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that's what they say when we're together

That's great, but polls don't decide court reform.

I think the poll numbers in favor of court reform will remain strong through the 2026 primaries.

This is our best chance to elect pro-reform legislators in over a hundred years.

Here's a list of the primary dates:

www.ncsl.org/elections-an...

Congress can modify federal jurisdiction and "pack" the court (increase the number of Justices) with a majority in Congress.

You suggestion requires a Constitutional amendment and thus a more robust supermajority: 2/3 in Congress and then 3/4 of States to ratify.

Not saying it's a "joke", but

Twenty one Justices is an interesting number.

I favor 13 because then we'd have one for every circuit court of appeals, but I can convinced more is better

In my country, the United States, back in the 20th century, my Civics teachers had to explain why Plessy v. Ferguson was not binding precedent and separate "Colored" facilities violated the Equal Protection Clause

Perhaps your country didn't have a "Living Constitution" like the US has always had

Lazy?

What if $143.95 was the perfect scam amount, arrived at after 1000s of hours of painstaking research?

14th amend. birthright citizenship isn't comparable to "official acts" immunity

Judges and prosecutors have official acts immunity. The Speech and Debate clause likewise protects Congress members. Against that background, extending immunity to the President was not a stretch

get better analogies

Bugs Bunny in bridal gown, apparently getting married to Yosemite Sam

herd defense

I'm glad Mr. Elias thinks so.

The special election in Tennessee's 7th district also revealed how loading a red district with blue Nashville Democrats can backfire.

Aftyn Behn came close to flipping a 22+ Trump district

Texas' extreme gerrymander leaves them vulnerable to a blue wave

A re-armed and mobilized Germany is never good news

fortunately plenty of Germans know that

(this time)

then you've come to the right place

all the rest of us are wondering if it worked. that's how fried we are

Anyone working in claims, definitely

Almost twice as many people (138M) have seen Sabrina Carpenter's cease and desist than voted for Trump in 2024 (77M)

I would have had that answer right on the tip of my tongue, but that may be why I was often threatened with contempt.

DOJ "lawyer":

"The question, your Honor, is who is to be master."

"We knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be either against the war or Black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and Blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities.”

John Erlichmann (1994)

USA: New Findings Reveal Human Rights Violations at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” and Krome Detention Centers Amnesty International today released a new report documenting cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment at two immigration detention centers in Florida: The Everglades Detention Facility (“Alligator Alc...

Blathering about international law is pointless.

This is cruel and unusual, a well established ground for civil rights lawsuits against the FOR PROFIT PRIVATE COMPANY that did this.

Support Amnesty, ACLU or other orgs that sue.

www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Murder most foul, as in the best it is

And every year

need to start popping those Vitamin Ds

Is there some other way?

That's only true for things that benefit Trump or his donors personally

Things they say or do just to stir up their base (like "we must ban Arabic numerals!!") get shot down in the lower courts and then quietly shit canned (cert. denied) by the S. Ct.

for example: recent 2d A gun cases

Trump has a long way to go before he can top Obama's 3,797 drone strikes outside of active war zones.

Some of Obama's victims were children under 5.

But Trump has demonstrated how you can take *popular* crimes against humanity and make them *unpopular*.

Unfair Jay

The sex workers I have met are much smarter than Alina Habba.

And their clients don't have 34 felony convictions as a result of their incompetence.

I would guess disappointing

Each whole turkey includes dry, bland breast meat which resembles chicken ("white meat") and more flavorful legs and thighs ("dark meat")

Traditional Thanksgiving meals include sides dishes and gravy to supply the fat and flavor that the "white meat" lacks

It took Nixon less than year to go from landslide victory in November '72 down to 27% approval in October '73

Trump hasn't fallen quite that fast, but the worst is probably yet to come for him (if he doesn't suddenly die, which will probably boost his approval ratings)

The more remarkable historical fact is that a few tribes were *not* warlike.

But at least he picked the right spokesman: Washington was known as "Town-destroyer" by the Iroquois for his scorched earth approach

"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor of the House of Representatives, and we know that's the case."

This is a flat-out 100% lie from @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and he knows it. Impeachment resolutions are privileged, they can force a vote at any time.