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With the pending announcement of the new Supreme Court Justice, I'm hearing all sorts of horror stories how the Court will go "activist" and implement the conservative dream upon America. Not just Roe, but gay marriage, wage and labor laws, environmental regulations - basically taking us back to the 18th century.
I think this is hyperbole for the most part, but what if Trump is able to install 2 or 3 more hyper-conservative justices in his 8-year reign? We'll have a 7-2 ultra-conservative court which would undo a century's worth of progress.
If this indeed comes to past, and the American people vote in a super-majority of Democrats in retaliation (say, in 2024), the pressure of this hyper-conservative S.C. would be immense. The government would be hamstrung in just about everything the voters demand (such as the restoration of environmental regs.) In this case, the Dems would have 2 choices - one is to pack the court, i.e. bringing it up to 13 or 15 seats, with the president installing a crew of hyper-liberal justices to tilt the court back to liberal again, -OR- simply abolish the S.C. altogether. Just amend the Constitution, and voila, that storied institution is gone. The more I think about it, the better it sounds. Who needs a branch of government filled with unelected elders who cannot be held accountable to the desires of the American people? Eliminating the S.C. sure would solve a lot of problems, imo.
Perhaps it's time to simply abolish the Supreme Court
Serious violation of the constitution. Not worth considering.
A better idea is to show up regularly at the polls to support legislation one favors, and if necessary, constitutional amendments that reflect the will of the people.
With the pending announcement of the new Supreme Court Justice, I'm hearing all sorts of horror stories how the Court will go "activist" and implement the conservative dream upon America.
Dear liberal, it is impossible to be a textualist / originalist and an "activist." Those are opposite and contradictory.
leftists were fine when it was their agenda was being enacted, now they're crying foul and want to take the ball and go home?
Reminds me of when the Republicans wanted to change the electoral college system after losing to Obama twice. They were running scared back then. Good thing they stuck to their "constitutional roots" once Trump won and now is all forgotten...
They already abolished senate rule of needing 60 votes. Hows that working for them? Ok, here is where Democrats stand...
Abolish the electoral college,
Abolish ICE,
Abolish borders,
Abolish speech they don't like (political correct speech and IRS),
Harass Trump supporters because they don't like Trump,
Abolish the Supreme Court (op)
I think we should abolish all three branches and just let comedians run the country
Nah, let celebrities run the country. We'd all be like North Koreans making sure we clapped enthusiastically enough when they appear so we don't get thrown in the gulags.
(based on topics created here over the last month or so)
Abolish the electoral college,
Abolish ICE,
Abolish borders,
Abolish the need for photo ID to vote,
Abolish speech they don't like (political correct speech and IRS),
Harass Trump supporters because they don't like Trump,
Abolish the Constitution,
Abolish the Supreme Court (op)
(based on topics created here over the last month or so)
Let's see. The Trumplodytes want:
Lie about the Democrats
Lie about Trump
Make Trump a dictator.
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