this post was submitted on 02 Dec 2024
78 points (96.4% liked)

United States | News & Politics

8526 readers
319 users here now

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
pangyuehung@lemmy.ml
yogthos@lemmy.ml
78
President Biden pardons his son Hunter Biden (www.nbcnews.com)
submitted 10 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/usa@lemmy.ml
73 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 26 points 10 months ago (2 children)

He could have abused his power like this to fix the justice system. Forgive student loans, Codify abortion. And all those other unfulfilled promises.

Instead Biden has fully destroyed the illusion of Democrat commitment to "justice" only to bail out a coke addict.

Both sides anyone?

[–] hasnt_seen_goonies@lemmy.world -3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How could he have used his powers as president to codify abortion access?

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Kill all the Republican surpreme court judges under presidential decree. Then appoint new judges.

Or simply stack the court https://www.newsweek.com/can-democrats-expand-supreme-court-how-likely-it-1720256

[–] hasnt_seen_goonies@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I guess I don't think that we should politically assassinate people...

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Anywhere, or just US politicians?

[–] hasnt_seen_goonies@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm personally pretty upset at all of the assassinations the the CIA has attempted/committed in my name, so yeah, I think anywhere.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You know they work, though, right?

You think there’s any realistic path to reform that all the corrupt live through?

[–] hasnt_seen_goonies@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What kind of "reform" are you talking about? I think most reforms happen via a legislative process.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Then you must not be a student of history.

[–] hasnt_seen_goonies@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

We were talking about codifying abortion, not land reform stretching back to the fertile crescent. We have norms about how we change policy in the US today, and you do it through a legislative/political process. We can dislike that process, but I don't think disliking a process warrants contemplating murder lol.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That’s the fiction we’re sold, but the reality is lobbyists buy whatever legislation they want, and what the people wants does not impact legislation.

https://act.represent.us/sign/problempoll-fba

Let me know when the CIA starts pushing for regime change through the legislative process.

[–] frozenspinach@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

CIA starts pushing for regime change

And this is your reason why Biden could have restored abortion? Just trying to make sure I'm following how this connects to the original point.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah, you’re really not following the conversation. Maybe go back and read it again.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But stacking the court is less spectacular.

[–] hasnt_seen_goonies@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, there was a point in time where I wanted Biden to stack the court, but if Biden stacked the court, then Trump would just stack it again. It would be a real short term fix.

[–] MarxMadness@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 10 months ago

So we don't even try to do anything good, because someone else could undo it? Make them work, they won't always succeed.