Comment on ‘Last Week Tonight’: John Oliver Returns To HBO & Offers To Pay Clarence Thomas $1M A Year To “Get The F*** Off The Supreme Court”

psycho_driver@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Deceptichum@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s an election year, as if the republicans would let Biden pick a new candidate just as they didn’t let Obama when Scalia died before an election.

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  • WaxedWookie@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If you’re going to be too afraid to act because the GOP are pulling some bad-faith bullshit, you’re not going to get anything done. They respect displays of strength - give 'em one.

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    • Deceptichum@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s not about fear, it’s about thinking logically.

      They have already shown they can simply refuse any nominations during a presidential election year.

      In this hypothetical scenario it makes more sense to save the money and only do it after/if Biden wins. Otherwise you’re just handing them a free nomination to appoint to a younger judge who will hold the seat for even longer.

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      • WaxedWookie@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The GOP refusing is only the next step in the chain - Biden backed down for fear of being uncivil and creating a constitutional crisis - he doesn’t have to do that.

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  • Skyrmir@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Dems control the Senate, they’d confirm a new justice in record time.

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    • Deceptichum@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You have that much faith in Manchin or Sinema?

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      • TeenieBopper@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        As if Schumer wouldn’t be wringing his hands about the whole thing and talking about institutions this and that.

        Democratic senators are so lawful neutral it’s disgusting.

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• Zellith@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Gofundme might work better than the Gofuckyourself we have been doing so far.

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