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octoberlib

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Wed Jun 24, 2020, 01:35 PM Jun 2020

This is not getting attention proportionate to the damage it is causing. [View all]

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Mitch McConnell has refused to hold vote on restoring Voting Rights Act for 200 days but Senate GOP just confirmed anti-voting rights extremist Cory Wilson of Mississippi to 5th Circuit as Trump’s 200th federal judge




Thank god, the election is near. If Trump gets enough of these judges appointed, it won't matter if we have a Dem President, House, and Senate. All Republicans will have to do to make legislation they don't like go away is challenge it in court. Judges control everything. Will Democratic voters ever start taking this seriously?



Edit to add: No more places left on appeals courts .





NEWS: Trump notches his 200th lifetime federal judge and fills the very last appeals court vacancy nationwide.

He's filled the nation’s appeals courts (mini Supreme Courts, if you will) with dozens of white men — and zero Black judges.
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Win big MoonlitKnight Jun 2020 #1
Totally agree. It's literally a fight for Democracy. octoberlib Jun 2020 #4
Yes NewJeffCT Jun 2020 #5
Glen kirscher disagrees. Says these unqualified judges can be removed Thekaspervote Jun 2020 #13
And those who lied during confirmation hearings MoonlitKnight Jun 2020 #14
THIS !!!! uponit7771 Jun 2020 #15
Exactly..... paleotn Jun 2020 #16
I felt the same when govt let Kochs buy Wisconsin LakeArenal Jun 2020 #2
Same thing happened in NC . Nobody got what they deserved. Both states were extreme octoberlib Jun 2020 #7
And yet they said we deserved what we got. LakeArenal Jun 2020 #8
We do-- every bit as much as when FDR tried to pack the court when it blocked. TreasonousBastard Jun 2020 #3
I've never heard any Democratic candidate in my lifetime campaign on appointing judges octoberlib Jun 2020 #6
I doubt it would work if Democratic candidates campaigned on appointing "liberal" judges... TreasonousBastard Jun 2020 #10
Good point. octoberlib Jun 2020 #11
The New Deal laws got past the courts because they... Lucky Luciano Jun 2020 #23
I always try. Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2020 #9
Thank you! octoberlib Jun 2020 #12
Have long thought that we need some changes in our court system. Lonestarblue Jun 2020 #17
Exactly right. Midnight Writer Jun 2020 #19
Yeah! Jeff_was_here Jun 2020 #26
Fire up the coals Satan. You've got some fat, racist, morally bankrupt white guys coming your way. Evolve Dammit Jun 2020 #18
K&R UTUSN Jun 2020 #20
No one has any right to shut down the senate. Hortensis Jun 2020 #21
K&R betsuni Jun 2020 #22
KR! Cha Jun 2020 #24
Thanks GOP... world wide wally Jun 2020 #25
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