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On October 25 2020 08:08 NewSunshine wrote: Despite however the election goes, the Democrats have put up 0 or negative fight when it came to ACB getting confirmed. It's basically gonna happen. Republicans said "we made this precedent, now we're getting rid of it, fuck you" and the Democrat's response as a whole has been "yeah sure, I guess that's fine". It should have been an absolute non-starter for them, but they're still hanging in there trying to appease these Republican shitbags. And with that, their chances of doing much to actually move forward seems near 0. There's room to see if anything doesn't quite go as expected, but the typical pattern of Republicans setting the Democratic doormat down to be stepped on is holding just fine.
I agree, and there's absolutely no way they'd even consider packing the courts / adding more SCJs either, even given the fact that there's a reasonable chance that the presidency + the Senate + the House all end up blue.
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I suspect they would if RvW is in the balance. I think it will be the MAD (mutually assured destruction) option that would actually become popular if that happens.
Otherwise I agree they probably won't touch it.
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On October 25 2020 08:21 JimmiC wrote: I suspect they would if RvW is in the balance. I think it will be the MAD (mutually assured destruction) option that would actually become popular if that happens.
Otherwise I agree they probably won't touch it.
So, like, every time either side (D or R) regains control of every necessary cog in the court-packing machine, that side increases the number of judges by even more, to make the court lopsided in their own direction?
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On October 25 2020 08:23 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:Show nested quote +On October 25 2020 08:21 JimmiC wrote: I suspect they would if RvW is in the balance. I think it will be the MAD (mutually assured destruction) option that would actually become popular if that happens.
Otherwise I agree they probably won't touch it. So, like, every time either side (D or R) regains control of every necessary cog in the court-packing machine, that side increases the number of judges by even more, to make the court lopsided in their own direction? I think more like everytime the reps threaten RvW the dems start to talk about packing the court. And if the Dems try something on say gun control the reps say they will go at RvW in the courts.
But the back and forth is possible, unless someone changes the rules. I could see something like term limits so each side is not picking the youngest possible option, as maybe a doable change.
But mostly I see a lot of threatening and this is the end grandstanding.
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On October 25 2020 08:08 NewSunshine wrote: Despite however the election goes, the Democrats have put up 0 or negative fight when it came to ACB getting confirmed. It's basically gonna happen. Republicans said "we made this precedent, now we're getting rid of it, fuck you" and the Democrat's response as a whole has been "yeah sure, I guess that's fine". It should have been an absolute non-starter for them, but they're still hanging in there trying to appease these Republican shitbags. And with that, their chances of doing much to actually move forward seems near 0. There's room to see if anything doesn't quite go as expected, but the typical pattern of Republicans setting the Democratic doormat down to be stepped on is holding just fine.
What are you expecting them to do? Republicans have the votes and she is being confirmed.
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On October 25 2020 08:45 Blitzkrieg0 wrote:Show nested quote +On October 25 2020 08:08 NewSunshine wrote: Despite however the election goes, the Democrats have put up 0 or negative fight when it came to ACB getting confirmed. It's basically gonna happen. Republicans said "we made this precedent, now we're getting rid of it, fuck you" and the Democrat's response as a whole has been "yeah sure, I guess that's fine". It should have been an absolute non-starter for them, but they're still hanging in there trying to appease these Republican shitbags. And with that, their chances of doing much to actually move forward seems near 0. There's room to see if anything doesn't quite go as expected, but the typical pattern of Republicans setting the Democratic doormat down to be stepped on is holding just fine. What are you expecting them to do? Republicans have the votes and she is being confirmed. Pledging to expand the court if the Republicans proceed with this bullshit might work.
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On October 25 2020 08:08 NewSunshine wrote: Despite however the election goes, the Democrats have put up 0 or negative fight when it came to ACB getting confirmed. It's basically gonna happen. Republicans said "we made this precedent, now we're getting rid of it, fuck you" and the Democrat's response as a whole has been "yeah sure, I guess that's fine". It should have been an absolute non-starter for them, but they're still hanging in there trying to appease these Republican shitbags. And with that, their chances of doing much to actually move forward seems near 0. There's room to see if anything doesn't quite go as expected, but the typical pattern of Republicans setting the Democratic doormat down to be stepped on is holding just fine. The potential to use this “unprecedented” event as a talking point to potentially win Congress and the presidency seems to be more important to Democrats than the policy consequences of the event itself.
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