politics

Can someone please explain to me the logic behind allowing states to redistribute their districts every few years? The problem isn’t that the GOP redistricts in a way to oppress black voters or that the Dems redistrict to support them, it’s that we allow these shenanigans at all. Why are we allowed to have these battles in the first place? There has to be a better solution.

Imagine if RBG retired, DWS and HRC didn't cheat the primaries in 2016, and Harris didn't get coronated as candidate in 2024.

The Democrats make their own shitty problems and get in their own way every cycle and wonder why they keep losing to carnival barkers like Trump.

It's entirely their fault we are in the situation we're in now.

Idk. I dont think expanding and accepting the corrupt scrotus judges as equal to the others is enough.

I think the argument needs to be made that the words of the constitution "shall serve on good behavior" means litterally that, and that therefore all the current R appointees abdicated their positions long ago and their rulings are invalid.

When the judges try to rule that they are still judges and that they say it takes impeachment, it should be pointed out that, as regular citizens, they A, have to argue that in court as a plaintif, and that B, attempting to rule on a standard they directly benefit from is intrinsically corrupt behavior that constitutes having quit according to the exact words of the constitution.

I would rather see them impeach Alito and Thomas for blatant corruption, but neither will ever happen, so

Speaking to Emerge, Harris raised the idea of Supreme Court reform “including the notion of expanding the court.”

That's coming out swinging? Maybe if she releases a signed public statement saying she supports court expansion and if she thinks an un-filibuster-able bill would be an appropriate way to do so regardless of what the Senate Parliamentarian says I'd believe it, but this seems so vague it's meaningless.

I get and agree with the pessimism. but if she advocates for this as part of her campaign, along with many other necessary counters to the damage that has been done to our democracy, I support that! I'll prefer someone else for as long as i can, but if she ends up somehow being the nominee I won't be mad that this is part of her platform.

thing is, saying and doing are different things. we desperately need someone who is MORE aggressive at fixing everything that's been broken than Trump has been at destroying.

“Comes out swinging”

Aka not doing a single thing about it that matters.

It's true, I'll only vote for a primary candidate who brings this up with a serious plan of action.

But I'd like to go much farther left than Harris. We need systemic reform or we'll never recover from this last (four and a half!) decade(s) of ruinous policy.

Sounds like someone is thinking about the 2028 primaries.

If only we had some evidence of whether she actually would support this in the general election, instead of reverting to bland right-acceptable talking points!

Oh wow, swinging?!? She's so brave. Surely she'll stick to her guns if she ever gets nominated...right??

ffs get these establishment dems far, far away from the next election.

Flashback to everyone telling Hillary to go back into the woods

So she wants a seat? Sorry but you’re not progressive enough unless you can replace the RV dipshit tomorrow.

From 2021

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-packing-expansion-democratic-bill-13-justices/

Several Democrats in the House and Senate announced plans Wednesday night to introduce a bill to add four more justices to the Supreme Court, which would bring the total number of justices to 13. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi swiftly said 12 hours later that she would not bring the bill to the floor for a vote.

I see the stamp of religion all over this, but not in a moral sense. Our leaders and journalists work so hard to ignore that elephant in the room.

What do the French call this? L'esprit de l'escalier?

Big Freddie the Lobster energy

Pipe down Kamala. You had your chance in the spotlight and Americans rejected you.

This sparks joy

Go away!

Yeah but how does she plan to seize the means of production?!?!