For the zillionth time, the S Ct makes the best case for expanding the court and enacting term limits. It is hopeless as currently constituted
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Need a recall mechanism of some kind for when they are so brazenly corrupt and compromised. They are the only branch of gov't that does not answer (or should be answering) to voters in one way or another.
jul 14, 2025, 8:32 pm • 1 0 • view
Criminal penalties for corruption on our high court. They literally define what is legal. If they break the law, they should be in prison.
jul 14, 2025, 11:32 pm • 0 0 • view
#reconstruction2.0 Democratic President executive order paired a Constitutional amendment. Expand the court, one justice per district with term limit
jul 15, 2025, 12:04 pm • 0 0 • view
@elienyc.bsky.social has expounded on this over and over again. Listen to his AMAZING podcast, Contempt of Court, and read his book, Allow Me to Retort, for compelling, insightful and brilliant arguments for this exact point. “Bad Law” ain’t bad either!! 😉
jul 15, 2025, 12:37 am • 1 0 • view
I just said this out loud 20 minutes ago.
jul 14, 2025, 8:29 pm • 1 0 • view
Corrupt the majority Justices are and they don’t care we know it.
jul 14, 2025, 9:19 pm • 1 0 • view
Expanding the broken court is not the solution. It's unacceptable that we would have half our court composed of experienced and reputable constitutional scholars, and half the court composed of criminal, bribed partisan hacks intent on dismantling our democracy. They already installed a king.
jul 14, 2025, 11:21 pm • 6 1 • view
The other option is illegal. Though, still an option.
jul 15, 2025, 11:18 am • 0 0 • view
Congress holds the purse strings, and the Supreme Court has no other legal source of funds. It is within our ability when we have a majority, to end this Criminal Court and recreate one with integrity, honesty, dedication to democracy and justice for all. And serious laws with consequences.
jul 15, 2025, 1:10 pm • 2 0 • view
We need a Democratic candidate and leaders who aren’t afraid to do this!
jul 14, 2025, 8:29 pm • 0 0 • view
Biden had the opportunity and he decided against it. That was his biggest mistake. Keeping Wray and allowing Garland to finish his term was his 2nd and 3rd mistakes. Otherwise, he was pretty awesome
jul 15, 2025, 10:06 pm • 0 0 • view
SC is corrupt and not even trying to hide it.
jul 14, 2025, 10:05 pm • 1 0 • view
The SCOTUS extremists have a very simple mission: provide rulings that help dismantle & deter democracy. Period.
jul 14, 2025, 8:35 pm • 4 0 • view
SCOTUS is a rogue dysfunctional entity. It’s on a runaway power trip, and MUST be stopped.
jul 14, 2025, 11:49 pm • 0 0 • view
And Biden didn’t even want to try
jul 14, 2025, 8:30 pm • 0 0 • view
He never had the votes.
jul 14, 2025, 11:33 pm • 0 0 • view
At least try
jul 14, 2025, 11:39 pm • 0 0 • view
Plus a codified code of ethics with dismissal of judges who accept gratuities ( read bribes)
jul 14, 2025, 11:28 pm • 0 0 • view
👆💯
jul 15, 2025, 1:35 am • 0 0 • view
Next Democratic Vongress & President must be reckless in putting 4 progressive and 4 moderates on the Court
jul 15, 2025, 2:41 am • 0 0 • view
jul 14, 2025, 8:33 pm • 0 0 • view
Long after Trump is finally gone, there will be 3 votes for Trumpism on the court. The long game has to be turning them into a bitter, irrelevant 3 vote minority.
jul 14, 2025, 8:59 pm • 10 0 • view
The problem is & always has been the fact that they’re political appointees. Judges & LEO’s should never ever be placed in positions by politicians. It never works. It’s corrupt, lacks integrity & will never deliver fairness or justice.
jul 14, 2025, 9:27 pm • 2 1 • view
Remove Senate fr initial appointment process and let federal district judges & magistrates tee up who they think should be promoted within the system, including onto the Supreme Court. Also, there's a couple fed districts with only 1 judge (red states) & this can't be allowed to continue. Fix this
jul 14, 2025, 11:58 pm • 1 0 • view
Joe Biden ignored Anita Hill's sworn testimony.
jul 14, 2025, 11:32 pm • 0 0 • view
It's currently hopeless cuz of the shitbirds that are on it. Term limits make sense tho. People live too damn long now
jul 15, 2025, 10:39 pm • 0 0 • view
Has someone been able to provide good, compelling reasons for expanding the court? I can understand term limits, I think that makes sense and should be enacted, but why expansion?
jul 14, 2025, 9:14 pm • 0 0 • view
Read “Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution” by @elienyc.bsky.social. He explains quite well (I think) why the court should be expanded.
jul 14, 2025, 11:17 pm • 0 0 • view
#SCOTUSisCorrupt
jul 14, 2025, 8:27 pm • 0 0 • view
Agreed!!!!!!!
jul 15, 2025, 2:36 pm • 0 0 • view
I never used to be a big conspiracy person, but I genuinely believe at least 2 of those judges are guiding this shit.
jul 14, 2025, 11:19 pm • 1 0 • view
it's been tried before. no joy last time.
jul 14, 2025, 9:47 pm • 0 0 • view
I think we may be beyond those remedies
jul 14, 2025, 8:27 pm • 1 0 • view
A simple majority of the House could zero the SCOTUS budget, Force mass resignations and start over with serious rules.
jul 14, 2025, 11:31 pm • 1 0 • view
Why would they pander to a criminal? Are they afraid of him for a reason?
jul 15, 2025, 1:05 am • 0 0 • view
Either impeach and replace the last 3 or 4 who lied in their televised confirmation hearings or yes, expand the court, better yet, do both.
jul 14, 2025, 11:29 pm • 0 0 • view
Can justices be impeached?
jul 14, 2025, 8:28 pm • 0 0 • view
Impeachment is dead and over as a remedy. Republicans will never vote against any of their guys.
jul 14, 2025, 11:34 pm • 0 0 • view
A Supreme Court justice, Samuel Chase, was impeached in 1805.
jul 14, 2025, 11:47 pm • 0 0 • view
Yes. We need a simple majority in the House and a 2/3 majority in the Senate to convict and remove anyone.
jul 14, 2025, 8:42 pm • 0 0 • view
No more judges but term limits.
jul 14, 2025, 10:51 pm • 0 0 • view
My strong preference is to eliminate the Senate from the initial appointments process in favor of having the federal judges tee up (in some fashion) who they think should be on the SC. Also, some fed districts have just one judge, and this has caused us all massive pain. This can't continue.
jul 14, 2025, 10:22 pm • 1 1 • view
If we expand it now with Trump in office, it will be even worse. Then we would have 8 to 10 againt 3.
jul 15, 2025, 4:13 pm • 0 0 • view
I don’t understand these fanciful, in the future, thoughts. How do we stop them NOW? What’s voting sometime next year going to do? It’s so very frustrating. Don’t we have laws and law makers and a military that is supposed to protect democracy?
jul 14, 2025, 9:37 pm • 1 0 • view
Absolutely true
jul 15, 2025, 1:13 am • 0 0 • view
Yes.
jul 14, 2025, 8:42 pm • 0 0 • view
I'm sure Trump would be happy to expand the Supreme Court. He's got three years to think about it.
jul 14, 2025, 8:31 pm • 1 0 • view
Or 18 months if the Dems take the Senate.
jul 14, 2025, 8:32 pm • 0 0 • view
Fully expect him to do it the first time the SC rules against him on something major.
jul 14, 2025, 9:09 pm • 1 0 • view
Never stop working the refs.
jul 14, 2025, 9:25 pm • 1 0 • view
I've been saying this since Coney-Barrett got on the SC. There is no way out except to expand the court and get legislation in order to put term limits on it.
jul 14, 2025, 8:45 pm • 5 0 • view
If we had the votes to place term limits, we'd have the votes to actually fix the Supreme court, which is badly broken. These are critical employees. We need a national search and thorough FBI and IRS background checks. These people literally define what is legal. They should be above reproach.
jul 14, 2025, 11:28 pm • 2 0 • view
And when he have the trifecta in DC they must immediately expand the court, there are 13 circuits, there should be 13 justices and Thomas shouldn’t lord over corrupt S Florida and Alito needs to get reassigned too
jul 14, 2025, 10:24 pm • 0 0 • view
They should also be required to pay taxes on anything they receive from anybody, including free tickets, airline passes, coffee mugs, etc.
jul 14, 2025, 10:51 pm • 6 0 • view
No gifts! No bribes No jet set vacations with billionaire Republicans.
jul 14, 2025, 11:22 pm • 3 0 • view
I do not give a damn what team a person plays for, same rule applies to anybody.
jul 14, 2025, 11:38 pm • 0 0 • view
Agree.. No corruption out bribes no matter the source. But no Democratic Justice has EVER behaved this way.
jul 15, 2025, 12:24 am • 0 0 • view
True As Jon Stewart said, Sunlight is the best disinfectant.
jul 15, 2025, 12:25 am • 2 1 • view
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jul 14, 2025, 11:36 pm • 0 0 • view
You think??
jul 14, 2025, 11:52 pm • 0 0 • view
I'd like to barf on John Roberts.
jul 14, 2025, 10:57 pm • 0 0 • view
No doubt that the Republican majority heard about Clarence Thomas’ billionaire sugar daddy and thought “but what about me?” Every decision they’ve made starts with an extreme right wing outcome and works its way backward
jul 14, 2025, 8:31 pm • 2 1 • view
The Republican majority is starting with the outcome and working their way backward
jul 14, 2025, 8:28 pm • 2 0 • view
In granting immunity to Trump for official acts, they self-nullified as a co-equal branch of government.
jul 14, 2025, 8:30 pm • 3 1 • view
my understanding is that SC didn’t grant blanket immunity, instead they said they are the only ones qualified to determine what constitutes an official act or not. which gives them a lot of power still.
jul 15, 2025, 4:19 pm • 1 0 • view
I liked Joe Biden. But I really wanted him to expand Supreme Court.
jul 14, 2025, 11:34 pm • 0 0 • view
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jul 15, 2025, 7:15 pm • 2 1 • view
Agree, Jen‼️ Biden SHOULD HAVE added 6 Justices. Next Prez will HAVE TO... if we make it the next few years...🙃🤬
jul 15, 2025, 3:22 am • 2 0 • view
Corrupt Court
jul 14, 2025, 8:30 pm • 2 1 • view
We can't even think of expanding the court till the lunatic isn't the one picking justices. 3 perjurers are really enough.
jul 15, 2025, 11:03 pm • 0 0 • view
They've proven they're corrupt.
jul 15, 2025, 3:51 pm • 0 0 • view
Incredibly helpful remark.
jul 14, 2025, 10:15 pm • 0 0 • view
🎯
jul 14, 2025, 8:27 pm • 0 0 • view
Agreed
jul 15, 2025, 1:37 am • 0 0 • view
It is a societal malignancy in its current form. The Senate is on their heels.
jul 15, 2025, 1:33 pm • 0 0 • view
My solution is to impeach some of the conservative members (e.g., Roberts, Thomas, Alito). But this can't be done unless the Dems have control of both houses. Any judge who concurred in the decision supporting Presidential immunity is guilty of malfeasance.
jul 15, 2025, 12:07 am • 2 0 • view
They need to be limited to a 4 year term period and to be voted on by the people of America who they work for!!
jul 14, 2025, 11:59 pm • 0 0 • view
Primary every Dem who doesnt openly support this
jul 14, 2025, 9:25 pm • 1 0 • view
Correct. But we wouldn't be in this pickle if not for progressives not all of them not most of them. Just enough to allow Republicans to pack the court by refusing to support Democratic nominees.
jul 15, 2025, 12:19 am • 0 0 • view
SCOTUS must fall.
jul 15, 2025, 11:40 pm • 0 0 • view
Our entire federal government needs to be remade. The corrupt Supreme Court should be disbanded and replaced. Our gerrymandered and unrepresentative Congress has to go. And our criminal and unchecked executive needs to be dethroned and prosecuted.
jul 14, 2025, 8:53 pm • 6 2 • view
Amen!
jul 15, 2025, 3:49 pm • 0 0 • view
As was too often the case, though his instincts were right, Joe was too timid .
jul 14, 2025, 9:53 pm • 3 0 • view
Joe never had the votes to take on the Supreme court.
jul 14, 2025, 11:24 pm • 1 0 • view
Let's bot give trump any ideas or we'll be screwed for the next 75 years.
jul 14, 2025, 10:52 pm • 0 0 • view
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jul 14, 2025, 8:28 pm • 0 0 • view
I think this particular Supreme Court makes the best case for execution for treason.
jul 14, 2025, 8:29 pm • 1 1 • view
😏
jul 14, 2025, 11:33 pm • 0 0 • view
How? When? Biden could have and didn't! Stop joking around it's not funny!
jul 15, 2025, 11:29 pm • 0 0 • view
IMO it is more crucially important to reform the SC using outside independent oversight to enforce real penalties, not censure, to curtail unethical behaviors and corruption, to beef up impeachment to include removal and/or possible disbarment, and place term limits, and then, if needed, expand it
jul 15, 2025, 9:19 pm • 0 0 • view
Until then, we have a Not-So-Supreme Court. Court Jesters are not Associate Justices.
jul 14, 2025, 8:32 pm • 1 0 • view
Agree 100%!!!!!
jul 15, 2025, 12:50 am • 0 0 • view
While we're at it, make them follow the same ethics code and financial disclosure the rest of the unelected, unappointed federal government follows.
jul 14, 2025, 10:12 pm • 3 1 • view