undefined | Better HN

0 pointsirishcoffee2mo ago0 comments

It sure is interesting how different things might be if RBG and Biden had stepped down instead of doing... whatever it was they did instead.

0 comments

loeg2mo ago

Yeah, in an alternative universe RBG and Sotomayor both stepped down and got replaced under a Dem admin.

ceejayoz2mo ago

It'd be interesting if Biden had taken the new doctrine of presidential immunity to heart in the last few months of his term.

idontwantthis2mo ago

A true hero would have done whatever it took to pack the SC and then resigned.

151552mo ago

How would those confirmations have worked exactly?

idontwantthis2mo ago

The president is immune to prosecution for official acts. He could have "officially" arrested republican senators, if necessary.

3 more replies

linhns2mo ago

The most stupid idea ever. Biden, despite his frailties, was conscious enough not to do this.

c222mo ago

I think they were just overly confident that they would be re-elected. Why throw the baby out when the bathwater is still warm?

UncleMeat2mo ago

Packing the court just means passing legislation. It isn't some criminal thing.

The court is an expression of political power. Expressing political power through it is not stupid.

1 more reply

ceejayoz2mo ago

Biden shared a delusion with Schumer and first-term Obama, that the Republicans have a behavioral floor they won't gleefully take a jackhammer to.

Democrats are finally waking up to this, I think, given the recent retaliatory gerrymandering in CA and VA.

1 more reply

parineum2mo ago

"Whatever it took" is just appointing more judges. The president can do that. Unfortunately, the result would be that Trump would have just packed it the other direction and this case would have gone the opposite way.

Are you should that would have been a good idea?

harimau7772mo ago

Yes. Eventually people would get tired of the court getting packed every 4 to 8 years and maybe fix the core weaknesses in the system.

1 more reply

ceejayoz2mo ago

> Unfortunately, the result would be that Trump…

...would have been sentenced for his 34 felony convictions and probably never get reelected?

4 more replies

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

0 comments

loeg2mo ago

Yeah, in an alternative universe RBG and Sotomayor both stepped down and got replaced under a Dem admin.

ceejayoz2mo ago

It'd be interesting if Biden had taken the new doctrine of presidential immunity to heart in the last few months of his term.

idontwantthis2mo ago

A true hero would have done whatever it took to pack the SC and then resigned.

151552mo ago

How would those confirmations have worked exactly?

idontwantthis2mo ago

The president is immune to prosecution for official acts. He could have "officially" arrested republican senators, if necessary.

3 more replies

linhns2mo ago

The most stupid idea ever. Biden, despite his frailties, was conscious enough not to do this.

c222mo ago

I think they were just overly confident that they would be re-elected. Why throw the baby out when the bathwater is still warm?

UncleMeat2mo ago

Packing the court just means passing legislation. It isn't some criminal thing.

The court is an expression of political power. Expressing political power through it is not stupid.

1 more reply

ceejayoz2mo ago

Biden shared a delusion with Schumer and first-term Obama, that the Republicans have a behavioral floor they won't gleefully take a jackhammer to.

Democrats are finally waking up to this, I think, given the recent retaliatory gerrymandering in CA and VA.

1 more reply

parineum2mo ago

Are you should that would have been a good idea?

harimau7772mo ago

Yes. Eventually people would get tired of the court getting packed every 4 to 8 years and maybe fix the core weaknesses in the system.

1 more reply

ceejayoz2mo ago

> Unfortunately, the result would be that Trump…

...would have been sentenced for his 34 felony convictions and probably never get reelected?

4 more replies

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse