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President Joe Biden promised Black voters Wednesday that he would appoint progressives to the US Supreme Court if elected to a second term, suggesting he expects vacancies on the high court over the next four years.

“The next president, they’re going to be able to appoint a couple justices, and I’ll be damned — if in fact we’re able to change some of the justices when they retire and put in really progressive judges like we’ve always had, tell me that won’t change your life,” he said during a campaign rally in Philadelphia.

It was as explicit a warning as Biden could offer about the stakes of the upcoming election, and a clear reminder that some of the nine justices have entered their seventies.

Clarence Thomas is 75 and Samuel Alito is 74; both are conservative and appointed by Republican presidents. Sonia Sotomayor, a liberal who was nominated by President Barack Obama, turns 70 next month.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

"Whelp, I tried but we can't get the votes to confirm them"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Or he expects there to be no vacancies, giving him the option to say whatever he thinks might get him votes without ever having to follow through on his promises.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Or expanding the court is on the table, also a way to create vacancies

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

best case scenario is that they're his definition of progressives which means that they would also think that the gaza genocide is acceptable

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

He won't. They'll be centrist/liberals at best

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

so now on top of not being that other he is saying he will be a better president in the next four years because he thinks people might die

he is really grasping at straws at this point

executive order abortion rights in, legalize cannabis, and raise the minimum wage a lot

that alone would guarantee him this next election no debates or speeches or anything else would be needed

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Unlike what most people think, executive orders aren't magic documents that lets the President legislate whatever they want on a whim. There are limits. They've grown a lot in scope over the decades, and if anything they need to be pulled back, but there are still limits.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I agree, and on paper you are correct. But also I have moved to the "it's the thought that counts" side of things. It seems to be more effective politicking these days to try and ram through something like an abortion EO and use the inevitable opposition (and legal?) pushback to say "see I'm fuckin trying over here" rather than to just stand there idly brandishing "plans" this is something the left needs to learn from the right. See the senate: Chuck Schumer should have started impeachment inquiries into Alito and Thomas yesterday, knowing full well they aren't actually going anywhere. It puts the issue in front of people.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I see what you're saying, but I'm also already foreseeing the next set of whiners saying "Biden knew it would fail, and he only did it to pretend to do something". Which I've seen with student loan forgiveness.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

no he did some less than quarter ass measure for student loan forgiveness, asked for more votes/ funding, and then that was it same as with women's rights

and acted like he almost did as much as his god could do

atrophied is the same as actively supporting fascism with speeches, policies, and laws

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago

Is executive order enough to raise the minimum wage?

I guess he could order all federal agencies will only work with companies that pay some new minimum.

Feels like abortion would get destroyed by the 5th circuit and the supreme court just like many of the other things they've tried to do

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