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[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I'm sure they care but what can they do about it. The lesson here is you need 51 dems in the senate to get a supreme court justice approved. In order for dems to have that they need to win elections and when they have it, not lose elections. How can they do that, they keep selling out. Like you say they try to appeal to poor people but then when they're in office they do nothing to help poor people. And so we have trump and they attack him as if he is a literal nazi. Well it worked to get control of the house in 2018. But we're talking senate, a bit harder because they get 6 year terms so it takes longer to get enough there for a majority. No one is really talking about that right now probably because it is mathematically impossible for dems to retake the senate. Biden could be president and then a supreme court justice dies but he never gets to replace him or her for 4 years. They talk about packing the court with more than the 9 but can they even do that, would it need to get voted on in the senate, yeah, mitch would just say no. Back with FDR he talked about expanding it past 9, which the constitution does not say it has to be 9 so he could, because the supreme court was saying the New Deal was unconstitutional. FDR had a senate majority so it could have happened. But then the 9 on the court changed their mind so he didnt have to.

[–]whereswhat 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Can we just have ranked choice already and be done with the two party system? It's the elephant in the room in this entire thread and especially this discussion.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Maybe some day but it's probably like this supreme court issue, it's a change that would need to be voted on first. And Mitch would say no. Even most dems would probably be against it because that would take power away from DNC. Rich donors would not donate to anyone that supports it.

[–]whereswhat 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yep, it's saddening.