Micah @rincewind.run

packing the court: it works power matters more than norms Republicans understand this, and Democrats need to learn

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Wearing a HR Monitor while taking a poo @davidbyrneenjoyer.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 09, 2024 at 19:47 UTC

They don’t do it because they don’t want to

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mexicanrag @mexicanrag.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 01:26 UTC

If they were a person who *could* learn this would they be a Democrat?

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Jim Jimerson @jimjimerson.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 02:41 UTC

This is about as open a call to authoritarianism as anything Trump has said.

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Jim Jimerson @jimjimerson.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 02:37 UTC

….especially if you don’t feel like having a democracy anymore.

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Michelle, aka Ms. Geek 2024 @msgeek.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 09, 2024 at 21:30 UTC

Besides, there are 13 circuits of the Appellate Court. Upping the SCOTUS to 13 Justices is long overdue.

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@galdireonai.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 09, 2024 at 22:10 UTC

Republicans have come to view the political process as waging a civil war by other means. A lot of dems seem to either not realize this or not want to admit it.

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Jennifer Winch @jlwinch1.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 09, 2024 at 22:15 UTC

Republicans consider norms useless protocols that only Democrats care about when power & its exercise, especially to block or crush your enemies, is the only game in town. Dems play political chess with the rule book on their laps while the Republicans are eating the pieces off the board.

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The Powell Nemo @alllogsare5.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 15:36 UTC

But if dems pack the courts, what’s to stop the republicans from packing the courts????

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Lauren McKenzie [free 🇵🇸] @themckenziest.gay [ View ] Apr 09, 2024 at 19:17 UTC

Democrats learned that they need abortion to run on which is why they didn’t codify roe when they could not to mention all of the forced unwanted pregnancies labor force needed to keep end stage capitalism chugging along. They work hand in hand. It’s so damn clear. They’re all evil and complicit.

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Kid Yossarian @kidyossarian.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 09, 2024 at 19:03 UTC

Packing the Court isn't even outside the norms. It fits squarely into the McConnell Rule* *McConnell Rule: Anything we do is justified by the fact that we had the power to do it.

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Charter School Abolitionist @maniccage.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 09, 2024 at 19:27 UTC

Packing the court is cool and all, but the permanent solution is: no more court.

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mp @brkrbr.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 00:50 UTC

WWLBJD (not Vietnam tho)

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Joe Bear 😷 @sudojoebear.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 09, 2024 at 19:41 UTC

They know. They don't care.

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Carpinche @claiborne.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 09, 2024 at 20:30 UTC

As long as you're prepared for potential backlash. Republicans packed the courts when they had a firm grip on the state and wanted to control the last major branch that could defy them. Eight years later and AZ has a Dem governor and there's a good chance this ruling will flip the court as well.

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🏳️‍⚧️ Kiara Pendragon - Godslayer 🏳️‍🌈 @aapur.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 07:16 UTC

The Dems need to stop trying to play fair, because the Republicans sure fucking don't

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beat the heat by beating your meat @salarta.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 09, 2024 at 20:48 UTC

I often find myself wondering if Dems insisting on sticking to “norms” actually want the same things Republicans want and just pretend they don’t to get votes.

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𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑛𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑠 @petestaiano.com [ View ] Apr 09, 2024 at 20:04 UTC

But Micah! THINK OF THE NORMS

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Elijah Davis @speck.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 09, 2024 at 19:52 UTC

Last democrat to do this was FDR and I’m sorry to say, Biden is nowhere near that guy in terms of actual power leveraging.

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As A Dog-man ☭ @scooterdavis.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 09, 2024 at 19:42 UTC

Until they have to they never will.

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Todus @todus.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 09, 2024 at 20:00 UTC

Item one-A for Biden term 2, assuming majorities in Congress: pack SCOTUS to 13.

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Catbus @catbus.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 09, 2024 at 20:03 UTC

my favorite thing of the last few years was biden taking court reform off the table in favor of convening a blue ribbon panel to "explore other options" lol

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Wattle of Bits 🏳️‍🌈 @wattle.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 01:03 UTC

hell, power matters more than *laws*

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Clarke "METRO Mutt" Macbeth @votemacbeth.org [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 01:46 UTC

Best I can do at City Hall is require financial and comms disclosure in exchange for putting Maple Grove ordinances under judicial review. The people have a right to know and a right to tell the bribed to piss off.

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Alex @alexkendziorski.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 09, 2024 at 21:46 UTC

For Democrats, what is important is the friends they made along the way. I am holding out for pissed off progressives to step up after the dinosaurs pass on.

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TechnicallyOwen @technicallyowen.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 01:27 UTC

Norms are created by exercising power political norms are like safety regs they were written in blood and when an organization gets lax in enforcing them people die.

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