billy backstay
Backstay, never bought a suit, never went to Vegas
The court needs to be expanded by as many judges as required to not have it be a right-wing rubber stamp club. It's been done in the past, so there is precedent.
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The court needs to be expanded by as many judges as required to not have it be a right-wing rubber stamp club. It's been done in the past, so there is precedent.
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About 42 sounds right.
Mrleft8
Super Anarchist
50 SCOTUS Justices (51) rotating purely by luck of the draw on a case by case basis. 7 justices sitting on any given case. Each one serving only 10 years, and selected 5 at a time over 10 years. Each state would select 1 justice per their term. Replacement justices (in case of death, illness, or boredom) would only fill out their predecessor's term. No second terms, no matter what.
Sure, you could draw 7 liberals on one case, or 7 conservatives, but a couple of years later, when it's brought back up, it may be 3-4.....
Sure, you could draw 7 liberals on one case, or 7 conservatives, but a couple of years later, when it's brought back up, it may be 3-4.....
Nice!
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How about a president can nominate two judges each term (one in January after a year in office, another two years later). Another two more judges the following term, regardless whether it's the same administration or not. Allow the SCOTUS to grow until it reaches 15 judges. After that each administration continues on the same nomination pattern, but with each appointment the longest serving judge is removed to keep the number at 15. If a judge dies or retires, the next one is nominated on schedule but none are retired.
In this scenario, a new judge is appointed every 2 years. If there are no deaths or retirements, a judge will be removed after 30 years of service, or a bit longer if a judge with less seniority dies or retires.
In this scenario, a new judge is appointed every 2 years. If there are no deaths or retirements, a judge will be removed after 30 years of service, or a bit longer if a judge with less seniority dies or retires.
As you said, the US is at a crossroads. The problem is bigger than the US. Social media, sensational click sources, fake news and intolerance are world problems. The result is nationalism and tribalism. We are a poster child due to our racist history and campaign finance corruption. We also have corrupt self serving leadership. The lens of history is cautionary, with a lot of concern we are facing something similar to the end of reconstruction. As you said, the GOP is valiantly trying to end representative democracy in favor of minority rule. They may succeed. NPR discussed demographic trends for the midterms, and voter registration by party. Young adults continue to passively post snapchats instead of demanding a voice. Education remains the biggest predictor of affiliation. Meanwhile, an Ohio preacher was arrested Friday for his part in the insurrection.
SloopJonB
Super Anarchist
Who loves the poorly educated?
Nice!
Super Anarchist
Who loves the poorly educated?
Chris in Santa Cruz CA
Super Anarchist
It was inevitable. Cross referencing logs to docs in hand and…
badlatitude
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DOJ ‘closing in’ on Trump: bombshell NYT report suggests indictments are likely to ‘start flying’
On CNN Thursday, retired Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe reacted to the news that the Justice Department believes former President Donald Trump is hoarding more documents on his property — a development that experts believe is a sign prosecutors are seriously weighing charges against the former president.
"What do you think where the Justice Department might be headed?" asked anchor Anderson Cooper.
"It certainly suggests the Justice Department is closing in on indicting Donald Trump," said Tribe. "Not simply for basically stealing top secret documents from the White House and secreting them in various locations ... but also for violating the Espionage Act and, based on this recent reporting, obstruction of justice."
Specifically, Tribe argued, the DOJ has evidence Trump is investigating both a "national security inquiry" and a "criminal investigation." "There are people whose lives are at stake if their identity has been revealed in some of these top secret documents, which clearly were marked 'human resource.' They were marked to indicate that they would reveal the identity or location of, basically, American spies abroad. They were marked signals intelligence. So this is very serious. And what I take these recent revelations to mean is that shortly after the midterm elections, indictments are likely to start flying."
"You believe that the Department of Justice might actually indict the former president?" Cooper pressed him.
"I believe that it might well indict the former president for obstruction, for espionage," said Tribe. "This is all quite apart from the possible indictment for seditious conspiracy and insurrection. I mean, it's as though he is building a moat around Mar-a-Lago and then trying to swim in it himself. Basically, with every stroke he takes, with every move he makes, he is digging himself a deeper, deeper pit ... his lawyers must be absolutely beside themselves because he makes matters worse. He says 'I want my documents back.' He brags about having taken them himself. Then he says the General Services Administration packed the boxes, but they deny it. You almost expect him to say my dog packed the boxes, except we know he doesn't have a dog."
DOJ ‘closing in’ on Trump: bombshell NYT report suggests indictments are likely to ‘start flying’
On CNN Thursday, retired Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe reacted to the news that the Justice Department believes former President Donald Trump is hoarding more documents on his property — a development that experts believe is a sign prosecutors are seriously weighing charges against the...
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SloopJonB
Super Anarchist
If the Dems increase their seats next month will something finally happen to TFG?
The "seats" shouldn't have anything to do with it. It is a DOJ thing now that he is not president. Well, in a just world anyway.
billy backstay
Backstay, never bought a suit, never went to Vegas
Certainly not!
But if they increase by two-seats, they can end the filibuster, resuscitate Roe V. Wade, and tell the GOP to go fuck themselves, as they move forward with Biden's initiatives!
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Almost two years to build a not only strong, but blatantly obvious case against TFG and his crew.
Why the fuck is he still at large and why the fucking fuck further delay this until after the midterms?
As it has been said by almost everyone round here, repeatedly, any (US) citizen who had even tried to pull the BS that TFG did would have been jailed and subject to heavy interrogation within hours, not weeks or months or years.
If the USA wants to stay in lead of the free western world and NATO, you really have to step up your game. Power is nothing without control, and your actually powerless Ex-POTUS is still disturbing anything legal, democratic or decent.
Fuck him.
Fuck him up for good and put him and his sick clan and supporters away for life.
This world really has more pressing problems to deal with than the orange clown. Put a fucking lid on it, for fuck's sake.
(Angry at a somewhat sorted world going completely AWOL)
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Why the fuck is he still at large and why the fucking fuck further delay this until after the midterms?
As it has been said by almost everyone round here, repeatedly, any (US) citizen who had even tried to pull the BS that TFG did would have been jailed and subject to heavy interrogation within hours, not weeks or months or years.
If the USA wants to stay in lead of the free western world and NATO, you really have to step up your game. Power is nothing without control, and your actually powerless Ex-POTUS is still disturbing anything legal, democratic or decent.
Fuck him.
Fuck him up for good and put him and his sick clan and supporters away for life.
This world really has more pressing problems to deal with than the orange clown. Put a fucking lid on it, for fuck's sake.
(Angry at a somewhat sorted world going completely AWOL)
[. <- still no white space, suckers!]
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Mike G
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Dig her up…..
