnie will probably get to replace 2 of the republican justices with younger s*** heads. But, you know.... Biden just doesn't inspire me enough to care about long term consequences.
It honestly sounds like it's nearly time to just tear this country up at the roots and start over again. We're getting to the point where we can't change things for the better if things continue like this.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, -- That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government , laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
The Supreme Court is an illegitimate institution that should be completely ignored
So are we screwed in November due to this?We were screwed before this. Trump is sadly going to win, this just makes his road even easier.
Oops, upon rethinking about it, democracy started it's decline towards death in the 2000 election when the SC stole the election for Bush by stopping the counting in FL when Jeb was ahead. From there we had Citizen's United and the stripping of the voters right's act, however I think we started to really feel it in 2000. 700k black voters were disenfranchised in that election (Greg Palast is the one who discovered and reported on this, you should check out his stuff on the issue). Palast is also raising the alarm about what's happening in GA with black people being thrown off voter rolls just because someone says like "I don't recognize this person" and without any sort of investigation.I think the bullshit with Valerie Plame was another nail in that coffin in that same era.
But corporate mainstream media legitimacy died, I think, when they cheerled us into Iraq for ratings and domination of public narrative.
And it'll be come 5/9ths if he gets back in, as Alito and Thomas I expect to step down.
Yep, those are the 2 I was referring to. I think Sotomayor would last 4 years but I believe she's also 70, so fucking hell if she didn't. 7-2 conservative split all from a dude who tried to over throw the government and didn't get the most votes 3 times in a row.....
....but Biden just doesn't inspire me enough, you know?
You know whose actions have more consequences than random people on CE towards whether Biden wins re-election? Biden.This.
Biden is unwilling to pack the court, he doesn't want people to get rid of the filibuster, he'd probably replace Alito or Thomas with Garland or another "sensible" conservative even though Garland completely dragged his feet on prosecuting Trump which partially led us to this in the first place.
What lessons did Democrats learn from 2016? Because it mostly seems to be "weakly persist until the next Republican gets into office and tears everything apart".