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orangecrush

(31,074 posts)
Thu May 14, 2026, 10:11 AM 5 hrs ago

"Facially Insane"

I’m a broken record, but it’s facially insane that the SCOTUS’s position is that the interest of a political party—an entity with no special constitutional protection—in gerrymandering is more important than black people’s right to vote, which we have several constitutional amendments addressing

Bill (@bill-of-lefts.bsky.social) 2026-05-14T03:08:53.741Z


I don't know what better justification for court packing you'll get than a court which has effectively repealed the majority of the 14th and 15th amendments.

Don Zeko (@donzeko.bsky.social) 2026-05-14T03:43:44.861Z


Tell your normie friends, because hoi polloi still balk at court packing

Kierkegaarden Cop (@joshsteich.bsky.social) 2026-05-14T06:15:38.558Z


they also balk at literally everything that has happened in the last 15 months

Joe Visulazio 📊 (@newsitenewme.bsky.social) 2026-05-14T06:27:46.867Z






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"Facially Insane" (Original Post) orangecrush 5 hrs ago OP
Without court expansion, there can be no restoration of rights or repair of the Damage of the Trump era Fiendish Thingy 5 hrs ago #1
Not "Court packing". Court unpacking. Mister Ed 4 hrs ago #2
Well put orangecrush 4 hrs ago #3
Good way to put it MustLoveBeagles 2 hrs ago #17
So what's to stop the expansion from Republican misuse? It seems like a Pandora's box. live love laugh 40 min ago #19
Yep. One judge for each district. Justice matters. 38 min ago #20
Traitors Kid Berwyn 4 hrs ago #4
Agree orangecrush 4 hrs ago #5
"facially" insane?? niyad 3 hrs ago #6
I thought about that too COL Mustard 3 hrs ago #10
Insane on its face orangecrush 2 hrs ago #11
Seeing the title of the OP I thought it was about Mar-a-Lago face nt Rob H. 2 hrs ago #16
Don't go there! orangecrush 1 hr ago #18
Tragically, many non-voters failed to exercise those rights and here we are Ponietz 3 hrs ago #7
Tell your normie friends is a good slogan for these times. yardwork 3 hrs ago #8
If packing the court is an option... lame54 3 hrs ago #9
It already is packed orangecrush 2 hrs ago #12
If Trump could install... lame54 2 hrs ago #13
His Guardians Of Pedophiles "aides" must have told him Justice matters. 27 min ago #21
Yep, he appointed 3 of them himself, in his first term. ShazzieB 2 hrs ago #14
Notion yesterday... BurnDoubt 2 hrs ago #15

Fiendish Thingy

(24,001 posts)
1. Without court expansion, there can be no restoration of rights or repair of the Damage of the Trump era
Thu May 14, 2026, 10:30 AM
5 hrs ago
Period

Mister Ed

(6,983 posts)
2. Not "Court packing". Court unpacking.
Thu May 14, 2026, 10:39 AM
4 hrs ago

Of course those "hoi polloi" will balk at the suggestion of "packing" the Court. It sounds terribly unfair and unethical.

The Court has already been unfairly and unethically packed. The remedy must be to expand and thus unpack the Court.

live love laugh

(16,466 posts)
19. So what's to stop the expansion from Republican misuse? It seems like a Pandora's box.
Thu May 14, 2026, 02:55 PM
40 min ago

Biden could’ve done it but I think maybe he foresaw the consequences. Republicans would increase the size exponentially to 40, 50 seats or more and they would stall any appointments.

Justice matters.

(10,043 posts)
20. Yep. One judge for each district.
Thu May 14, 2026, 02:57 PM
38 min ago

It's like age-old software that has not been upgraded in decades.

It's like irresponsible to leave it vulnerable to the Guardians Of Pedophiles party henchmen.



Ponietz

(4,408 posts)
7. Tragically, many non-voters failed to exercise those rights and here we are
Thu May 14, 2026, 12:08 PM
3 hrs ago

They either didn’t care or were too trusting. We need them. And we needed the 30% of black men who voted for the turd. If this doesn’t motivate them, nothing will.

yardwork

(69,571 posts)
8. Tell your normie friends is a good slogan for these times.
Thu May 14, 2026, 12:10 PM
3 hrs ago

A lot of things need to stop being business as usual.

lame54

(40,063 posts)
13. If Trump could install...
Thu May 14, 2026, 01:08 PM
2 hrs ago

30 40 50 more yes men he would

He would never lose another ruling

It would be endgame

Justice matters.

(10,043 posts)
21. His Guardians Of Pedophiles "aides" must have told him
Thu May 14, 2026, 03:07 PM
27 min ago

1- it's not needed at the moment: They made him "immune" of any "official act" accountability so he can invoke "national security" to justify every lawless act he thinks of doing without any fear.

2- it would give the Dems an obvious attack line in their campaigns to regain control of at least the House.

BurnDoubt

(1,903 posts)
15. Notion yesterday...
Thu May 14, 2026, 01:17 PM
2 hrs ago

Likelihood of Republicans buying-off Thomas and Alito to retire so they can be replaced by His Arrogance’s parking-lot lawyers.
Cannon has done him some solids and kinda looks like his type, and Habba-Dabba-Do, too.
Look for it before 2028.
(They’re both Women [?].) So… Equal Rights?

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