god it would be so extremely heartwarming to see a sc judge or 5 get wasted
lib friend just let me know that although he is very upset by this news it is important not to engage in mocking :vote: libs because if it wasnt for the GOP then this never would have happened. lol. haha. if only there was anything that the dems could have done in the past decade but oh well
@Cromalin following up from your last comment, yeah, gay marriage will be one of the first to go by the looks of it :yea:
contraception might be first, but jfc
Christofascists making jerking off illegal via Supreme Court decisions
So, I'm not Amerikan, but it isn't a stretch to say that without the Dems this wouldn't have been possible right? Obama gave up one supreme court nomination, and RBG wanted to resign under Clinton or whatever and then fucking died when Trump was in office instead, right?
Yes. Also they've had literal decades to codify abortion rights into federal law, including the last two years with Biden + dem house + dem senate, and including the years under Obama when the dems had a fillibuster-proof supermajority in the senate as well as control of the house
How did Obama give up an appointment?
By not fighting back in any way when McConnell refused to hold a vote on the seat that became vacant when Scalia ate shit
What would fighting back have entailed in this case?
Well for one thing, there were a significant number of legal experts at the time who argued that the Senate refusing to hold a vote was essentially tantamount to assenting to whoever the President picked. So Obama could have used that, either by just appointing someone or by using the threat of it to get them to at least hold a vote
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