Summary
As Donald Trump prepares for a second term, progressive groups are concerned about Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s future on the Supreme Court.
Some activists hoped she would retire to allow President Biden to appoint a successor before Republicans take control of the Senate in January.
However, with Democrats’ narrow majority and opposition from Senator Joe Manchin, any replacement would face confirmation challenges.
Legal scholars and advocacy groups now view the window for Sotomayor’s retirement as closed and are focusing on confirming Biden’s remaining judicial nominees to lower federal courts before Republicans regain the Senate majority.
“and opposition from Senator Joe Manchin”
The most repeated phrase ever. At least that piece of shit will be gone, but now an actual Republican took his place.
I’m ultimately glad, he was giving democrats a bad name. We could afford that a decade ago, but we no longer can.
There’s a mild reshuffling of the parties happening, with the Tulsi Gabbards switching to red and the Adam Kinzingers switching to blue, and I’m fine with it. It’s about priorities. Which parts of your platform and beliefs are more important than the other parts?
with the Tulsi Gabbards switching to red and the Adam Kinzingers switching to blue
Ugh, a future of having to choose between Russian agents and fucking tea partiers sounds bleak as hell, we’ve gotta be able to do better than that
Yes, I think we can.
But remember, during WW2 the USSR and the US were able to cooperate to defeat fascism. We cannot be too picky when it comes to alliances when there’s bigger fish to fry. Ideological purity is not our friend, never has been. Even if that makes everything a confusing pain in the ass, which it does, that diversity of opinion is necessary if we are going to robustly pursue our goals and not get too stuck up our own asses and blinded.
Somewhere out there is a chart showing how often a Congressman votes with their party. Manchin and Sinema were at the bottom, but they’re both leaving, so I don’t know.
In my opinion, I don’t think we’ll have one. The Republicans will have a majority in both houses, so there’s no need for a controlled opposition.
If they need someone to cross the aisle for theater, it’ll probably be Susan Collins.
