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For anyone unaware, the Washington Examiner is biased pretty strongly to the right
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/washington-examiner/
Just including in case it wasn't obvious based off of the ridiculous article pictured
I would have posted a screen clip of it climbing to the top of r/conservative but, as I've been criticized for it before, they don't need any publicity.
lol whole fricking concept of court packign is just to try and counteract the plays already done.
IE the fact that trump was given as many nominations in 4 years, that Obama and Biden got in 12.
Which yeah does IMO kind of highlight the problem in the system in general. IE lifetime appointments are a variable that's already a bit broken. IE hypothetically if one party were trying to break the system, they could have ages ago by just intentionally having all of their members step down when their party is in power, ensuring that there is never a risk of a flip beyond an unexpected death.
But yes obviously progressive groups weren't subtle about the fact that flipping the SC is the reason to expand it. and again it's literally because it is feasible that as the rules of the game are apparent, if the court is never expanded, a conservative supermajority could be maintained indefinately even if republicans only win the presidency 1/4th of the time.
IE I would be very shocked it thomas and alito don't retire in trumps current term, and get replaced by young corrupt conservatives.
Except it's weaponized stupidity
I dunno, they are trying really hard to weaponize the fact. r/conservative even jokes about packing it with more conservative judges. Except they are too stupid to realize that would be the worst move imaginable when you already have a majority. It would only open the door for dems to do it if they ever regained power, not that that's likely.
Conservatives are spineless fucks and usually pedophiles!
Court packing was never a viable suggestion.
It also never happened and would have never happened under biden.
Is Lemmy committed to the trash headlines/sources such that we will become Reddit with a mere sliver of the membership?