1) Biden uses his newly minted immunity for official acts to sequester Alito, Thomas, and Robert’s (corruption occurred on his watch and he let it happen). They are clearly national security risks. Kavanaugh, too, probably- who paid off his mortgage and debts?
2) Biden uses the same powers to sequester the Moscow 8 and a few more senators who are part of the sedition of January 6th.
3) The Senate kills the filibuster
4) The House replaces Johnson with Jeffries
5) The Senate confirms sensible Supreme Court Justices, expands the court, and starts impeachment proceedings for Alito, Thomas, and Robert’s, and any federal judges that have an “Unqualified” rating from the bar
6) Congress passes and Biden signs into law a) the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and b) the No Kings Act.
7) Harris is inaugurated.
That’s the kind of political courage that will be required. The GOP will not hesitate to use the fullest expression of power to achieve their agenda. We MUST be prepared to do the same.
Biden can use this power as his last great act of patriotism. And then, make it illegal.
Maybe that is were we began with SCOTUS, the bar association that grants them a license to practice when they are stepping outside of the rule of law. Our forefather never thought honorable men and now women would be so crooked. Take it to the people.
I believe they may have relied too much on the "honorable" men and women principle. I say, which law? And even if there were some law that could be applied the issue is that, while "No one is above the law" barring the two exception, SCOTUS and Donald Trump.
Sad that trump seems to be above the law! He gets away with almost everything! The worst is him delaying everything! The SC seems to be in lock step with trump. 6 republicans and 3 democrats is not favorable to the American people that believe in the rule of law! The trump appointees were "bought" and they will always be loyal to trump over our Country! The SC is severely broken and must be fixed. If trump wins, there is not much hope for our country, and I hope the people that vote for him realize the error they made!
They won't realize the error they have made until he goes after THEM, and maybe not even then. So many Covid vaccine deniers died from the virus, grateful that they didn't take the vaccine. 🤦
I like it. Stop the raging, out of control GOP fire by igniting a fire-line. Democrats need to go full out to counter these full-blown insurrectionists — which with this latest decision — includes six Supreme Court justices.
The Dems haven't learned yet to fight fire with fire. They keep acting surprised and bewildered by what the stop Reps do and have become. It doesn't matter what the Reps and their Fascist overlords think. The fact is fascism is here right now. If we don't stop it now, it will be too late.
I just did. Sent the link to this article with Mr. Gardner’s list copied and pasted after it for special attention. It fit inside the character limit!!!
Not sure I can. When you send your opinion to the WH on their webform, you don't get a copy of it. At least I don't think you do. I could pretty much reconstruct it though. The site is Whitehouse.gov. You go to "contact us", then there's an option to share an opinion with the President.
With all the a$$holes the orange guy pardoned, I'm on board with him pardoning his son before he leaves office. Sure the hypocrites will scream, but Biden has nothing to lose at this point.
I agree! Let's end the witch hunt that the republicans started against Hunter. Trump's sons and son-in-law have done plenty to be investigated, but they never get called to task!
www.WhiteHouse.gov/contact. Easy as pie to write to Biden. And make up a name, address, email address, and phone number. You don't have to use your real information. The squirrelly part is that at the top of the page it tells you to start writing something. It's weird. Just write a couple letters, like Gaza, or something. And usually, before I can send my message, it sends me back to the top and tells me to write a few letters! Hit Submit. Be persistent.
He should not pardon his son. Simply for the reason to completely deflect any and all accusations of favoritism. And further strengthen his reputation.
Add Aileen Cannon to your list. She was "Qualified" by the ABA -- because she'd spent enough years on the bench, not because of quality decisions. Maybe "slightly" more professional vetting standards would be a good idea?
I 100% agree. Mitch McConnell started this by stopping Obama's pick for the Supreme Court. This Should have been a great lesson to the Dems from the GOP on how to play hardball. Biden should do this after the election no matter who wins. What does he have to lose? He will be retired in about 90 days. Cheers... GH
Power, do you know if Baby Donnie ever paid those fines. I am guessing he didn't or paid part from his supporters' money, the enablers who are getting Trump another free pass to do whatever corrupt thing he chooses.
He is still "appealing" the verdicts. He borrowed from the only place willing to loan him anything! That's why he is running for president! All of those verdicts and indictments will disappear magically! Why did we let a convicted felon (doesn't matter why he was convicted) run for president? I thought we had laws against that! But, even if we did, he will change them. He will have a busy day 1 (IF he wins) because there are so many things he said he will fix on day 1. He will end the wars in Ukraine and the Israel/Palestine conflict. He gave us 4 years of turmoil before and IF (I hope he doesn't) he wins this time, we will have an even worse 4 years.
I sent an email to President Biden TODAY telling him he's our last ditch hope to stop this insanity. Is he listening? Who knows. Biden MUST use the power the SCOTUS gave him. It's now - or never - for him and all the rest of us!
Unfortunately, Biden won't use his immunity to do anything radical like you propose. He will only sign laws. He is stuck in the notion that things must be the way they were when he first entered the Senate in 1973.
I guess I don't know the meaning of the word "patriot." Genocidal murderer, you mean? Voted to attack the sovereign nation of Iraq, destroying the country. Trounced all over Anita Hill, was instrumental in getting that n_ _ _ _ _ Clarence Thomas onto the supreme court, probably encouraged his son Beau to volunteer to go to Iraq . . . we see how that turned out. I just consider Biden to be one of the stupidest politicians ever.
Most of your catalog happened YEARS ago. Biden has grown since then. I can say that I thoroughly disagree with his stance toward Israel and Gaza — I think Israel must have the right to defend itself, but what is happening in Gaza goes WAY beyond that. But no one is right all the time, and he has done many good things. By the way, even Clarence Thomas should not have applied to him the vicious word you have suggested.
You can do this! Go to whitehouse.gov. Go to the contact link and select the option for sharing an opinion with the president. I pasted in the link to this article, and told president Biden to read it and to read Mr. Gardner‘s comment. I then pasted Mr. Gardner‘s comment right there in the body of my message. It all fit within the character limit.
What Did You Expect From The Landowners party the Republicans ???
Elections Matter !!!
Sitting around and talking about the intellectual Dribble of POLTICS is nice but it doesn’t change anything ; getting the Voters to vote is how we Win…
It’s About VOTING !!! Stupid !!!
Bumping your gums and posting your feelings on line doesn’t accomplish anything except making you feel better by venting.
Kinetic Voting determined Who is on the Supreme Court , you Taxes, Your Social Security, the place you get in the economy…
We *are* voting! And the intellectual dribble of politics is important because it helps us decide how to vote. I’m doing all I can to make sure that friends and family vote. Sadly, my MAGA brother has already voted. I was hoping against hope he’d decide to sit this one out.
Teri, I wonder how many families have been torn apart by Trump's insatiable and malignant lust for power and approval. Like all dictators, he's willing to bring down his own country to satisfy his own needs.
The six trumpists on the USSC would slip seamlessly into Putin's or Orban's court. They have torched the Constitution time after time and should be impeached and removed. Drumpf is the lawless wretch responsible and should be tried and convicted for all his crimes.
It’s dribble if there is no kinetic action , I mean organizing car pools to vote , reminding people to be Vote .
Taking Actions directly related to getting the needed votes out and voting .
Talking about the latest trumpet 🎺 insult lies fantasy does not help.
Doing; Taking actions directly influences the outcome of the election is the most important action that has to be accomplished in order to win.
Emotional release is nice but does not translate into the desired result Kicking Trumpet 🎺 into the Dust Bin of Historysnd hopefully into a long prison sentence. And more prosecution for Jan 6 attempted overthrow of our country..,
I suspect those who are venting are diligent voters. We need to vent with like-minded people. This whole debacle is deeply isolating, and it helps to know there are others who share our dismay, fear, anger, outrage, sense of betrayal [add your feelings]. And, BTW, I think you just vented!! Stay sane as best you can...
Please see my comment which somewhat resembles your thoughts on this CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS. If you and I and others can come up with such a plan on our own out here, my sincere hope is that OUR DEMOCRATIC ATTORNEYS have also!
Start with a massive constitutional amendment to remove the King/President and Senate Replace these backward-looking institutions with a Prime Minister and Parliamentary Democracy based on the House of Representatives.
King George III was a tyrant, Trump would be even worse.
there are many reasons to suggests that Repubs WON'T control all 3 branches of gov't. (Maybe the Senate, but by 1 or 2, and there might be some reasonable Rs after Trump's Repub party gets trounced in House & WH.)
MJ, I'm 78 and have been actively involved in elections since I was a teen, and I definitely feel that underground swell of Blue Wave - Americans are simply sick to death of Trump's malignant neo-fascism. Especially Women. And Young People. And fed-up Republicans. Who could have guessed that Dick Cheney would publicly endorse a Democrat. The times they are a-changin'
I am 70 and have never missed voting in a Presidential election,and missed few, if any, state and local elections even while moving around the country when I was much younger. . I just don't understand how anyone would not vote - especially this year! Thank you again!
With the amazing dedication of citizens I think we are on to a change to liberal policy. If not I will be very disappointed. Jessica Craven and Robert Hubbell and so many more I believe it is finally a win for progressives.
Yes, but not enough voters see it that way. One-third of the electorate LIKES the hate and the vitriol. Another slice of the electorate sincerely thinks (albeit incorrectly) that Trump will be better for the economy. Another slice has been deceived into believing that Trump stands for democracy and Harris stands for "communism." So, what you say is true, but it doesn't matter if too many people believe otherwise.
Because Bunkerboy CANNOT win! Remember: in the highly unlikely universe where he DOES win by losing a second time, King Biden I can just have him arrested. NO ONE can stop him!
I’m sorry, but the time to act was five minutes after Biden was sworn in. Marine One should have taken him to Gitmo, where he’d never be heard from again outside a live court session during one of his two federal cases. Failing that, it’s up to voters. Every eligible voter, registered or no, will be on either the right or the wrong side of history.
- the blue wave will be meaningless because those counting will not be honest. The oligarchs are seeing to this. The Billions being spent to steal this election is breathtaking, and being done in the open. The rule of law has been subverted, and the 4 year coup d'etat effort will shortly culminate in drumpf's coronation. I wish it weren't so. There is one option, but the dems are too "honorable" to take it. That is, Biden has a constitutional, ethical, and moral obligation to defend the constitution and our democracy from all enemies, foreign and domestic. He has been given explicit permission by a corrupt supreme court to do anything within his defined duties to accomplish this. Accordingly, all the coup d'etat plotters should be immediately rounded up and held without habeas corpus. They should be housed at leavenworth for the forseeable future. This would include the corrupt 6 justices and their wives, members of congress who participated/are participating, several oligarchs such as musk, thiel, adelson, and a host of others. The republican party is a terrorist organization that advocates, from the top down, violence to resolve political differences. The republican party is a terrorist organization that promotes violence against women and children, that espouses misogyny, patriarchy, fascist white supremacist theocracy, The republican party is a terrorist organization actively and openly flouting and subverting the rule of law. Voting will not work if the votes are not honestly counted. The oligarchs are spending billions (courtesy of a corrupt Citizens United ruling) to steal this election. That is why extreme extralegal measures are warranted. Once the traitors are jailed, the hard work of repairing our democracy can start. The first order of business would be constitutional amendments eliminating the electoral college, term limits for all federal judges, an amendment specifically undoing the coronation of the president, the equal rights amendment, and an amendment revoking personhood status for corporations, which must be heavily regulated for the common good. All is lost otherwise, and even these actions may be only a temporary reprieve from the rapaciousness of the oligarchs, who are transnational and apolitical. They only worship power, money, and themselves.
I agree with the depth of unconstitutional shenanigans/corruption being perpetrated by Trump's Republican party (just the fact that he's running on his Big Lie that he won in 2020) but let's wait and see what happens on Nov.5, and the fallout after that. If it's necessary, Biden's got the power between then and Jan.21 to do some drastic action if necessary, but of course that will unleash Trump's trigger-happy gun-totin' mob.
I hope the win is big enough that it's indisputable.
First order of business, thought, is to win big. Very Bigly. Then we'll see what follows.
Wong, Bret. And judgmental. And disrespectful. And the kind of talk that can get him reelected. Don't assume that citizens who say they are "undecided" are full of BS. Further, don't assume it's your job to set them straight.
If you sit back and don’t try to get someone to see that what they say or do isn’t helpful, things will just get worse. Millions of Americans are ready to send the US straight into a fascist dictatorship (or maybe an oligarchy). Imo it’s everyone’s job to try to get people to see that being dismissive of those with different pov’s doesn’t help.
One reason the US is so divided is that Trump has played on the anger and resentment of those who feel left out. Saying someone is full of BS won’t bridge any gap. If you can’t see that or don’t think it should be called out when you do see it, 🙄 right back at you.
We must organize. Not a bunch of small organizations going different directions but one large organization. The Democratic Party seems unable or unwilling.
Erik, this particular thread is talking about the latest Supreme Court decision. It’s not about progressive or conservative ideas. The state of Virginia is well aware of the 90 day quiet period but chose to break that provision and the Supreme Court just backed them up. It appears that SCOTUS is not unbiased.
Erik, do you care to elaborate? because on the other side are far right *fascist* ideas. If you have looked at European history, and I'll assume you have at least studied it a bit, You should come to the conclusion of most reasonable people that baking jews alive in ovens is not nice.
A country can recover from being "too progressive", [i.e DEI] but not from being too dictatorial. At least not without a great deal of blood being shed. And with Progressives, you will have another chance in 2028, and 2026 will give you a crack at changing legislatures. With the guy who wants to be a dictator on day one, trust me, you will not have that chance.
To the very far left is Communism. Technically at least, it *started* with kind ideas, like equality, justice etc. The People were rebelling against a czar who was pretty dictatorial himself.
Yet, they were not ready for the likes of Stalin, who governed with an iron fist. In that, he was quite similar to the worst fascists that ever lived. [The very far left and the very far right are similar in that, I think you'll agree, that violence is what they will resort to to get their way].
I guess my point is: Don't be afraid of Progressive ideas, but do watch out for how they would be implemented.
On the MAGA side, Trump is already talking about deporting 10 Million people. Do you understand or have a feel for the kind of violence it will take to rip people from their communities and push them in camps? The jobs they will leave behind? Think about the amount of food, water toilet facilities to try and do that "humanely", and you will realize: They can't.
Let me remind you of the words of Lutheran Pastor Martin Niemöller, who was luckily liberated from the concentration camp in Dachau:
"First, they came for the Socialists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Socialist.
then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I didn't speak out, because I wasn't a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak out, because I wasn't a Jew.
Then, they came for me - and there was no one left to speak for me."
Like many Germans, he was at first seduced by the ideas of Nazism, and he was on board in the 20s & 30s but such extremist movements always go pear shaped in the end, and those who thought they were part of the "in-crowd" eventually find themselves ostracized like they ostracized others. It is just the nature of extremism. Could you please tell us which Progressive ideas make you uneasy: I suspect there may be a lot of misunderstanding.
Erik please catch up to the rest of the World. Our allies think we are in trouble with the likes of Congress, Senate and TRUMP. When everyone is watching and praying for us liberals to win our fight for the rule of law. Once remove the swamp of tainted then respectful men and women can come into those seats. Nobody is perfect and makes mistakes don't make this one you choose.
I am ready. We must back Sheldon Whitehouse in his efforts that I for one think they should be elected to their positions after someone puts them up for the job and they must have time limits where we can replace them. Big money must not be allowed as influencers. Thomas should already be off the bench for all the capital gains in gifts he has received.
Before inauguration. While Biden is still president. And if Trump is legitimately the winner of the popular vote and the electoral college, we don’t have a country any longer. It’ll be time for a national divorce. But that’s unlikely (imo).
I wish the MAGA Republicans, who are up in arms over the heads of agencies, that are not elected by the People would realize that folks on the Supreme Court are not elected by the People either, and in a country where we say that "no man is above the Law", there are 9 people who clearly think they are, and we have the receipts to prove it".
But the Second Amendment may be our only hope if the Trumpicans take the presidency, both houses and has the Supreme Court. Veterans will meet on Veterans Day and decide on continuing supporting the Constitution of the United States of America or following the Trumplicans into ending democracy and tearing up the Constitution.
I really hope you are correct, Josh, and that she does. However, know that the elections that the MAGAS lost were not always that close. they say "there is no worse deaf than he who does not want to hear", and that's what we have here.
I'm skeptical. We've heard that tune many times before. "Oh, just wait until the younger generation comes along. They will change things." But it never pans out. The idealistic youth of the 1960s, for example, grew up to be just as short-sighted and greedy as every other generation.
The 60's ideals of Civil rights, Equal rights, Voting Rights, a democratic, egalitarian society with liberty and justice for all are not dead. Kamala's been raising all those banners. Living close to nature, organically was one of the best outcrops of the 60's and early 70's. I grew up conditioned to believe in the good in man. I was saved from polio by Jonas Salk, who gave his patent to the world. We had JFK and MLK. We had Malcom X. Now we've entered into a Thunderdome period-- but the sun will shine in our backyard someday. Make it big Kamala, you are our only hope --the person of the hour holding evil at bay.
I didn't say the ideals of the 1960s are "dead." For the record, many of the ideals you named did not even originate in the 1960s. They began much earlier, which supports my argument that the oft repeated claim that the younger generation will be our political saviors is bunk. Every generation thinks it will be the one to set things right, and it never pans out. It's kind of like the second coming of Christ. It's allegedly always imminent, and yet somehow it never arrives.
All United States government and military officials take "THE OATH OF OFFICE" that says, " I do solemnly affirm that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic;
Trump and his supporters in congress are supporting Russian Dictator Vladimir Putin who's trying to help Trump win so that Trump can rule the US like a king, under the control of Vladimir Putin.
Keeping fascism dictatorship out of our country is why we are a free and great nation.
Dictator, (want to be) Trump and his supporters in congress are now the United States domestic enemies that must be stopped, as stated in the OATH OF OFFICE.
The oath of office goes by the wayside dale, when one's survival and interests are at stake.
Remember Gen's Milley and Kelley stayed at their desks with their mouths shut, until they retired.
Courage is what those young ladies had when they testified to the Jan 6th Committee.
Young women with a lifetime ahead of them and more to lose than a bunch of old men past their prime. That;s courage, Milley, Kelley et all have not displayed any courage at all.
if Dems can hold the Senate (tough year for Dems in Senate, but possible) then Clarence Thomas gets a choice: retire or impeachment. He'll take the retirement for the $$.
And that's why HE MUST BE IMPEACHED. Punishing such flagrant corruption is the greatest disincentive. It must just happen, or we will keep on having the likes of these crooks on SCOTUS.
this only happens if Dems win WH and Senate - and it doesn't look promising to hold the Senate - we'll need a huge Blue Wave to win there because we're losing 2 seats (Manchin & Tester) and only had a majority of 1. But if we win big we might beat Ted Cruz in Texas and hold the Senate. Then we can impeach Thomas.
Sean, Sean, Sean, you do so good, until you start testifying for your religion., and launch into impossible long screed as though you were preaching a sermon
It is a shame that you waste all of that time and energy, I seriously doubt that any reads the whole sermon.
Roberts has been one of the biggest political disapoointnents of my life. Despite his political affiliation I thought he was a good choice originally. But now I see him in the bucket of Trump lackeys. Sad.
Roberts has no guts. He's very weak ad pliable. The other right-leaning justices are probably laughing at him behind his back. Two of them are super corrupt and sould no longer even be justices - Alito & Thomas - yet they make these super serious decisions that could destroy our country. Don't they realize they'll have no power if Trump is elected and the Project 2025 people take over? Be careful what you wish for!
Roberts is an ideological Catholic, like the other five Mary Ann. And also there is the Bezo effect, fear of the man and what he will do if he steals the election and exacts vengeance.
Perhaps, but I suspect that Trump will keep them, just as a veneer of legality. As long as they are loyal to him, he will not touch them, and he has more to gain keeping them than throwing them out. As a Liberal Justice, I'd be really scared though...
Oh, he won't throw them out. He'll keep them so he can say there is a SC. But the real decision makers will be those Proj. 2025 appointed to implement the process of taking away our freedoms, eliminating environmental rules meant to make our planet safer and anything else benefiting the middle.
If I remember correctly, Roberts first job was in the Reagan justice department trying his best to destroy all of the equal rights and voting rights laws passed in the 1960s. Most people don't want to hear about it but Reagan was every bit as racist as T but just not quit as in your face about it. Vote Blue... Cheers... GH
I'm not so sure it should be called the Robert's court. It should be called the Harland Crow, Peter Thiel, Leonard Leo Court, or the Heritage Foundation court.
The only thing these corrupt members have is their robes, and they should be stripped of them.
This is another example of how partisan the supreme court has become. My hope is for a Democratic win for President and Senate so supreme court reform can happen. I can wish can I?
As Senator Sheldon Whitehouse has been instructing us for some time now with his lessons about “The Scheme” from the Senate floor, the SCOTUS has been captured. They are doing the MAGA work they were indoctrinated to do. By any means necessary.
These obviously partisan decisions are like they're stealing packages from porcches and it's caught on camera, but they deny it. We can all see how partisan they are. And when it's a decision that will benefit Trump, they right on it. If it's to benefit the Dems, it takes them months to get around to looking at the case. Do they think we're stupid? With so many decisions lately that benefit Trump and the GOP, it's just disgustingly obvious they are partisan!
We're stupid because we're to disorganized, too afraid, too lazy, whatever, to get off our asses and protest in Washington DC like people did in the 60s. This is worse than the Vietnam War. This is about destroying America as we know it.
Why oh why hasn’t the Biden Administration taken charge of things and used the new power the SCOTUS gave to Trump, supposedly to walk back the terrible things the Supreme Court has done? Why has Trump not been put behind bars already? Why has the Attorney General not been replaced by a more aggressive person who would have done more quicker with all of the Trump crimes? Why has Elon been allowed to buy votes? Why has Trump been allowed to interfere with international conflicts? These are all questions that really bother me even as I vote Blue. I do think Biden is well beyond his cognitive capabilities and Harris has not performed in his brain’s absence. I hope she wins but then she has to squelch all these bjillionaires from taking over our country!
Wish I were in better health. I'd be the first in line to protest. But, at 81 and not very mobile, it's out of the question. Women will be protesting in D.C. and across the country on Nov. 2 tho.
At this pivotal moment in our country, Women’s March is leading the charge to build a feminist, multi-racial democracy that serves us ALL.
What happens in 2024 and the four years to follow will set the foundation for the next four to five decades.
He has started and as long as he is started let us all finish it. A good protest and scare the hell out of them one way or another to remove them. 1) They need elections and time limits in their seat. We the people must use our voice and power.
The Roberts Court is corrupt. Just when we think it can't go lower, it does. The majority may complain about the court's loss of credibility (and respect), but they really are only concerned with aiding the GOP to regain/retain power. If the majority continues on this path, then at some point dissidents will have to ignore any decision the Court hands down.
Sometimes I would like him to but know he would not have Seal Team 6 kill them all while he is in office. SCOTUS gave him permission to do so. If he did I would be horrified, out of TRUMP it would be expected.
Hablo español, pero tengo problemas para entender cuando un hablante de español traduce literalmente al inglés.
por ejemplo. dame un cigarrillo por favor
In English give me one cigarette please.
in English we use "a" as an indefinite article, other languages have nothing similar, Deutsch uses "one", "Française" uses ""une" I assume other languages have the same.
To a native English language speaker, this is strange, when I first heard it, I thought "does he usually ask for two or three cigarettes why just one?
Gary, you lost that argument as soon as you indulged in name calling: that's a sure proof that you know you are wrong, but if you need an explanation, suffice to say that according to our laws "no man is above the Law", and that includes the President. By giving him total immunity for Presidential Acts, they broke our Laws.
That's preposterous. The Trump justices have made a mockery of the Constitution, and they are in the process of dismantling the U.S. Republic and replacing it with a Christian Nationalist oligarchy.
When the courts fall (and they already have), the people must march. Get your walking shoes ready. This ain’t over until SCOTUS is fixed.
1) Biden uses his newly minted immunity for official acts to sequester Alito, Thomas, and Robert’s (corruption occurred on his watch and he let it happen). They are clearly national security risks. Kavanaugh, too, probably- who paid off his mortgage and debts?
2) Biden uses the same powers to sequester the Moscow 8 and a few more senators who are part of the sedition of January 6th.
3) The Senate kills the filibuster
4) The House replaces Johnson with Jeffries
5) The Senate confirms sensible Supreme Court Justices, expands the court, and starts impeachment proceedings for Alito, Thomas, and Robert’s, and any federal judges that have an “Unqualified” rating from the bar
6) Congress passes and Biden signs into law a) the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and b) the No Kings Act.
7) Harris is inaugurated.
That’s the kind of political courage that will be required. The GOP will not hesitate to use the fullest expression of power to achieve their agenda. We MUST be prepared to do the same.
Biden can use this power as his last great act of patriotism. And then, make it illegal.
Maybe that is were we began with SCOTUS, the bar association that grants them a license to practice when they are stepping outside of the rule of law. Our forefather never thought honorable men and now women would be so crooked. Take it to the people.
I believe they may have relied too much on the "honorable" men and women principle. I say, which law? And even if there were some law that could be applied the issue is that, while "No one is above the law" barring the two exception, SCOTUS and Donald Trump.
Sad that trump seems to be above the law! He gets away with almost everything! The worst is him delaying everything! The SC seems to be in lock step with trump. 6 republicans and 3 democrats is not favorable to the American people that believe in the rule of law! The trump appointees were "bought" and they will always be loyal to trump over our Country! The SC is severely broken and must be fixed. If trump wins, there is not much hope for our country, and I hope the people that vote for him realize the error they made!
They won't realize the error they have made until he goes after THEM, and maybe not even then. So many Covid vaccine deniers died from the virus, grateful that they didn't take the vaccine. 🤦
Our "forefathers" expected/assumed that only "honorable men" would be S.C. Justices!
Surprise, Guys!
I like it. Stop the raging, out of control GOP fire by igniting a fire-line. Democrats need to go full out to counter these full-blown insurrectionists — which with this latest decision — includes six Supreme Court justices.
Yes, democrats need to step up and fight for the future of our country!
The Dems haven't learned yet to fight fire with fire. They keep acting surprised and bewildered by what the stop Reps do and have become. It doesn't matter what the Reps and their Fascist overlords think. The fact is fascism is here right now. If we don't stop it now, it will be too late.
Fight the Good Fight!!!
Write Biden! Tell him.
Let’s all do that. Google contact President Biden. Copy & paste.
Add, he should pardon his son. They have both already have been through Hell. No one else would have been given so much attention.
I just did. Sent the link to this article with Mr. Gardner’s list copied and pasted after it for special attention. It fit inside the character limit!!!
Could you share that email address and the post with all of us.
Not sure I can. When you send your opinion to the WH on their webform, you don't get a copy of it. At least I don't think you do. I could pretty much reconstruct it though. The site is Whitehouse.gov. You go to "contact us", then there's an option to share an opinion with the President.
With all the a$$holes the orange guy pardoned, I'm on board with him pardoning his son before he leaves office. Sure the hypocrites will scream, but Biden has nothing to lose at this point.
I agree! Let's end the witch hunt that the republicans started against Hunter. Trump's sons and son-in-law have done plenty to be investigated, but they never get called to task!
www.WhiteHouse.gov/contact. Easy as pie to write to Biden. And make up a name, address, email address, and phone number. You don't have to use your real information. The squirrelly part is that at the top of the page it tells you to start writing something. It's weird. Just write a couple letters, like Gaza, or something. And usually, before I can send my message, it sends me back to the top and tells me to write a few letters! Hit Submit. Be persistent.
He should not pardon his son. Simply for the reason to completely deflect any and all accusations of favoritism. And further strengthen his reputation.
FUCK JOE BIDEN...
Add Aileen Cannon to your list. She was "Qualified" by the ABA -- because she'd spent enough years on the bench, not because of quality decisions. Maybe "slightly" more professional vetting standards would be a good idea?
"Slightly" . . . 😠 What a loser!
I 100% agree. Mitch McConnell started this by stopping Obama's pick for the Supreme Court. This Should have been a great lesson to the Dems from the GOP on how to play hardball. Biden should do this after the election no matter who wins. What does he have to lose? He will be retired in about 90 days. Cheers... GH
Exactly.
About 95% of Californians live in counties where mediation is free (mediation is ~80% successful).
About 50% of Californians get all court fees free .
No atty's are allowed in Small Claims (limited to $50,000/year of $12,500 suits but unlimited $2,500 suits)
One of my judges kept asking: Don't you want to win more?...
...after she heard my case and I thought I had listed all my damages...
...she kept asking: "Is that all?"... until we were at TEN TIMES MONETARY DAMAGES!
...when she finally stopped "Is that all?"... and asked: "Is that[10 times] enough?"
The legal idea of "general deterrence"
google.com/search?q=What+are+the+two+main+types+of+deterrence
...became clear when Trump lost a $5,000,000 defamation and kept defaming and lost another $83,000,000!
Note: my defendant appealed, and TWO MORE JUDGES AGREED WITH THE FIRST JUDGE!
Record your shrink saying they don't believe in science. Play it for a judge. Click LIKE to learn details (of how to win 10X?)
Power, do you know if Baby Donnie ever paid those fines. I am guessing he didn't or paid part from his supporters' money, the enablers who are getting Trump another free pass to do whatever corrupt thing he chooses.
He is still "appealing" the verdicts. He borrowed from the only place willing to loan him anything! That's why he is running for president! All of those verdicts and indictments will disappear magically! Why did we let a convicted felon (doesn't matter why he was convicted) run for president? I thought we had laws against that! But, even if we did, he will change them. He will have a busy day 1 (IF he wins) because there are so many things he said he will fix on day 1. He will end the wars in Ukraine and the Israel/Palestine conflict. He gave us 4 years of turmoil before and IF (I hope he doesn't) he wins this time, we will have an even worse 4 years.
He will be president for life and then JD takes over and he is even worse.
I sent an email to President Biden TODAY telling him he's our last ditch hope to stop this insanity. Is he listening? Who knows. Biden MUST use the power the SCOTUS gave him. It's now - or never - for him and all the rest of us!
Unfortunately, Biden won't use his immunity to do anything radical like you propose. He will only sign laws. He is stuck in the notion that things must be the way they were when he first entered the Senate in 1973.
It's not how he rolls, that's for sure, but if we all get on him enough, or if Pelosi gets through to Jill, maybe we can make him do these things.
Biden is SUCH a hopelessly old-fashioned LOSER!
But he is the truest patriot we probably ever had as President. His bowing out should become as legendary as it is admirable.
I guess I don't know the meaning of the word "patriot." Genocidal murderer, you mean? Voted to attack the sovereign nation of Iraq, destroying the country. Trounced all over Anita Hill, was instrumental in getting that n_ _ _ _ _ Clarence Thomas onto the supreme court, probably encouraged his son Beau to volunteer to go to Iraq . . . we see how that turned out. I just consider Biden to be one of the stupidest politicians ever.
Most of your catalog happened YEARS ago. Biden has grown since then. I can say that I thoroughly disagree with his stance toward Israel and Gaza — I think Israel must have the right to defend itself, but what is happening in Gaza goes WAY beyond that. But no one is right all the time, and he has done many good things. By the way, even Clarence Thomas should not have applied to him the vicious word you have suggested.
Klare K. you sound like a Russky AI bot of over-the-top hatred to incite confusion.
I really love this plan, but I would add to item 2 that Biden also needs to sequester House members who were part of the January 8 sedition.
Yes to this.
I hope you are able to convey this directly. It would be an outstanding achievement! Also the best idea I’ve heard yet.
You can do this! Go to whitehouse.gov. Go to the contact link and select the option for sharing an opinion with the president. I pasted in the link to this article, and told president Biden to read it and to read Mr. Gardner‘s comment. I then pasted Mr. Gardner‘s comment right there in the body of my message. It all fit within the character limit.
PLEASE SHARE WITH US THE INFORMATION!!!!
We need to get this to the White House immediately.
I sent your suggestions to President Biden's email. Who knows if he'll ever hear about it.
I agree with everything you said and could add time limits to their positions
Thank you. I was really losing hope!
What Did You Expect From The Landowners party the Republicans ???
Elections Matter !!!
Sitting around and talking about the intellectual Dribble of POLTICS is nice but it doesn’t change anything ; getting the Voters to vote is how we Win…
It’s About VOTING !!! Stupid !!!
Bumping your gums and posting your feelings on line doesn’t accomplish anything except making you feel better by venting.
Kinetic Voting determined Who is on the Supreme Court , you Taxes, Your Social Security, the place you get in the economy…
Actions speak louder than Words.
Vote.
We *are* voting! And the intellectual dribble of politics is important because it helps us decide how to vote. I’m doing all I can to make sure that friends and family vote. Sadly, my MAGA brother has already voted. I was hoping against hope he’d decide to sit this one out.
Teri, I wonder how many families have been torn apart by Trump's insatiable and malignant lust for power and approval. Like all dictators, he's willing to bring down his own country to satisfy his own needs.
The six trumpists on the USSC would slip seamlessly into Putin's or Orban's court. They have torched the Constitution time after time and should be impeached and removed. Drumpf is the lawless wretch responsible and should be tried and convicted for all his crimes.
It’s dribble if there is no kinetic action , I mean organizing car pools to vote , reminding people to be Vote .
Taking Actions directly related to getting the needed votes out and voting .
Talking about the latest trumpet 🎺 insult lies fantasy does not help.
Doing; Taking actions directly influences the outcome of the election is the most important action that has to be accomplished in order to win.
Emotional release is nice but does not translate into the desired result Kicking Trumpet 🎺 into the Dust Bin of Historysnd hopefully into a long prison sentence. And more prosecution for Jan 6 attempted overthrow of our country..,
I have a MAGA family too and have lost email contact with them and FB friends with others. I live in a RED state.
I'm with you
I suspect those who are venting are diligent voters. We need to vent with like-minded people. This whole debacle is deeply isolating, and it helps to know there are others who share our dismay, fear, anger, outrage, sense of betrayal [add your feelings]. And, BTW, I think you just vented!! Stay sane as best you can...
Please see my comment which somewhat resembles your thoughts on this CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS. If you and I and others can come up with such a plan on our own out here, my sincere hope is that OUR DEMOCRATIC ATTORNEYS have also!
We need a short list of To Do task as soon as liberals rule. No time off for legislatures until all the bad is addressed.
Start with a massive constitutional amendment to remove the King/President and Senate Replace these backward-looking institutions with a Prime Minister and Parliamentary Democracy based on the House of Representatives.
King George III was a tyrant, Trump would be even worse.
It’s over if the Orange Chumpanzee wins. Over. Goodbye. Sayonara. There is an extremely good chance they control all 3 branches…..
there are many reasons to suggests that Repubs WON'T control all 3 branches of gov't. (Maybe the Senate, but by 1 or 2, and there might be some reasonable Rs after Trump's Repub party gets trounced in House & WH.)
Some reasons to hope:
https://kamala4prez.substack.com/p/5-reasons-for-hope
Thank you for posting this link! I am riddled with anxiety so not reading or watching much of anything, but this was a sound & solid review.
MJ, I'm 78 and have been actively involved in elections since I was a teen, and I definitely feel that underground swell of Blue Wave - Americans are simply sick to death of Trump's malignant neo-fascism. Especially Women. And Young People. And fed-up Republicans. Who could have guessed that Dick Cheney would publicly endorse a Democrat. The times they are a-changin'
And a Blue Wave is a-comin'
I am 70 and have never missed voting in a Presidential election,and missed few, if any, state and local elections even while moving around the country when I was much younger. . I just don't understand how anyone would not vote - especially this year! Thank you again!
With nearly EVERY American winning their races right now? I foresee an American trifecta in 2024. RIHGOP!
With the amazing dedication of citizens I think we are on to a change to liberal policy. If not I will be very disappointed. Jessica Craven and Robert Hubbell and so many more I believe it is finally a win for progressives.
Don’t talk dirty.
What makes you think liberals will rule?
Its not liberals vs Trumpies Its decency and democracy vs hate
Yes, but not enough voters see it that way. One-third of the electorate LIKES the hate and the vitriol. Another slice of the electorate sincerely thinks (albeit incorrectly) that Trump will be better for the economy. Another slice has been deceived into believing that Trump stands for democracy and Harris stands for "communism." So, what you say is true, but it doesn't matter if too many people believe otherwise.
Because Bunkerboy CANNOT win! Remember: in the highly unlikely universe where he DOES win by losing a second time, King Biden I can just have him arrested. NO ONE can stop him!
I think you mean that Biden has absolute power thanks to the Supreme Court. I would use that and hope Biden would as well. Not a time to play nice.
I’m sorry, but the time to act was five minutes after Biden was sworn in. Marine One should have taken him to Gitmo, where he’d never be heard from again outside a live court session during one of his two federal cases. Failing that, it’s up to voters. Every eligible voter, registered or no, will be on either the right or the wrong side of history.
Biden is not going to have Trump arrested. You're living in some alternate reality.
huh?
- the blue wave will be meaningless because those counting will not be honest. The oligarchs are seeing to this. The Billions being spent to steal this election is breathtaking, and being done in the open. The rule of law has been subverted, and the 4 year coup d'etat effort will shortly culminate in drumpf's coronation. I wish it weren't so. There is one option, but the dems are too "honorable" to take it. That is, Biden has a constitutional, ethical, and moral obligation to defend the constitution and our democracy from all enemies, foreign and domestic. He has been given explicit permission by a corrupt supreme court to do anything within his defined duties to accomplish this. Accordingly, all the coup d'etat plotters should be immediately rounded up and held without habeas corpus. They should be housed at leavenworth for the forseeable future. This would include the corrupt 6 justices and their wives, members of congress who participated/are participating, several oligarchs such as musk, thiel, adelson, and a host of others. The republican party is a terrorist organization that advocates, from the top down, violence to resolve political differences. The republican party is a terrorist organization that promotes violence against women and children, that espouses misogyny, patriarchy, fascist white supremacist theocracy, The republican party is a terrorist organization actively and openly flouting and subverting the rule of law. Voting will not work if the votes are not honestly counted. The oligarchs are spending billions (courtesy of a corrupt Citizens United ruling) to steal this election. That is why extreme extralegal measures are warranted. Once the traitors are jailed, the hard work of repairing our democracy can start. The first order of business would be constitutional amendments eliminating the electoral college, term limits for all federal judges, an amendment specifically undoing the coronation of the president, the equal rights amendment, and an amendment revoking personhood status for corporations, which must be heavily regulated for the common good. All is lost otherwise, and even these actions may be only a temporary reprieve from the rapaciousness of the oligarchs, who are transnational and apolitical. They only worship power, money, and themselves.
I agree with the depth of unconstitutional shenanigans/corruption being perpetrated by Trump's Republican party (just the fact that he's running on his Big Lie that he won in 2020) but let's wait and see what happens on Nov.5, and the fallout after that. If it's necessary, Biden's got the power between then and Jan.21 to do some drastic action if necessary, but of course that will unleash Trump's trigger-happy gun-totin' mob.
I hope the win is big enough that it's indisputable.
First order of business, thought, is to win big. Very Bigly. Then we'll see what follows.
Cesmat, thats ALOT of words.
From the Diaper Don Trump school of incoherent rambling....
https://kamala4prez.substack.com/p/5-reasons-for-hope
Progress.
Where?
Fankom if a short list were agreed upon it would not be implemented. I have ONE word for you: broken society.
FIX IT.
Blue tsunami. Uncle Sam needs us! https://www.mobilize.us/
Thanks Daniel. Totally agree. The Dem party has shot itself in the foot, their messaging is so out of touch with what undecideds care about.
It's days away from election day. There are no undecideds.
If anyone tells you, after 8 years of trumps craziness, that they are undecided, then that is total bullshit.
Wong, Bret. And judgmental. And disrespectful. And the kind of talk that can get him reelected. Don't assume that citizens who say they are "undecided" are full of BS. Further, don't assume it's your job to set them straight.
But it’s your job to set Bret straight? Interesting.
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If you sit back and don’t try to get someone to see that what they say or do isn’t helpful, things will just get worse. Millions of Americans are ready to send the US straight into a fascist dictatorship (or maybe an oligarchy). Imo it’s everyone’s job to try to get people to see that being dismissive of those with different pov’s doesn’t help.
One reason the US is so divided is that Trump has played on the anger and resentment of those who feel left out. Saying someone is full of BS won’t bridge any gap. If you can’t see that or don’t think it should be called out when you do see it, 🙄 right back at you.
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We must organize. Not a bunch of small organizations going different directions but one large organization. The Democratic Party seems unable or unwilling.
The far left is just as bad as the far right…. I’m not on board with a lot of those far left “progressive” ideas
Erik, this particular thread is talking about the latest Supreme Court decision. It’s not about progressive or conservative ideas. The state of Virginia is well aware of the 90 day quiet period but chose to break that provision and the Supreme Court just backed them up. It appears that SCOTUS is not unbiased.
Erik, do you care to elaborate? because on the other side are far right *fascist* ideas. If you have looked at European history, and I'll assume you have at least studied it a bit, You should come to the conclusion of most reasonable people that baking jews alive in ovens is not nice.
A country can recover from being "too progressive", [i.e DEI] but not from being too dictatorial. At least not without a great deal of blood being shed. And with Progressives, you will have another chance in 2028, and 2026 will give you a crack at changing legislatures. With the guy who wants to be a dictator on day one, trust me, you will not have that chance.
To the very far left is Communism. Technically at least, it *started* with kind ideas, like equality, justice etc. The People were rebelling against a czar who was pretty dictatorial himself.
Yet, they were not ready for the likes of Stalin, who governed with an iron fist. In that, he was quite similar to the worst fascists that ever lived. [The very far left and the very far right are similar in that, I think you'll agree, that violence is what they will resort to to get their way].
I guess my point is: Don't be afraid of Progressive ideas, but do watch out for how they would be implemented.
On the MAGA side, Trump is already talking about deporting 10 Million people. Do you understand or have a feel for the kind of violence it will take to rip people from their communities and push them in camps? The jobs they will leave behind? Think about the amount of food, water toilet facilities to try and do that "humanely", and you will realize: They can't.
Let me remind you of the words of Lutheran Pastor Martin Niemöller, who was luckily liberated from the concentration camp in Dachau:
"First, they came for the Socialists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Socialist.
then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I didn't speak out, because I wasn't a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak out, because I wasn't a Jew.
Then, they came for me - and there was no one left to speak for me."
Like many Germans, he was at first seduced by the ideas of Nazism, and he was on board in the 20s & 30s but such extremist movements always go pear shaped in the end, and those who thought they were part of the "in-crowd" eventually find themselves ostracized like they ostracized others. It is just the nature of extremism. Could you please tell us which Progressive ideas make you uneasy: I suspect there may be a lot of misunderstanding.
Erik please catch up to the rest of the World. Our allies think we are in trouble with the likes of Congress, Senate and TRUMP. When everyone is watching and praying for us liberals to win our fight for the rule of law. Once remove the swamp of tainted then respectful men and women can come into those seats. Nobody is perfect and makes mistakes don't make this one you choose.
Robert Reich you have trolls!
Sure looks like it.
Like what for instance?
Like what, Erik? Be specific.
You don’t have to be.
You don’t have to be.
I am ready. We must back Sheldon Whitehouse in his efforts that I for one think they should be elected to their positions after someone puts them up for the job and they must have time limits where we can replace them. Big money must not be allowed as influencers. Thomas should already be off the bench for all the capital gains in gifts he has received.
Agree. Fire these fools.
Mr Gardner what are you talking about?
Before inauguration. While Biden is still president. And if Trump is legitimately the winner of the popular vote and the electoral college, we don’t have a country any longer. It’ll be time for a national divorce. But that’s unlikely (imo).
Good luck. If tRump is elected expect protests to be brutally crushed. GOTV and elect Harris!!!
Or the UNjustices get impeached, as they should be…starting with Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alioto😡
Do you know of any demonstrations/victory celebrations planned for November 6?
What is the opposite of 'supreme'?
Subordinate, inferior.
I wish the MAGA Republicans, who are up in arms over the heads of agencies, that are not elected by the People would realize that folks on the Supreme Court are not elected by the People either, and in a country where we say that "no man is above the Law", there are 9 people who clearly think they are, and we have the receipts to prove it".
6, Cecile, not 9?
Richard Waddell, "corrupt weasels"
It's not the opposite, but I like "The Sleazy Six."
I wish they cared about the right to vote as much as they cared about the right to bear arms
But the Second Amendment may be our only hope if the Trumpicans take the presidency, both houses and has the Supreme Court. Veterans will meet on Veterans Day and decide on continuing supporting the Constitution of the United States of America or following the Trumplicans into ending democracy and tearing up the Constitution.
No shit.
Kamala must win in a landslide✌️💙
Too big to rig,too real to steal.
God let us hope and pray that it is clear as a bell.
I really hope you are correct, Josh, and that she does. However, know that the elections that the MAGAS lost were not always that close. they say "there is no worse deaf than he who does not want to hear", and that's what we have here.
Not likely.
@S, Arch.
Gen Z to the rescue.
Gen Z and WOMEN
Someone called it Roe-vember.
Let it be.
Arch is a troll. Don't pay attention to him.
Sure, when you don't like someone's comments, and you can't refute them, just label them a "troll," and bury your head in the sand. Problem solved.
You never say anything.
Then how am I a troll? Trolls say things constantly.
It will take all of us. All of us to clean it up. All of us not to let it happen again.
I'm skeptical. We've heard that tune many times before. "Oh, just wait until the younger generation comes along. They will change things." But it never pans out. The idealistic youth of the 1960s, for example, grew up to be just as short-sighted and greedy as every other generation.
The 60's ideals of Civil rights, Equal rights, Voting Rights, a democratic, egalitarian society with liberty and justice for all are not dead. Kamala's been raising all those banners. Living close to nature, organically was one of the best outcrops of the 60's and early 70's. I grew up conditioned to believe in the good in man. I was saved from polio by Jonas Salk, who gave his patent to the world. We had JFK and MLK. We had Malcom X. Now we've entered into a Thunderdome period-- but the sun will shine in our backyard someday. Make it big Kamala, you are our only hope --the person of the hour holding evil at bay.
I didn't say the ideals of the 1960s are "dead." For the record, many of the ideals you named did not even originate in the 1960s. They began much earlier, which supports my argument that the oft repeated claim that the younger generation will be our political saviors is bunk. Every generation thinks it will be the one to set things right, and it never pans out. It's kind of like the second coming of Christ. It's allegedly always imminent, and yet somehow it never arrives.
Bad troll. EVERY poll she has the wind at her back! Bunkerboy needs two things right now:
1) His supreme court to take the crown off King Biden I's head.
2) A COMPLETE media blackout! Everytime he opens his topanus, his SUPPORTERS can see how bad his Alzheimer's is getting-ree bee doo ahhh . . . [sic]
And 20,000 entered MSG to mumble through what his presidency would look like but spent 6 hrs calling her names.
Citation please? What polls are you referring to? Every source I've found says that her lead has SHRUNK over the past few weeks. For example...
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/harris-lead-over-trump-dwindles-single-point-44-43-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2024-10-29/
I believe it will and not even close this time that he can do a repeat of 2020.
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All United States government and military officials take "THE OATH OF OFFICE" that says, " I do solemnly affirm that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic;
Trump and his supporters in congress are supporting Russian Dictator Vladimir Putin who's trying to help Trump win so that Trump can rule the US like a king, under the control of Vladimir Putin.
Keeping fascism dictatorship out of our country is why we are a free and great nation.
Dictator, (want to be) Trump and his supporters in congress are now the United States domestic enemies that must be stopped, as stated in the OATH OF OFFICE.
The oath of office goes by the wayside dale, when one's survival and interests are at stake.
Remember Gen's Milley and Kelley stayed at their desks with their mouths shut, until they retired.
Courage is what those young ladies had when they testified to the Jan 6th Committee.
Young women with a lifetime ahead of them and more to lose than a bunch of old men past their prime. That;s courage, Milley, Kelley et all have not displayed any courage at all.
You said that completely correct.
Thank you
This is elections interference, plain and simple!
Honestly - is anyone surprised? There is no integrity left in the majority on this Court.
if Dems can hold the Senate (tough year for Dems in Senate, but possible) then Clarence Thomas gets a choice: retire or impeachment. He'll take the retirement for the $$.
If Thomas retires Harland Crowe has no motivation to shower him with money and gifts.
Thomas is typical, in the mold of Trump and the cult, totally transactional.
Thomas has a disincentive to retire, unless Crowe showers him with a healthy retirement fund.
a clean retirement gives him his pension and all the Republican speaking engagements he wants.
An impeachment will cost him a bundle.
And that's why HE MUST BE IMPEACHED. Punishing such flagrant corruption is the greatest disincentive. It must just happen, or we will keep on having the likes of these crooks on SCOTUS.
this only happens if Dems win WH and Senate - and it doesn't look promising to hold the Senate - we'll need a huge Blue Wave to win there because we're losing 2 seats (Manchin & Tester) and only had a majority of 1. But if we win big we might beat Ted Cruz in Texas and hold the Senate. Then we can impeach Thomas.
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Sean, Sean, Sean, you do so good, until you start testifying for your religion., and launch into impossible long screed as though you were preaching a sermon
It is a shame that you waste all of that time and energy, I seriously doubt that any reads the whole sermon.
There is so much you say that I agree with
Call it the Roberts court. As far as I’m concerned the Roberts court is corrupt.
Roberts has been one of the biggest political disapoointnents of my life. Despite his political affiliation I thought he was a good choice originally. But now I see him in the bucket of Trump lackeys. Sad.
To me, he lost it when he allowed Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham to vote on the impeachment after they said they would NOT be impartial.
He should immediately have said: "Since you stated you would NOT be impartial, you are dismissed with the thanks of the Court".
That is what happens in any other Jury: If someone says they have already made up their minds, they are dismissed.
Roberts has no guts. He's very weak ad pliable. The other right-leaning justices are probably laughing at him behind his back. Two of them are super corrupt and sould no longer even be justices - Alito & Thomas - yet they make these super serious decisions that could destroy our country. Don't they realize they'll have no power if Trump is elected and the Project 2025 people take over? Be careful what you wish for!
Roberts is an ideological Catholic, like the other five Mary Ann. And also there is the Bezo effect, fear of the man and what he will do if he steals the election and exacts vengeance.
Perhaps, but I suspect that Trump will keep them, just as a veneer of legality. As long as they are loyal to him, he will not touch them, and he has more to gain keeping them than throwing them out. As a Liberal Justice, I'd be really scared though...
Oh, he won't throw them out. He'll keep them so he can say there is a SC. But the real decision makers will be those Proj. 2025 appointed to implement the process of taking away our freedoms, eliminating environmental rules meant to make our planet safer and anything else benefiting the middle.
If I remember correctly, Roberts first job was in the Reagan justice department trying his best to destroy all of the equal rights and voting rights laws passed in the 1960s. Most people don't want to hear about it but Reagan was every bit as racist as T but just not quit as in your face about it. Vote Blue... Cheers... GH
Important history, thank you for reminding us. This has been in the works for many years.
Reagan was never more than a B actor to me. He created an enormous and very damaging mess.
I'm not so sure it should be called the Robert's court. It should be called the Harland Crow, Peter Thiel, Leonard Leo Court, or the Heritage Foundation court.
The only thing these corrupt members have is their robes, and they should be stripped of them.
Agreed.
This is another example of how partisan the supreme court has become. My hope is for a Democratic win for President and Senate so supreme court reform can happen. I can wish can I?
We all wish the same if you are a true bipartisan. I believe there is a world or at least a US where we can.
As Senator Sheldon Whitehouse has been instructing us for some time now with his lessons about “The Scheme” from the Senate floor, the SCOTUS has been captured. They are doing the MAGA work they were indoctrinated to do. By any means necessary.
These obviously partisan decisions are like they're stealing packages from porcches and it's caught on camera, but they deny it. We can all see how partisan they are. And when it's a decision that will benefit Trump, they right on it. If it's to benefit the Dems, it takes them months to get around to looking at the case. Do they think we're stupid? With so many decisions lately that benefit Trump and the GOP, it's just disgustingly obvious they are partisan!
We're stupid because we're to disorganized, too afraid, too lazy, whatever, to get off our asses and protest in Washington DC like people did in the 60s. This is worse than the Vietnam War. This is about destroying America as we know it.
Why oh why hasn’t the Biden Administration taken charge of things and used the new power the SCOTUS gave to Trump, supposedly to walk back the terrible things the Supreme Court has done? Why has Trump not been put behind bars already? Why has the Attorney General not been replaced by a more aggressive person who would have done more quicker with all of the Trump crimes? Why has Elon been allowed to buy votes? Why has Trump been allowed to interfere with international conflicts? These are all questions that really bother me even as I vote Blue. I do think Biden is well beyond his cognitive capabilities and Harris has not performed in his brain’s absence. I hope she wins but then she has to squelch all these bjillionaires from taking over our country!
Wish I were in better health. I'd be the first in line to protest. But, at 81 and not very mobile, it's out of the question. Women will be protesting in D.C. and across the country on Nov. 2 tho.
At this pivotal moment in our country, Women’s March is leading the charge to build a feminist, multi-racial democracy that serves us ALL.
What happens in 2024 and the four years to follow will set the foundation for the next four to five decades.
WE ARE MARCHING.
November 2, 2024.
LET'S MARCH!
He has started and as long as he is started let us all finish it. A good protest and scare the hell out of them one way or another to remove them. 1) They need elections and time limits in their seat. We the people must use our voice and power.
I think it’s time to look at a SCOTUS overhaul.
Don't worry fool, if and when the Democrats hold on to power...there'll be no need for a SCOTUS..~
The Roberts Court is corrupt. Just when we think it can't go lower, it does. The majority may complain about the court's loss of credibility (and respect), but they really are only concerned with aiding the GOP to regain/retain power. If the majority continues on this path, then at some point dissidents will have to ignore any decision the Court hands down.
OPENLY BIASED....Liberty and Justice for magas only.
Supremes brought on bad optics over 1600 votes. They are signaling nothing is off the table.
1. Kamala
2. Dilute those ill-gotten
appointees.
I think changes will be made within their house.
Terrible news - would be a shame if the current president with full immunity got involved.
Sometimes I would like him to but know he would not have Seal Team 6 kill them all while he is in office. SCOTUS gave him permission to do so. If he did I would be horrified, out of TRUMP it would be expected.
Dian, is English your second language. I don't mean to insult, but I can't understand your comment.
Dian is talking about Biden, who, thanks to the supreme court now has full immunity for Presidential Acts.
Dian know that Biden will not use this immunity: He is too decent for that. On the other hand, Trump has no such qualms.
I'm French, so it is easier for me to understand ;-).
Thanks Cécile
Hablo español, pero tengo problemas para entender cuando un hablante de español traduce literalmente al inglés.
por ejemplo. dame un cigarrillo por favor
In English give me one cigarette please.
in English we use "a" as an indefinite article, other languages have nothing similar, Deutsch uses "one", "Française" uses ""une" I assume other languages have the same.
To a native English language speaker, this is strange, when I first heard it, I thought "does he usually ask for two or three cigarettes why just one?
NO ONE but us seem to realize American's advantage! "Vice President Harris lost??? NO WAY, JACK. Come at me!"
What! This is absurd. I thought for sure they would kick this back
You must not have been paying attention the past 8 years. The six conservatives on the Court are MAGA loyalists.
Yeah. My bad. It just seemed like a no-brainer. I should have known better.
Whatever!!..the only loyalty they've demonstrated is to the constitution of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA... you poor unfortunate fool..~
Gary, you lost that argument as soon as you indulged in name calling: that's a sure proof that you know you are wrong, but if you need an explanation, suffice to say that according to our laws "no man is above the Law", and that includes the President. By giving him total immunity for Presidential Acts, they broke our Laws.
You can't be serious Gary? The only loyalty they have demonstrated is to the constitution? Really?
That's preposterous. The Trump justices have made a mockery of the Constitution, and they are in the process of dismantling the U.S. Republic and replacing it with a Christian Nationalist oligarchy.
Not in their reign.