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Alito should be out for being crazy and paid for.

Agreed. Maybe we could ship them all outside of US jurisdiction for tribunals? Just saying. Or temporarily suspend the Supreme Court while it's being reformed.

1000% yes.

The extreme court needs a clean slate. New Court, term limits, age caps. And FFS we need to legislate the corruption out of those fucking robes.

The AG has never had balls and could have prosecuted SCOTUS for their corruption

Sadly the AG is a crook too!

Justice Douglas -- a reason why not.

Other advanced developed countries also concluded having judges serve a lifetime tenure sans any accountability whatsoever to be anti-democratic & anathema to the betterment of their people — Why do we not consider ourselves deserving of such ? Why must we be at the bottom of the league tables ?

The Democratic Party as an institution gets in the way of the activism which voters are demanding & which is required The Barney Franks and Chuck Schumers are toxic to Democrats success. Mamdani won despite them. Not because of them @jenpsaki.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @chriscillizza.bsky.social

At least 5 of the "Justices" appear to take large amounts of money from donors with cases before the court. When I was growing up in the 1950's they would have been called bribes.

He will pardon them all before he goes. This is a moot point.

We can’t do that until we take back the house and the Senate, and hopefully the presidency. Then we can create term limits, and expand the court to 13 justices to oversee the 13 districts.

Let’s ban ICE & kill Citizens United! [Narrator] “When asked about the Supreme Authority of the People to Self-Govern & Perfect Coequality of Women protected under Constitution for the U.S.A." (our Republic), Ken Paxton did NOT RESPOND. [Candidate] “I am James Talarico, and I approve this message”

Totally agree! And Medicare for all!

He will blanket pardon EVERYONE attached to him or pays him so NO ONE WILL FACE anything. As for himself it will never reach trial because the way he works the delaying system. Sad state of affairs American has fallen. New Start REMOVE everything Trump and fix laws so it dont happen again.

And if you want to challenge corrupt pardons, you’ll need a new SCOTUS.

It won’t be a whole new one. It would just be an amendment. Article 3 is the part that sets up the federal courts and lays out how the Supreme Court is seated and how long they serve. If any changes to the current “lifetime” term they have now, would have to be done through the amendment process.

Let's "reform" the SCOTUS responsibly people.

We need to reform it all!

maybe SCOTUS should be the first to be held criminally liable? Anyone can see the corruption there, verdicts alter depending on which political party or politician gains.

And so. There it is. 🚬😎

Agreed. SCOTUS, as the arbiter of truth, must come first to provide rational and ethical judgments on the US Constitution and the balanced seperation of powers. SCOTUS is fundamentally flawed and compromised by the political appointments system. Fixed terms will help, but not solve this problem.

Totally, Totally agree. That should be the FIRST order of business if and thats a big if the Republicans and Trump don't successfully steal the midterms!

EXPAND TO 13!!!!

Kill Citizen United. Give us a living wage.

Impeach and pack the SCOTUS!!

If AG Garland had not been so timid, and Smith had filed the documents case in DC, instead of FL, maybe Trump would have faced more consequences, but yes - Term limits, stack the Court, impeach Alito & Thomas - this SCOTUS will cover for Trump, unless its reformed.

Americans are complacent and cowardly. I would expect no Justice and no accountability.

Also reform ideas that could be used to cement authoritarian rule don’t help either. Trump has been TRYING to kill the filibuster for his Stop Americans Voting Ever act. He would love to expand it enough to toss Tiffany Trump and other unqualified loyalists on it. We need ethics and term limits.

Sharing! Brilliant!

Some state convictions can steer clear of their jurisdiction. Our County Prosecutor has said she is interested in bringing state charges against federal employees for directing the commission of crimes in our state, if so it will take longer than 4 years to get there.

Agree

When the Supreme Court balance was at its tipping point, too many progressives stayed home or voted Jill Stein because Hillary was just a leeeeeeetle too cozy with Wall Street....

We can't add any justices until we take back the WH in 28. We don't want to put term limits on them either, until traitor trump in gone. Until then it should be ethics laws for Extreme Court justices.

Cleanup in Aisle Congress desperately needed. Enablers on BOTH sides need gone.

Yeah, that one's hilarious. This latest one really happened. 😆

These 4 for lying. 7 seats cleaned out.

Agree! Agree! Agree! We should add at least 14 new SCOTUS justices and impeach any sitting justice who confronts it.

I agree with the SCOTUS issue, but it does matter who the AG is. Any of these people would have been more aggressive than Garland: Sally Yates, Doug jones, Preet Bharara, or Jamie Raskin - but we still need him in congress.

Expose them all! Make it go viral.

Pardons will prevent any federal criminal accountability anyway.

You hit the nail on the head and drove it all the way home! There must also be a Nuremberg style, January 6th style investigation commission with the power to arrest and imprison those who broke the law. If we don't, conservatives will use the 2024 election as a training exercise.

We need someone with teeth to actually fix this or it will keep happening

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Absolutely!💯

He never said he wanted to look forward and not back. The J6 committee didn’t force anything. Trump can’t have been indicted in the first 3 months because nearly a dozen key witnesses took Garland to court over privilege. That took a year. And regardless, SCOTUS blocked the trial. Facts matter.

Exactly. Garland also put a 2 month hold on the trump investigations in the fall of ‘22 because the felon was seen as the head of the GOP. Just 1 of 1000 things Garland did to slow walk the investigations.

Jack smith. Garland opposed.

#transparency

Well it did matter because Garland would not investigate and prosecute Trump until it was too late. But yes Judge Cannon stopped prosecution for stealing government documents.

My feeling is that if the temperature gets hot enough and they see the writing on the wall, at least 2 or 3 will retire so they can be replaced before 2028.

I prefer candidates that agree with you on that, but it isn't an issue to run on if you want votes outside the D activist bubble. So, yes, we want candidates that are committed to that, but no it would not be good tactics to center the campaign on that.

I for sure agree that the SC needs reform, but how do we do that? We have 2 guys who have been around like 100 years, who will eventually be replaced by two other guys just like them for another 100 years. How do we fix this?

No more faux war powers.

The judicial branch needs reforming, term limits, age requirements.

I heard they are going to eventually have 13 on the Supreme Court.

sure but scotus is practically untouchable. there is no way to reform it outside of revolution or death and turnover

It is a coup. The right overreached. What is the appropriate response to a coup?

But candidates should also talk about the endgame, to fully prosecute every person in and out of this administration that violated any law, especially Trump, even when they try to argue that he’s senile and we should have pity. Fuck him!

We also need new anti corruption laws since SCOTUS has made bribery great again.

The Powell Memo in 1972.

It goes all the way back to the 1820’s with President Jackson when he blatantly ignored a ruling by the Supreme Court. He was able to get away with it because The House was on his side and since they are the ones to start an impeachment process, he only had to get to the end of his term.

True. But it’s now used another MAGA weapon against candidates suggesting this. MAGA are told they want to eliminate the current judges and don’t like the idea of ethically, morally and legally , holding anyone on their MAGA party accountable to courts, judges , juries or rule of law.

100% its a criminal syndicate !

SCROTUS OTUS.

*destroy

Well said!!! 👍✌🏼🇺🇸

Not until felon47 is out of office. The last thing this country needs is for felon47 to put another jester on the court!!!!

The supreme court is not the all powerful God of this country the people are , we need to put term limits on. Scotus and rid ourselves of all of them

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Reforming the Supreme Court has to be championed by the next Democratic leader. If they're unwilling to say it & do it, then they aren't made for this moment. The 6 corrupt judges won't stop until they undo the progress made in the past 75 years on their way to creating their Christian Kingdom.

Agree. But our Constitution didn’t protect us or provide a way for smaller voices to be heard. Politicians are for sale to the highest bidder and that’s not us. We need bottom to top reform, a parliamentary government where everyone gets a shot at representation, not winner take all.

Has there ever been a veto-proof supermajority in both houses of the US legislature? When was there ever one? If there ever had been, that would mean the president would be completely irrelevant when it came to passing any law and it would mean at least two years of MAJOR overhauls to everything

100%

13 seats, please. For starters.

Really?

Here’s a thought. open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...

As well as lying 24/7 about competition.

We The People have not been clear with Congress about our goals. Congress needs a list of Performance Objectives like any other employee with a review before the next election. No more voting on fucking showerheads and kitchen appliances.

I'd go with 20,000 This way the court is rendered powerless due to gridlock. Work around for abolishment without editing the constitution.

What’s a “Mueller”?

How to do that? Ask the compromised to leave?

Absolutely. SCOTUS reform is fundamental. The court rules regularly in ways which capricious and political.

Isn't he going to pardon all these clowns anyway?

I believe they won't also. They've proven that as long as these Republicans/Maga are there nothing will change. All of this Administration n SCOTUS will taint any new people. This regime must be changed.

They will get away with it all. Again. And if the do, we are definitely no longer a functioning democracy and our justice system is trashed. In its entirety.

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I wonder how much money the judges will get from for providing safe harbor for a treasonous president? If reform is code for prison time then I agree!

The Supreme Court should be politically neutral and political appointments should be abolished. Then the correct interpretation of the law would be followed rather than a political one.

My apologies. 2 years. Jack smith was appointed special counsel November 18 2022. 21 months after inauguration. Knowing the way Orange Shitshimself fights by delay, and the length and complexity of the investigation this should have happened Jan 2021.

This is when I post your list I saved. Cannon and SCOTUS could give their own Masterclass in delay and obstruction. threadreaderapp.com/thread/16470...