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Peacetrain

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10. Honest toGod.. I was just signing in to ask the same quiestion

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Tue Nov 1, 2022, 11:58 AM

Nov 2022

Hubby and I were talking about how all the problems we have had with Trump goes back to the fact the courts let him play around in them like a sandbox

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Holy Fuck! Has there ever been a time in American history where so many cases that pertained [View all] Baitball Blogger Nov 2022 OP

K&R. William769 Nov 2022 #1

No shit TheRealNorth Nov 2022 #2

Or his taxes.As Whitehouse says. " SCOTUS is captured". Pepsidog Nov 2022 #22

As Michael Corleone told his lawyer BOSSHOG Nov 2022 #3

We are seeing in real time how to end democracy and install an autocracy. Irish_Dem Nov 2022 #15

It's the Court of the GOP now folks. plimsoll Nov 2022 #4

A better and more doable strategy would be SCOTUS term limits. calimary Nov 2022 #7

Those guys will be "grandfathered" in. plimsoll Nov 2022 #9

Yeah in 2016 I thought we would be sitting pretty with SCOTUS for the rest of my life. Pepsidog Nov 2022 #24

It's no secret; GOP leaders like McConnell have openly gloated about how proud they are of it. NullTuples Nov 2022 #55

With the current partisan hacks installed for DECADES to come, its game over. Moostache Nov 2022 #11

Truly an untenable situation that must be corrected. Pepsidog Nov 2022 #25

IANAL, but couldn't expansion be linked to the number of circuit courts? BadgerMom Nov 2022 #19

I agree, 13 justices with term limits, and written ethics rules. gab13by13 Nov 2022 #34

Term limits requires an amendment Zeitghost Nov 2022 #46

SCROTUS MayReasonRule Nov 2022 #45

The fundie nutjobs got what they wanted - SCOTUS. Initech Nov 2022 #5

I will not live peaceably in a theocratic fascist dictatorship. Moostache Nov 2022 #12

I don't worry about a religious fascist country DENVERPOPS Nov 2022 #42

I worry about it Genki Hikari Nov 2022 #47

Maybe I am wrong DENVERPOPS Nov 2022 #63

BOTH are worrisome as hell. Ferrets are Cool Nov 2022 #51

The Nixon Administration? BlueIdaho Nov 2022 #6

It's a case that started in 2019 Sympthsical Nov 2022 #8

Don't do that...please. Moostache Nov 2022 #13

Kagan and Sotomayor also issued similar stays recently Sympthsical Nov 2022 #14

It goes to the core constitution of the court, Moostache Nov 2022 #16

Non-sequitur Sympthsical Nov 2022 #30

Also a common administrative procedure gab13by13 Nov 2022 #37

They may feel there are issues involved that require at least a cursory glance Sympthsical Nov 2022 #48

But they haven't decided yet whether to hear the appeal. sl8 Nov 2022 #53

The USSC destroyed their legitimacy of the court DENVERPOPS Nov 2022 #43

Oh look, it's both siderism. Thanks for playing. 58Sunliner Nov 2022 #23

So do you agree or disagree with Kagan's granting a stay of the J6 Committee subpoena to Kelli Ward? onenote Nov 2022 #26

It's closer to no-siderism Sympthsical Nov 2022 #31

"Are they also right-wing? Why/why not? Are they in on it? How deep does it all go?!" 58Sunliner Nov 2022 #32

are you unwilling to acknowledge the SC has been completely corrupted? Skittles Nov 2022 #56

I think Thomas is a general mess Sympthsical Nov 2022 #57

last week? Skittles Nov 2022 #58

So you're not going to answer the question Sympthsical Nov 2022 #61

honestly Skittles Nov 2022 #66

Well said. At the very least,the last 3 appointments should be impeached for lies when we have the Pepsidog Nov 2022 #27

Whatever happened to DENVERPOPS Nov 2022 #33

I'm with you, although some say they will do it too. Get rid of the filibuster, expand USSC, protect Pepsidog Nov 2022 #36

Great ideas DENVERPOPS Nov 2022 #39

Honest toGod.. I was just signing in to ask the same quiestion Peacetrain Nov 2022 #10

Not to mention all to sidestep prosecution for crimes. SheltieLover Nov 2022 #17

Rec this whole thread.. n/t Paper Roses Nov 2022 #18

Nope. The heavy use of junk litigation and due process stalls are attempted end runs around ancianita Nov 2022 #20

As an attorney I have always managed to get expedited hearings on cases that were time sensitive and Pepsidog Nov 2022 #28

Good for you. Maybe at the court levels of your practice, perhaps the deck isn't stacked. Dunno. ancianita Nov 2022 #35

Well said Evolve Dammit Nov 2022 #29

The GOP clogging up the courts sarcasmo Nov 2022 #21

The Reich Wing has been waiting 40 years for this Court majority. RedSpartan Nov 2022 #38

They definitely DENVERPOPS Nov 2022 #44

I recall nothing like it. TomSlick Nov 2022 #40

This has been their plan for decades Quanto Magnus Nov 2022 #41

Lots of horrors and complaining yet PlutosHeart Nov 2022 #49

Way Late inthewind21 Nov 2022 #65

I've been comtemplating this exact thing. The court is the one who should be shutting it down Ferrets are Cool Nov 2022 #50

The GQP fall back position The Wizard Nov 2022 #52

Peas!!! dcmfox Nov 2022 #54

The vast majority of appeals are ignored by SCOTUS, but not anything filed by MF45 or his henchmen. SunSeeker Nov 2022 #59

+1 Baitball Blogger Nov 2022 #62

STACK THE COURTS Heather MC Nov 2022 #60

Sometimes, the stink of toxic corruption can be overwhelming. Torchlight Nov 2022 #64