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comment by am_Unition
am_Unition  ·  144 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: June 26, 2024

Agree with an amendment in favor of parliamentary systems. Or even re-writing much of the constitution, but I'm not gonna pretend like we're in any position to hold a constitutional convention in the current political climate, even if the will was there. Same for an amendment, I guess.

The other thing I haven't seen discussed here yet is that Alito and Thomas want to retire, but won't step down unless the president is GOP/Trump. How much that motivates the decisions of Roberts and the rest of the Trump-appointed SCOTUS is a fair question, but it probably explains at least a bit.





kleinbl00  ·  144 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm ready to print up Pelican Brief t-shirts

am_Unition  ·  144 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oooof, dark. Had to look that one up. Maybe I'll just stick with my "MAKE SCOTUS SCARED AGAIN" pink hat (w/ inverted Alito face on the back).

It's no wonder all of the MAGA celebs and pols demonize cities so much, they're too scared to show their face in public inside a metroplex. I'm all for reinforcing that.

Did you see the evening shots yesterday of the crowd barricades put up outside of SCOTUS, with zero people around? Unfortunate. Maybe folks saw what happened to the kids on university lawns.