The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) unveiled a stamp Monday honoring the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and former colleagues, family and friends gathered to celebrate the justice’…
Democrats should pack the courts, should have been a day 1 assignment for Biden. No reason not to after the bullshit they pulled with Obama and then reversed stance on with Trump.
I agree they should pack the court, but also congress has impeachment power and several of the justices have been proven to not follow ethical rules. Not to mention the credible SA allegations and the illegitimacy of depriving Merrick Garland a vote and giving to Gorsuch. Finally, Congress could also just enshrine Roe into law and could have at any time done so and they didn’t so I blame Congress more than anybody
Ouch. Hit with your own projection. Roe vs wade was passed in 1973. By a Republican majority supreme court. Immediately after it’s passage and for more than the next decade Republicans Or democrats either one could have easily passed it into law. But they didn’t. Only in the 1980s with the Resurgence of fascism frightening democrats for all the wrong reasons. Did the Trope of the timid stand for nothing Democrat and the dumber than dirt anti-abortion Republican Trope come into existence.
By the 1990s it would have started becoming slightly hard to have passed it into law but was still doable. But they didn’t do it. The fashionably fascist Republicans did not have an interest in it since it would not expand their power. And the timid stand for nothing Democrats dare not. Because they saw how handily they were beaten by the fascist in 1980. But that still 20 plus years that it could have been passed to wide legislative and public support.
It was never about the votes, it was them not wanting to give up their fundraising cash cow by selling fear that republicans would take it away. Since they never acted when they had the chance, it was taken away.
Cool - you answered the question, gold star. Here’s one more - in those 7 years, was there ever a call from the public to put RvW into law? I’ll even settle for ONE call-to-action news article from that time period.
One nobody who wrote the sentence “they should make RvW into the law” while the dems had a supermajority and I’ll say you have a point
I mean it would have been redundant up until the court decided that settled law didn’t actually matter. When they had a supermajority row vs wade was a constitutionally protected right, there was no reason to spend the political capital on “settled law”.
Then why did Dems promise year after year to codify it into law if it was settled? And why did numerous Dem legislators draft bills codifying it into law that got referred to committee where it was sent to die if it was settled?
It should be done, but Biden has never had the opportunity.
The size of SCOTUS is set by statute, and would need a law passed by the house and senate to do so. Democrats don’t hold the house today, but did in the prior congress. That vote likely could have succeeded. It would have failed in the senate. At the time the senate was 50-50 and I cannot possibly imagine any scenario where Manchin and Sinema would have voted for that law. King and Feinstein wouldn’t have been certain votes either, but likely winnable if it came down to the wire. Even if all of them did vote aye, regular legislation can be filibustered and there is definitely 0% chance that Manchin+Sinema would have voted to kill the filibuster.
Dems need a house majority and at least a 52-48 senate majority for this to happen. I suspect that rage has already faded enough that it won’t happen even then, barring SCOTUS doing more Dobbs sized awful decisions.
Democrats should pack the courts, should have been a day 1 assignment for Biden. No reason not to after the bullshit they pulled with Obama and then reversed stance on with Trump.
I agree they should pack the court, but also congress has impeachment power and several of the justices have been proven to not follow ethical rules. Not to mention the credible SA allegations and the illegitimacy of depriving Merrick Garland a vote and giving to Gorsuch. Finally, Congress could also just enshrine Roe into law and could have at any time done so and they didn’t so I blame Congress more than anybody
When did they have the votes to enshrine Roe? And please be specific about dates and do a little research first.
Ouch. Hit with your own projection. Roe vs wade was passed in 1973. By a Republican majority supreme court. Immediately after it’s passage and for more than the next decade Republicans Or democrats either one could have easily passed it into law. But they didn’t. Only in the 1980s with the Resurgence of fascism frightening democrats for all the wrong reasons. Did the Trope of the timid stand for nothing Democrat and the dumber than dirt anti-abortion Republican Trope come into existence.
By the 1990s it would have started becoming slightly hard to have passed it into law but was still doable. But they didn’t do it. The fashionably fascist Republicans did not have an interest in it since it would not expand their power. And the timid stand for nothing Democrats dare not. Because they saw how handily they were beaten by the fascist in 1980. But that still 20 plus years that it could have been passed to wide legislative and public support.
It was never about the votes, it was them not wanting to give up their fundraising cash cow by selling fear that republicans would take it away. Since they never acted when they had the chance, it was taken away.
Nice job not answering the question
Since RvW they had about 7 combined years to pass it when they had a supermajority.
The Democrats had a fillibuster proof majority for a whopping 72 days and they passed the ACA and Patient Protection Plan.
And during that same period they found the time to pass 161, mostly pointless, other laws. But nothing for the law Obama promised to sign day one.
Cool - you answered the question, gold star. Here’s one more - in those 7 years, was there ever a call from the public to put RvW into law? I’ll even settle for ONE call-to-action news article from that time period.
One nobody who wrote the sentence “they should make RvW into the law” while the dems had a supermajority and I’ll say you have a point
I mean it would have been redundant up until the court decided that settled law didn’t actually matter. When they had a supermajority row vs wade was a constitutionally protected right, there was no reason to spend the political capital on “settled law”.
Then why did Dems promise year after year to codify it into law if it was settled? And why did numerous Dem legislators draft bills codifying it into law that got referred to committee where it was sent to die if it was settled?
https://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/obama-freedom-of-choice-act-not-highest-legislative-priority/
There were multiple calls from legislators with big promises to codify it.
So… nothing again. Not one source
Narrator: they never had the fucking chance.
If Democrats actually did their job in Congress we wouldnt need to rely on SCOTUS as much,
It should be done, but Biden has never had the opportunity.
The size of SCOTUS is set by statute, and would need a law passed by the house and senate to do so. Democrats don’t hold the house today, but did in the prior congress. That vote likely could have succeeded. It would have failed in the senate. At the time the senate was 50-50 and I cannot possibly imagine any scenario where Manchin and Sinema would have voted for that law. King and Feinstein wouldn’t have been certain votes either, but likely winnable if it came down to the wire. Even if all of them did vote aye, regular legislation can be filibustered and there is definitely 0% chance that Manchin+Sinema would have voted to kill the filibuster.
Dems need a house majority and at least a 52-48 senate majority for this to happen. I suspect that rage has already faded enough that it won’t happen even then, barring SCOTUS doing more Dobbs sized awful decisions.
Supreme Court was never meant to take cases. Overturn Marbury v. Madison.
We kinda have to wait for the justices to either retire or die off, for better or for worse.