President Biden: The NEW one and only politics thread

This country was founded when property rights included people as property. "Property" is a large part of creating a decent civil society, but not the only part, and politics and the law have always reflected that. Is America today better off in terms of decency as well as material progress as a society? The answer's pretty obvious to me.

PS: BT, obviously I respect Ragu's arguments. If I didn't I wouldn't bother to respond to them.

 

And don't tell us March of an election year is too soon to confirm someone to SCOTUS but late September in an election year is just fine and dandy.

 

Exactly.

 

We can't confirm a justice in an election year unless it's a month before the election.

 

And it's our guy getting confirmed.

 

The arguments have been heard. The debate is futile. You can 'debate' a block of cheese- Fart won't.

 

I think we may be talking past each other here. My main point is that the ebb and flow of American politics has always included the Court (I am old enough to remember Impeach Earl Warren billboards) and has also directly impacted the Court on occasion. If the current Court becomes unpopular enough, it can expect some direct impacts.

 

Their "platform" is, "whatever the god emperor wants."

 

Amy Coney Barrett was only rushed through because everyone knew Trump was going to get stomped in the election, which makes it all the more egregious.

 

Amy Coney Barrett was rushed through because Team Fatfuck was planning to precipitate a cataclysmic constitutional crisis some time between Election Day and Inauguration Day (some day like Jan. 6) and they wanted a Supreme Court packed with their pet poodles.

 

More of a guideline, really.

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