On Monday, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to use racial profiling in its militarized immigration raids across Los Angeles, halting an injunction that had barred officers from targeting Latinos based on ethnicity. The court did not explain the reason for its shadow docket order, which appeared to split 6–3 along ideological lines. In dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned that the decision was “unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation’s constitutional guarantees,” opening the door to violent persecution of Latinos—including American citizens—by “masked agents with guns.” The majority did not respond to this extraordinary charge, perhaps because it is so obviously true.
It’s time to purge the Supreme Court. It’s clear that they don’t give a shIt about the law or the constitution. They are the activist judges the Republicans always whined about.
People put out these ideas, but I rarely see who or how they’d like them to be implemented. Who would you want to initiate the purge? Any democrat president fine?
There are several examples from antiquity that show that the people will solve the problem of the government doesn’t.
The vast majority of the time, the replacement ends up being worse. It’s tricky business overthrowing a government, and the ones that end up on top are usually the most bloodthirsty and least ethical.
Yes. Revolutions are almost always bloody and the result is almost always worse. The people, though, will have a taste for revolution and the second comes easier.
I assume you are pretty confident that you’ll survive the purge in-between. Too bad it won’t be true for everyone, but I’m sure that’s a sacrifice you are willing to make.
That was childish.
And these tough-guy calls for violent revolution aren’t? Please.
Sorry, I’m going to continue this conversation with the adults.
Expanding the court is the generally anticipated way to do that
There’s a mechanism for impeaching Supreme Court justices, which would apply to the six criminals.
Or, just ignore them and start a parallel court. If they won’t do their job, why keep listening to them?
Every accusation is a confession
Anyway to do this legally?
Being legal doesn’t make something right. The fascists have so stacked the system with Supreme Court and Circuit Court justices who don’t have a damn about the constitution that it would take a generation of concerted effort to correct IF they weren’t fighting tooth and nail to protect the advantage and obstruct change. The only way to really solve this problem is to burn the system down and rebuild it as what it was intended to be. Unrestricted capitalism has failed the people. It’s time for the people to tear it down and rebuildd to their advantage.
Sounds like you’re on board for the revolution right away, but it is legitimate to ask if we can fix the problems of this Supreme Court within the system we currently exist in.
I’m not sure whether some of these powers are executive or congressional, but past presidents have talked about adding more justices to the court, and I’ve also heard mention of removing lifetime appointments. I think the first is an executive power and the second is congressional? I’m also not sure how this specific situation can be dealt with now that the ruling has been made, but it sure seems like this court is disregarding precedence left and right… Sorry, I’m not a legal scholar, but I’m also interested in the answer to this question.
It will be VERY difficult to fix the Supreme Court without burning it to the ground. Trump appointed young, right wing extremists who will likely serve for 40 or 50 years. If one or more of the old conservatives retired over the next few months he will do the same thing again, likely someone who is even worse. Impeaching a Supreme Court Justice requires a 2/3 majority vote in the Senate which is stacked to favour the Republicans by the ridiculous electoral college. The chances of reforming the Supreme Court in the next lifetime are approaching zero.
Reform, true reform, will involve fixing the Supreme Court, elections, and education but also regulation, banking, and wealth inequality. The Republicans have for years obstructed when the Democrats were in power and lied and cheated and stretched the law while they were in power. It’s a one way valve. The democrats can’t do anything because of Republican obstructionism and they don’t seem to be able to stop the back sliding when they are in opposition.
I would love to see a government made up of AOCs, and Kat Abughazalehs, Zohran Mamdanis, and Jasmine Crocketts but even if you end up with a government of those people the Republicans who are left and the Republican governors will obstruct change for a generation at least.
In order to effect real change you would need at least 3/4 of the states to be solidly in Democratic hands with 2/3 of Congress in Democratic hands.
Biden could have but didn’t. Most of us here knew this was coming.
Biden could have expanded the Supreme Court but he couldn’t have purged it. It takes a 3/4 vote in the Senate to impeach a Supreme Court Justice.
Right, that was one option. Clarence Thomas has clear cases of corruption as well that could be pursued outside of the impeachment process, right?
I don’t think so. They don’t have a binding code of conduct so they can’t be prosecuted for corruption.