Current Events > Supreme Court votes to allow WI suppression, Kavanaugh prepares to help Trump

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https://twitter.com/mjs_DC/status/1320875211844190209
https://twitter.com/AdamSerwer/status/1320886329924816898

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bQucr_6hTE

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Oh boy I might live to see a justice impeached

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Welp, Trump is gonna win thanks to the Supreme Court isn't he.

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BlueTigerLion posted...

Welp, Trump is gonna win thanks to the Supreme Court isn't he.

If it's close enough that they can make it happen, yes.

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Irony posted...

Oh boy I might live to see a justice impeached

Can that actually happen?

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treason. Life in prison or worse for the 5 that voted for that

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I don't remember the exact phrase but I think it goes something like, "If you can beat 'em, shit all over the idea of a democratic government to maintain your power like a total piece of shit."


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civil war.

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What the fuck
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Democrats won't do shit about anything because they're cowards. Nor will the people because they're cowards and lazy.

Get used to fascism and Christian theocracy folks.

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Let the people decide....unless they choose wrong and then well choose for them. - Republicans
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https://twitter.com/jasonintrator/status/1320886684976820225

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Impeach Barr, then Kavanaugh.

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au_gold posted...

Impeach Barr, then Kavanaugh.

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People need to protest violently.
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Rikiaz posted...

Can that actually happen?

Yes though only one justice has ever been impeached and he was aquitted

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Also I fully expected late ballots to get thrown out before this

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This is what the dems get for apathy in 2000

monkmith posted...

civil war.

for the soul of a nation.

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JoeRodonExprien posted...

This is what the dems get for apathy in 2000

huehuehue fascism to own teh libs

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Oh good. My favorite part is there will be no consequences for this blatant corruption. As always.

Im no conservative, but the democratic party were cowardly in 2000 and its finally come home to roost.

So riots on election night then?

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Funkydog posted...

So riots on election night then?

Did you think it wasn't going to happen? Lol

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Funkydog posted...

So riots on election night then?

There should have been riots in 2000, but no one cared, not even Gore. This is that legacy. There will be no riots of substance.

Whelp, that pretty much confirms that even if the Dems win and take the senate the supreme court will completely invalidate it give them the finger and keep Trump in power, maybe even go the extra mile and toss away the results that resulted in Dems taking the senate,too because what are they gonna do about it?

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I thought the whole point of life-long appointments was to remove any sort of political pressure or corruption from the bench so I don't get what they have to gain unless it's straight up corruption.

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JoeRodonExprien posted...

There should have been riots in 2000, but no one cared, not even Gore. This is that legacy. There will be no riots of substance.

Never too late to riot/cause a rebellion.

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oh darn! clearly all the good republicans have jut been hypnotized by trump. all we need to do is have faith in our institutions and surely things will go back to normal

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Funkydog posted...

Never too late to riot/cause a rebellion.

Why do that when I can just complain on twitter and photoshop Hitler mustaches on Trump?

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Hexenherz posted...

I thought the whole point of life-long appointments was to remove any sort of political pressure or corruption from the bench so I don't get what they have to gain unless it's straight up corruption.

Hexenherz posted...

it's straight up corruption.

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Would there be enough people on the court to effectively make this a reality? Can Kavanaugh alone say make this happen?

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NinjaWarrior455 posted...

Would there be enough people on the court to effectively make this a reality? Can Kavanaugh alone say make this happen?

Yes, there are now more hard right wingers on the supreme court who stand to benefit from having republicans in power financially, they're suppose to be the impartial people in the land yet instead they're there to help their team and they want that hard 9 supreme court just as badly as the rest of the republicans do.

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NinjaWarrior455 posted...

Can Kavanaugh alone say make this happen?

yes.
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The Supreme Court just let Pennsylvania change their election rules a few days ago to allow more time for ballots to arrive

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AngelsNAirwav3s posted...

The Supreme Court just let Pennsylvania change their election rules a few days ago to allow more time for ballots to arrive

Why did Roberts vote differently for this one? It seems like the same question fundamentally

Rathinor posted...

Why did Roberts vote differently for this one? It seems like the same question fundamentally

Roberts opinion seems to be that the federal courts cant come in and change state election laws this late in the game in an election year. The PA case came from a decision from a state court, while the WI case came from a lower federal court.

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AngelsNAirwav3s posted...

Roberts opinion seems to be that the federal courts cant come in and change state election laws this late in the game in an election year. The PA case came from a decision from a state court, while the WI case came from a lower federal court.

Oh, OK, so it was more of a procedural rejection than one of substance?

Rathinor posted...

Oh, OK, so it was more of a procedural rejection than one of substance?

its just him pussy footing around the idea that he can't let the court become political... while completely ignoring the fact it happened 4 years ago...

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How's it suppression? It's denying them extra voting time not reducing voting time.

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BilalPowell posted...

How's it suppression? It's denying them extra voting time not reducing voting time.

Because Trump has deliberately fucked up the USPS and thousands of people are complaining to this day about not receiving their ballots yet

BilalPowell posted...

How's it suppression? It's denying them extra voting time not reducing voting time.

It is reducing time. Ballots must be received by November 3rd. Everyone voting in person has until November 3rd. Absentee have until yesterday.

any citizens overseas including all military personnel who have not yet voted have effectively been told they are not eligible to vote this year by a surprise SCOTUS ruling

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Rathinor posted...

Trump has deliberately fucked up the USPS and thousands of people are complaining to this day about not receiving their ballots yet

that was trump's plan all along.
should be an alternate means to get the ballot. the USPS can't be trusted anymore.
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I read through a bunch of this stuff at work today and have a few thoughts.

First, Kavanaugh's opinion is pretty flawed and looks like it was done quickly. Some of the cites aren't correct and his underlying opinion isn't based on fact. In sum, a fundamental basis for his entire argument is that there is a need for states to have all the ballots in on election night so they can call a winner then even though that isn't true anywhere.

He also picked part of a sentence from a law review article that supported his argument even though the article itself argued the opposite. It's bad lawyering that would get thrown in someone face in court (and in my opinion, one of his clerks should lose their job for it).

Second, people are overstaying the significance of this opinion. This and the PA case involve the limits of state and federal power in preparing for a federal election. Does it provide incite into what the SC thinks of late mail in ballots? Yes. But it's really in the context of what states can and can't do and the timing of those decision.

I think the idea that Kavanaugh or ACB will make a decision in a few months that favors Trump because they owe him something or are themselves corrupt is a bit dramatic. Did the GOP take advantage of the rules to appoint conservative justices? Yes, but this opinion in and of itself doesn't give me the impression that we are all doomed to repeat 2000.

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