Sky_Blue_Dreamer
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Irony is Trump wants Biden drug tested before debates
Wasn’t that Lemmy’s prescription drug of choice and where the name Motörhead came from?
Wasn't Lemmy quite right wing, reactionary, and liking his porn stars?No idea. But the thought of him having something in common with Lemmy is funny.
I thought you were joking but then I came across thisTrump's Twitter account was hacked by someone guessing the password 'maga 2020' and the lack of two step authentication. Leader of the free world
It’s not over until it’s over though,Look how CNN we’re joking about Trump being elected last time,Came back to bite their arse.Democrats are likely to expand the us supreme court, all takes is a simple law and the are favoured to win back control of the senate as well
I like how the BBC are still trying to pretend it's close
It’s not over until it’s over though,Look how CNN we’re joking about Trump being elected last time,Came back to bite their arse.
Until it's confirmed I'm not assuming anything anymore.
I think Trump will hold a marginal lead on the night due to the large amount of mail in ballots, at which point he will attempt to claim victory and that postal ballots etc are fraudulent. Wouldn't be surprised to see a lot of votes go 'missing' or 'not arrive before the deadline' to muddy the waters. He will refuse to step down and basically call on his base to take over the streets.
That's just conspiracy theory bollocks
Biden is ahead by too much in too many states (read the 538 forecast)
Trump will stand down
It does amuse me reading all the mad shit people talk about the US election
Democrats are likely to expand the us supreme court, all takes is a simple law and the are favoured to win back control of the senate as well
I like how the BBC are still trying to pretend it's close
They haven't proposed doing so and they are notoriously crap at playing politics. They could have stalled the nomination of Barrett any number of ways but chose not to in order to 'get out the vote'. If the Dems expanded the supreme court you could just have each party expanding it to the point of it being meaningless.
They fucked up
Rather than expand it they could introduce term limits which wouldn't be perceived as badly, though would still obv attract negative press, esp from Fox and the like. Would be arguments in court about it obv as the current incumbents were sworn in on life terms. It's a significant, but not insurmountable hurdle.
Yep not a jot about it apart from the various members of the senate and congress posting and tweeting about it.
That doesn't explain why they didn't obstruct the Barrett nomination or why Biden himself said he wouldn't do it. FDR couldn't do it even when he was at the height of his popularity. Most of all, the Republicans haven't done it either
FDR had opposition from the conservative south democrat senators and representatives so wouldn't of been able to get the bill through congress. Very different now as unlike the 1930s all democrats are broadly the same in political outlook.
And yet they couldn’t get Garland through under Obama and, again, didn’t try to obstruct Barrett which would have prevented the 6-3. They don’t play politics anywhere near well enough
They couldn't get Garland through as they didn't control the Senate.
I'll explain it again.
They are favoured to come out of the election controlling the White House, the Senate and the HoR. This means that all it would take is 1 bill to be raised and passed by both houses and the Supreme Court size is expanded.
The size of the court has changed at least 6 times in the past.
Because you very rarely have times when both houses and the executive are in the same hands. It is the nuclear option but it is very easy to do if you control the 3 things needed.
Yes and they had a 4-4 conservative to liberal balance with a empty seat so why would they?When Trump took office they did have all 3. They didn’t have the HoR this year but still got Barrett through for free because the Dems let them. It would be considerably easier to stall the nomination until Biden takes office then secure a 5-4, than to gamble on winning all 3 and trying to expand the court which sets a dangerous precedent.
McConnell showed how it should be done
Yes and they had a 4-4 conservative to liberal balance with a empty seat so why would they?
You are claiming it takes political skill to expand the court. It doesn't it just takes a simple bill to pass congress. Sorry but it's madness that you are even arguing this.
Simple, to stack the court for years to come. If you then have both parties doing it in turn then it becomes meaningless as a branch of government. It still doesn’t explain why the Dems rolled over and allowed Barrett to be nominated despite there being just a few months of Trump left
It's far easier just to expand it, as I said it just takes congress to pass a law. The democrats are more likely than not to be in charge of both houses and the white house so all it takes is one member of each house to bring the bill and it's good to go.
Because you very rarely have times when both houses and the executive are in the same hands. It is the nuclear option but it is very easy to do if you control the 3 things needed.
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