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There was an option on the table for them to lower the mandatory retirement age of Supreme Court justices, but they will not do it.

They want to "work within the existing legal system": https://bsky.app/profile/therealbrent.bsky.social/post/3mllik3ltck2i

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[โ€“] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 23 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Hey - arsonists that start fires that destroy our buildings - help us!

VIRGINIA DEMOCRATS ASK U.S. SUPREME COURT TO INTERVENE AFTER STATE SUPREME COURT INVALIDATED PRO-DEMOCRATIC U.S. HOUSE MAP AHEAD OF NOVEMBER ELECTIONS

https://bsky.app/profile/fintwitter.bsky.social/post/3mlm232nbnq22

It's breaking news so it's all caps. It's an idiotic custom that needs to end.

[โ€“] hellinkilla@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago

I think if people are going to indicate "breaking" news by capitalization, preceding with "BREAKING!" or "๐Ÿšจ" etc, they should have to go change it to be normal after a few hours.

[โ€“] barrbaric@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Lmao yeah the supreme court is totally not biased, what a genius idea.

[โ€“] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago

The democrats commitment to the bit is something to behold. This action is staggeringly awful. It's not just worse than useless it's destructive I figure it appeals to maybe ~1% of the voters that might vote dem. If this incredibly dumb hail mary fails - it's fucking hilarious. But if it succeeds it's even funnier. The dems have given GOP SCOTUS a precedent to meddle in state elections!

[โ€“] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

some of the bush appointees and occasionally one of the trump guys are enough procedure perverts that they make ok rulings once in a while. although sometimes it's backhanded like one of the ones that was good for indigenous sovereignty was also good for some long-term corpo bullshit the neocons are trying to do.

[โ€“] barrbaric@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah IIRC Gorsuch is surprisingly good on indigenous rights cases and nothing else.