Wed Mar 11, 2020, 09:45 PM

The really frustrating part is we almost made it

Like everyone else here I’ve been terrified of the prospect of Trump being in power during a national emergency. Against all odds we almost made it. Sure, his administration has been a malignant tumor. But we’re on another level now.

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The really frustrating part is we almost made it (Original post)	HarlanPepper	Mar 2020	OP
It's worse than that. Breyer and RBG are both in the demographic for which this virus is very deadly	RockRaven	Mar 2020	#1
Please	HarlanPepper	Mar 2020	#2
I will hope that she and the rest of the court will now self-isolate at least until next January.	gristy	Mar 2020	#3

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Wed Mar 11, 2020, 09:54 PM

RockRaven (12,848 posts)

1. It's worse than that. Breyer and RBG are both in the demographic for which this virus is very deadly

and if trump appoints even 1 more SCOTUS justice there will be no recovering from corporate-controlled right wing authoritarianism in our lifetimes.

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Wed Mar 11, 2020, 09:56 PM

HarlanPepper (2,042 posts)

2. Please

One catastrophe at a time. My bandwidth is maxed.

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Wed Mar 11, 2020, 10:13 PM

gristy (10,636 posts)

3. I will hope that she and the rest of the court will now self-isolate at least until next January.

Failing that, once we control the presidency and the senate, it will be time to increase the number of SC judges. And Biden may indeed have sufficient political capital to pull that off.

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