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Lucky Luciano

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23. The New Deal laws got past the courts because they...

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Reply #3)

Wed Jun 24, 2020, 06:11 PM

Jun 2020

Last edited Thu Jun 25, 2020, 01:12 AM - Edit history (1)

...backed down in return for not going massively nuclear and adding more judges to the court.

I think we have to go massively nuclear here including the appeals courts. This damage is so severe and we can’t do half measures by playing fair with serial killers.

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This is not getting attention proportionate to the damage it is causing. [View all] octoberlib Jun 2020 OP

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