Regarding the Supreme Court Justices, I must ask the obvious question to liberals and dems - why not chuck the high road just this one time in history to save democracy eh? JB needs to do a few things in the remaing time he has: 1 Executive orders - nominate 4 justices, eliminate the filibuster, KH breaks the tie and we have a more balanced SC. 2. Second ExO - cap the number of SCJ to 13. Third ExO- term limits of 10-15 years. 4. Enshrine these in the Constitution.
I know you may say - wait a minute - this is overstepping the reach of the President - like THAT hasn't happened before? The President of the US now has complete IMMUNITY for official acts . He NEEDS to do this - and you and I and everyone else need to protest loudly NOW. Every day he waits, we come closer to losing our democracy. Come on people - let us do this!!!!
The situation with Soto can also be solved in a similar way - we should not just sit back and let them run over us like they are doing. Why are we allowing this?
The Democratic party needs new leadership, especially in the Senate. Chuck Schumer - still - hasn't grasped the danger we're in. He's talking a good game about confirming judges before January but I guarantee you he won't make the tough choice of keeping the Senate in session, disrupting their leisurely work schedule or making sure all 51 Senators are available - notably difficult since two of four independents, the fully checked out Sinema and the closet Republican Manchin may not even bother attending, given they are both headed out the door. Manchin may not even vote to confirm even if he is there. Once again the party will fail and they'll all just shrug and say, "well, we tried." As for Biden riding to the rescue, he's bitter he had to step aside and once again seems unwilling to do anything other than wring his hands. We're F*****.
I haven't read anything lately about Justice Sotomayor being in ill health and requiring hospital care. Scalia also dropped dead and there was no public concern about his health. I also don't believe the scenarios about Clarence Thomas and/or Sam Alito stepping down. Alito lives in hubris and would never voluntarily give up the spotlight. He also seems to be on a mission to destroy precedent and to push his own personal views of the law. Thomas appears to be governed by money so why should he step down. He's shown during his nomination and his entire time on the bench that he can stay out of the spotlight, be courted by Republicans and donors, and increase his lifestyle. Why in the world would these two men be "noble" for the sake of the Republican Party. We need to stop playing fantasy football. And, sorry Lisa, but I also don't believe that no one in the Democratic Party has a list of potential Supreme Court justices just because they aren't as blatant as Republicans are. I don't remember knowing about the Federalist Society "list" until Trump blabbed about it.
Well, here’s a nightmare scenario for SCOTUS: Chief Justice Roberts, already believing voting is not a right for African-Americans, acts to remove same for women. Then acts to actually remove women from the Court—three are the wrong color, religion and political party; the fourth is proving not so biddable.
Regarding the Supreme Court Justices, I must ask the obvious question to liberals and dems - why not chuck the high road just this one time in history to save democracy eh? JB needs to do a few things in the remaing time he has: 1 Executive orders - nominate 4 justices, eliminate the filibuster, KH breaks the tie and we have a more balanced SC. 2. Second ExO - cap the number of SCJ to 13. Third ExO- term limits of 10-15 years. 4. Enshrine these in the Constitution.
I know you may say - wait a minute - this is overstepping the reach of the President - like THAT hasn't happened before? The President of the US now has complete IMMUNITY for official acts . He NEEDS to do this - and you and I and everyone else need to protest loudly NOW. Every day he waits, we come closer to losing our democracy. Come on people - let us do this!!!!
The situation with Soto can also be solved in a similar way - we should not just sit back and let them run over us like they are doing. Why are we allowing this?
Hurry and get this before the President! 💪
I have sent this on the WH portal and other high places to no avail. How can we get our leaders to act on this? It's a no brainer!
The Democratic party needs new leadership, especially in the Senate. Chuck Schumer - still - hasn't grasped the danger we're in. He's talking a good game about confirming judges before January but I guarantee you he won't make the tough choice of keeping the Senate in session, disrupting their leisurely work schedule or making sure all 51 Senators are available - notably difficult since two of four independents, the fully checked out Sinema and the closet Republican Manchin may not even bother attending, given they are both headed out the door. Manchin may not even vote to confirm even if he is there. Once again the party will fail and they'll all just shrug and say, "well, we tried." As for Biden riding to the rescue, he's bitter he had to step aside and once again seems unwilling to do anything other than wring his hands. We're F*****.
I haven't read anything lately about Justice Sotomayor being in ill health and requiring hospital care. Scalia also dropped dead and there was no public concern about his health. I also don't believe the scenarios about Clarence Thomas and/or Sam Alito stepping down. Alito lives in hubris and would never voluntarily give up the spotlight. He also seems to be on a mission to destroy precedent and to push his own personal views of the law. Thomas appears to be governed by money so why should he step down. He's shown during his nomination and his entire time on the bench that he can stay out of the spotlight, be courted by Republicans and donors, and increase his lifestyle. Why in the world would these two men be "noble" for the sake of the Republican Party. We need to stop playing fantasy football. And, sorry Lisa, but I also don't believe that no one in the Democratic Party has a list of potential Supreme Court justices just because they aren't as blatant as Republicans are. I don't remember knowing about the Federalist Society "list" until Trump blabbed about it.
A shame!!
Well, here’s a nightmare scenario for SCOTUS: Chief Justice Roberts, already believing voting is not a right for African-Americans, acts to remove same for women. Then acts to actually remove women from the Court—three are the wrong color, religion and political party; the fourth is proving not so biddable.
I don't see any flippable senate seats in 2026.
https://www.newsweek.com/2026-senate-midterm-map-looks-rough-democrats-1982936