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The current president and all of his cabinets and staff are all cowards. They are watching America burning down before July 4th and not doing anything to stop these traitors.
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Considering that Mitch McConnell obstructed a Justice appointment for almost a year and then railroaded one through in 2 weeks I think the president could step in remove a Justice and claim Republican obstruction when we were trying to place a judge.
@@RyanRoberson-gc1op Are you sure? Because a rather clear Constitutional authority that the President has is the power to appoint Supreme Court justices. He could quite easily have them all disappeared and appoint new ones, and claim that since the appointing of the new ones fell within his official Presidential duties, disappearing them is close enough that it gets covered by presumptive immunity.
Brit here, watching in utter disbelief. You nailed it when you said anybody who is applauding this ruling doesn’t understand the ramifications of it. Biden must use his remaining time to act on this.
The problem is - he won't. Both he and the Democratic party in general are ALWAYS behind the ball. Never thinking ahead critically. Such a chicken-shit party. Man- we really need rank-choice voting.
I've been thing that for years. Trump and his fascist coconspirators are the greatest threat to our constitution since the civil war. It's Biden's sworn duty to act. And with his new presidential authority it will be even easier.
No they haven't ended it yet. There is still an election in November and Trump will lose it. Demographic shifts mean he doesn't have the votes to win. The problem is going to be 2028.
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It's worse than that. What was not addressed by Beau or others about the Chevron decision is that NO government RULE, or REGULATION imposed by the government either via interpretation of a federal law, or in the absence of a law has the force of law, and can be ignored by anyone. This means, for instance, that states that don't have laws requiring the use of life preservers/PFDs for anyone of any age, and instead defer to the federal regulation passed down by the Coast Guard are no longer governed by the regulation. Which means some boater in VA or WI can sue the state or feds to get rid of the regulation because they now have standing to do so. This is just another bad decision in a string of bad decisions handed down by the most corrupt court to ever sit.
It's truly infuriating to see MAGA celebrate this decision simply because it helps Trump. They have zero clue how bad this decision is for all Americans.
@@KingBedlam Please stop infantilizing the orcs. They know. They dream about it. Every Republican fantasizes about killing their neighbors and graping their kids.
Authoritarians react badly to even the smallest disagreement. The moment one of the MAGA cult complains about prices, or availability of jobs, or a decision by Dear Leader, the clock starts ticking for them. A loyalist may inform on them, or a neighbor will fink to settle a petty feud. Nobody will ever know if they can trust the people around them. And if Dear Leader has a bad day or the Viagra isn't working? Hoo-boy.
That tends to be the way they handle ALL decisions. It's very impulsive and in the moment because it serves their rhetoric and then when the implications of their choices start slapping them in the face they panic and start walking it back.
@@megan2349- Or they're trying PR while still wanting it. In this case, by the time they realize the consequences, it could be too late for all of us. Which is why we must vote.
There is nothing we can do about it. I am trying to not let this ruin my day. It is time we wake up to the fact that we do not live in a free country and are being abused by our own government. Congress was so irresponsible by not impeaching Donald Trump. Thank you Mitch McDonnell. Thank you Kentucky for allowing Mitch so much power.
SCOTUS is illegitimate. This ruling is illegitimate. Two justices should have recused from this case because of the involvement of both of their wives in the movement.
Wouldn't of mattered, instead of a 6 - 3 judgement, it would of been 4 - 3 and still would of passed. You lot as a nation and society have been playing with matches for a long time now, so it's not all that surprising you've gotten badly burnt by it.
@@gumpyoldbugger6944 When you say "you lot" do you mean the dictators on our supreme court who were not even elected let alone given these powers they keep using (like rewriting constitutional amendments, writing laws, vetoing federal laws, appointing presidents, etc)?
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Depending on how you count, we are already either 1/3 or 2/3 the way to a completely authoritarian government structure. Let's break it down: Judiciary - - Lifetime appointments, virtually unimpeachable regardless of behavior - "Interpretations" can broaden laws to the point of impunity, or narrow them to the point of nullification (also, actual nullification) Executive branch - - virtually unimpeachable regardless of behavior - (new) "presumptive" immunity for declared Official Acts Legislative branch - - (repeated attempts) "Independent legislature" theory eliminating the ability of other branches to review their actions
@@Stratelier This is yet another demonstration that elections matter. Don't let him back in office to appoint more Justices. Vote Biden. Vote Dem so that we will have the numbers to expand the courts. And join us in volunteering politically.
Agreed. This decision should be corrected by Congress, and the first person to be prosecuted should be Obama for his overseas drone strikes on American citizens. Then, George Bush should be prosecuted for starting the war in Iraq under false pretenses.
"An absolute minority ruled state, for as long as it lasts" - Franklin, 1787 "Took 237 years, but finally the minority completed its task" - SCOTUS, 2024
@@joansparky4439 A republic is not an "absolute minority ruled state". Its a form of representative democracy. That "minority" represents _your_ interests (or at least is supposed to), and _you_ have the power to replace them if they stop representing your interests. Yes, it's a minority rule in a loose sense, but the majority gets to pick which minority rules. The "minority" SCOTUS just enabled lacks those features, or at least has the ability to nullify them. The president is now able to simply ignore or even stop elections, fail to (peacefully) hand over power, or any number of other things that were absolutely illegal prior to this decision. We just never had to test that illegality because no president prior to Trump has attempted to seize power like that. Now that we have had to test their illegality, the court basically said "well we agree that it's illegal, but we like that guy so he gets a free pass and we'll just ignore whatever horrors he or any future president may choose to inflict now that they've got near-zero accountability". The US is still a republic - at least for the next few months. But it is no longer a _constitutional_ Republic. This ruling effectively ends any semblance of belief in the ideology of the founding fathers. Their primary purpose above all else was to not have kings (because you know, Britain), and SCOTUS just said "fuck that".
It is galling to me that each of those six judges swore that no one was above the law. Then they made this declaration, to make LIARS of them ALL. They should be cast out of their roles immediately.
Trump's picks lied anyway during the nomination hearings. Under oath. aka, perjury. "Respect precedent" my ass. Most activist court I've ever seen. Criminals, scumbags and fascists all five of them are.
@@erikanders3343 that wasn't up to him. It's up to Congress to expand the number of Justices. The President can only nominate Justices when there's a vacant position.
Dark Brandon is a myth. Hope you enjoyed your storytime fairy tales about him, because he's not real. Biden doesn't have the guts to do what is necessary and neither do the majority of democrats.
Wouldn't it be hilarious to watch, after the demonstration just set out by what would have been done to Trump & those 6 justices, Mitch McConnell scrambling to avoid even a mere hint that he's thinking of repeating what he pulled on Obama by, this time, setting those confirmation hearings just as quickly as he & his neck-wattle could move. "What'sa matter turtle, are ya' scared?"
I appreciate what you are saying but creating an official plan or making an official order is useless if there is not anyone to carry out the order. They didn’t say the president has the authority to do whatever he wants, they said he can’t be charged criminally for official acts. Everyone else that was involved could be had liable but not the president. I don’t believe Biden has appointed anyone that would act unlawfully. It the next president we have to worry about.
I mean, it sounds like biden can issue an executive order to remove those justices from the world of the living now, or am I mistaken? This decision is abhorrent.
I have not celebrated the 4th of July since SCOTUS made its decision regarding Roe vs Wade. I knew that it was not just about abortion and they would slowly come after other forms of contraception. I knew they would continue to chip away at every bodies freedoms. This is not a drill people. This is our whole country at stake. Do not believe you will be okay. Anyone can and will be hurt by this current scotus. Even the christians will be. If you don’t believe me just read or watch the Handmaids tale. Nobody is free from the cruelty in that story. And if you naively believe the events in that book cannot happen you are wrong. The author states that all of the events were based on events that already happened. Welcome to Gilead everyone. If you do not understand that reference google it. And then start preparing yourself. Please be very afraid.
Trump isn't far right. The establishment is far right. Even according to the RNC Trump isn't far enough right to be a Republican. Much less far right. What both parties are doing is bad for the country.
No. The way that the SCOTUS ruling reads is that, basically, SCOTUS is the body that is going to determine what constitutes an "official act". Basically, SCOTUS is going to pave the way for Trump's actions-- all of them-- and NONE of Biden's.
I have stated for decades that "We fought a war of independence to rid ourselves of a king. And have been fighting a war ever since, to get a king back on the throne." Well done, republican party. Your efforts have yielded a bumper crop. We may now have a president for life.
People are in this comment section right now applauding it. Getting all Frank with their Discussions. They deserve whatever comes next. Can't feel bad for horses that beg for the whip.
@@nerfherder4284 ... You know what, yeah. And then say that, officially, he's bypassing Congressional approval as an official act, for which he apparently now has immunity. Then what? If the new court, replete with Biden appointees, rules that he shouldn't have done that, and should be removed from office... Okay, but then it's a catch-22. After all, if it was illegitimate, then the ruling that removed him was also illegitimate because it hinged on illegitimate justices.
My wife and I are in our mid 80's , we are heartsick about the recent events in our country. We are truly concerned for our grand children and great grand children. We are losing the country we thought would always be here. What could be the future for all younger people?
I am a single mother of young adult children who are part of the LGBT community. They have friends in other, safer countries. Yesterday, I sat down with them and explained the ramifications of these events. I told them if the time comes that once past the age of consent I will support them entering a marriage, traditional or platonic, in one of those countries with one of their friends for the purpose of fleeing the US to safety. It is a choice no parent should ever have to make. And I will do it in a heartbeat if it ensures their safety.
@@jamiroquai888 G. Washington would first dismiss the concept of 45, if you described it to him, as impossible; a hypothetical and one that was already preempted. The Mango Suppository is _literally the example_ of a dangerous demagogue that the Electoral College was put in place to _prevent._ After that, after convincing him it was real, I think he'd start simultaneously looking to have the problem 'removed' by quiet means, raise all kinds of hell publicly to get the public to rally against him, _and_ start raising an _army_ to do it if all other means failed. He would also _curse_ the Electoral College for being so bad at its job that if it hadn't existed, we wouldn't be in this problem.
At 63 years of age, I no longer trust the supreme court. As an American, I've seen acts that I thought I would never see happening in America. Imagine getting off work on January 6, 2021, turning on the TV and seeing people trying to over throw the government. The ruling today makes me very very nervous. I agree with you. I don't think the simple minded Dumpster supporters understand how today's decision has change America.😢
I no longer even trust that the 'opinions' of the MAGA crowd as given on internet comment boards even come from actual people anymore, as it's been proven that there are companies and groups out there creating fake accounts to drive false narratives on anything and everything.
The vast majority of his followers only think their “team” has won. They have no idea the far reaching implications it will have on them, others, and future generations. They are incredibly naive and ignorant. They don’t even realize that they have been brainwashed and manipulated to destroy themselves as well. Because apparently, they didn’t get the memo that they aren’t really any part of the TEAM...just idiot pawns. 💙💙💙💙VOTE 2024! It’s NOT OVER YET.
“This is the end. “Beautiful friend the end. -- It was Years Ago the Trump said the Supreme Court would save him. As I see it, Mitch McConnell was the downfall. May his name ever be dragged in the mud.
No, the seeds for this had been planted when the Founding Fathers chose representative democracy with an absolute minority in positions of power instead of direct democracy.. all thanks to Plato who didn't realize what actually ended Socrates and for what reason.
@@joansparky4439 Well, there was no America in Plato's time. So how could he have foreseen or dreamed of what we would have degraded ourselves into becoming?
When the President took the oath, he said "I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." Right now, there are six Justices threatening that constitution. Any questions?
Seal teams, you will be receiving orders within the week. Your mission will be to rid the country of fascists in the government who are working against the constitution. Individual assignments are to be given in person at your gaining command.
I've sure thought that. Trump, his fascist coconspirators, and his maga cultists are the greatest danger to our constitution since the civil war. Biden needs to act and act aggressively
@@neilpatrickhairless I can’t believe this is happening in 2024. I used to think the world be a very peaceful place by now not on the verge of every bad thing I can think of .
Biden should immediately expand the Supreme Court as an official act putting at least 4 more young voices for democracy on it. Then the court should revisit every decision of the Roberts Court and undo the unconstitutional damage they have done, starting with Citizens United.
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@@johntousseau9380 "Nice" to see that America prioritizes its aging political infrastructure the same as its aging physical infrastructure: why even bother with expensive preventative maintenance when spending vastly more money to clean up _after_ disasters makes the best headlines and unites so many more people together?
His new powers don't give him that authority. That would be a _legal_ act and these new powers only give him immunity for _illegal_ acts. Plus, he already had that power back in 2021/2022 and chose not to use it. There's little reason to believe he'd change his mind now. Biden may look like a "leftist" in comparison to the fascist crap we're seeing from Trump and his sycophants, but he's actually a center-right conservative if you expand your comparison beyond America's current Overton window. Upsetting the status quo is really not his thing.
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@@myrecreationalchannel7181 I'd rather not "vote blue no matter who" but until the majority of republicans aren't anti-American freaks I don't have a sensible choice.
If the Supreme Court or a President doesn't have to follow the law or Constitution - does anyone else? People wake up - we are literally witnessing Germany 1933 right now! I do not want to see our Constitutional Rebublic die - andmy son did not die in service to his country - for this!!!
I’m a Scot, 73 years old, and have never felt it’s my place to comment on American politics. However, after watching BBC documentary on the rise of the Nazis and the 80th anniversary of D Day I fell I have a voice if only to honour the sacrifices of so many of our Countrymen of so many nations. I don’t want to be alarmist but is this history repeating itself? If it is democracy will prevail but at what cost?
Those of us who read history have been making the parallel comparison since 2015, when iDJiT first started running his fascist mouth on the national stage. iDJiT using Hitler's talking points verified our assessment. $COTU$ hasn't figured out yet that they just gave President Biden the tools to clean house as "official acts" to defend "against all enemies, both foreign and domestic".
I am a 58-year old American who went to high school in England and got my A-levels. One of my A-levels was in history, and the history special topic was about the rise of Hitler. We analyzed his strategies and propaganda, and how he used German democracy to get power. Knowing this history, and watching Trump, I have this bone-chilling sense of Deja Vu. The parallels are too close for comfort.
I keep telling people around me in Ky that it was just like nazi Germany and they think I’m taking it too serious… that it will never happen. Like no, you all are crazy. This is crazy.
65 year old Englishman here. The situation is dire if the SCOTUS decision isn't overturned. The criminal Trump and his legion of miscreants can only be stopped by a landslide victory for the democrats so that effective measures can be put in place to prevent the nightmare scenario being played out. The other option would be the immediate incarceration of Trump and all of those involved in his vile plans by Presidential order, which Biden is unlikely to do, even though the Supreme Court just gave him that option.
I feel sick. I just can't wrap my head around this. I knew the court majority would try to give Trump room to wriggle out of his criminal charges, but I never imagined they would go so far. God...
Okay President Biden, you heard what they said. Do what you must to save the democracy, by any means necessary - just be sure to declare every action an "official act".
Next rally, he should come out and say, "Now, for my first official act..." and then every time he has a press conference. Add anything after that phrase.
@@paulcernava7091 He wouldn't need to expand the court, he could just pick and choose them at will. Kick some out, get some new ones in... They would have to do as they're told. They made him into a dictator today. Maybe we should embrace the Roman usage of that term, when a diktator was selected to handle the nation through a time of crisis, putting things like elections off as long as needed. This is what MAGA wants. Part of me would like to see it bite them in the ass, but, unlike them, I'm smart enough to know it would bite me too.
@@robkno8816 Oh, you mean like the Emancipation Proclamation, dropping the bomb on Hiroshima, invading Grenada, Trail of Tears, etc etc. When have presidents been hobbled before and unable to take bold and decisive actions?????
American Civics is a disaster, I can only think about the Brits and Irish who are appalled to hear a Republican say that we live in a 'republic' not a democracy who are celebrating the creation of an American King.
I am Swedish. I am terrified for the US falling in Trumps hands again. The leader you choose over there will matter over here. The last time you guys elected Trump, you sort of gave an okay for the right wing monsters over here to start marching. Please vote him out.
What would you say if I told you that this goes way beyond Donald Trump? A brain dead screw up like Trump couldn't do this by himself. There are dozens of would be tyrants more strategic and more cunning than Trump. Beau is right. This is really bad.
I’m so sorry Sweden. A full half of the country wants nothing to do with Trump. I pray the vote goes our way in November, for our sake and for yours too🙁❤️🐝
😢 I never thought I'd see this day. My father, who served this country in WWII, and loved this country, is turning over in his grave. I'm happy he didn’t live to see what has become of this country. Sad sad day for Americans. 😢
I'm also glad my father, a WW II veteran didn't live to see this day. It would have broken his heart💔 kinda wishing I hadn't lived to see it either. So worried about my poor kids and grandkids 😢
Agree 💯! This is absolutely sickening. It has been all I can do to not hate people who voted for maga trump and republiCons. But this is the final nail in the coffin. Hoping Biden restructures the SCOTUS. immediately!
Wow you all must be getting flashbacks watching all of this play out huh? We helped stop the fascists only to try becoming them a few generations later...
I was absolutely shocked by this decision. I am Canadian, but it made me feel sick to the stomach. Since President Biden now has added powers, I hope he can take action to counter this ruling.
I can't reconcile this second attempted coup any more. Resistance to any Trump government must be complete, even if the national economy tanks. I'm 75, and the forces of power hunger, greed and deceit must be resisted on all fronts.
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This is yet another demonstration that elections matter. Don't let him back in office to appoint more Justices. Vote Biden. Vote Dem so that we will have the numbers to expand the courts. And join us in volunteering politically.
As an American citizen, I am just NUMB. This is even worse then witnessing Jan. 6th, 2021. It's almost laughable that democracy has voted itself out of existence. The sheep have voted in favor of the slaughterhouse. Heaven Help the USA.
The power of the uneducated to be led down the merry path to their own destruction by the corrupt leader they have been conned into believing in is going to turn this country into a banana Republic.
When the only voice the sheep hear is that of the butcher, is it any wonder they so willingly follow? Democracy only works when there is an informed, active electorate. When the majority are misinformed or apathetic, they lose their rights (and sometimes their lives) before they even notice that something has gone wrong. As a country we've grown fat and comfortable, so much so that we've forgotten that it can ALWAYS happen here. Before the Night of the Long Knives, a lot of people didn't take a certain Austrian painter seriously either. It doesn't help that the current shepherd of the flock isn't the most confidence inspiring (or that the last few choices for shepherd have been so disappointing), but we've already been led up the ramp into the slaughterhouse and are being held down by the butcher. All it takes is enough sheep to keep believing the butcher and ignoring the shepherd and we won't even be able to scream as the blade falls...
Who again voted for this Supreme Court makeup? It was a single Senator from a single state, placed as the head of the Senate by his party who decided to not hold hearings to confirm a Supreme Court Justice nominee as the Constitution lays out. A relatively small group of people are responsible for this, not the citizenry, and arguably not even the majority of the citizenry of the country.
no, the sheep didn't get a say at all. With an absolute minority in power (the representatives) it was just a matter of time until the whole thing consolidates even further.. mostly Plato's fault for not realizing what really ended Socrates (hint: it was NOT the people, but a few benefactors of the status quo who wanted to hold onto it - naturally).
What a sad, sad day, even sadder than the day #45 was elected. Just think, what Richard Nixon did in the Watergate scandal is no longer against the law.
@@foldohack5687 Do you realize that in a dictatorship you don't get to pick the dictator? No one cares who you wish the dictator could be, the dictator simply takes power. The SCOTUS just gave Biden immunity to do whatever he wants. Literally. Funny stuff, yeah.
I’m so goddamn tired, Beau. I understand the weight of this decision, which is why I implore President Biden to use these newfound powers for the good of the country. Do what needs to be done.
@@tamikacoleman830send the six on a temporary "official" Guantanamo trip. Let them out in a week. See how quickly they decide to not allow dictatorship.
Charles de Gaulle is someone to look into. Even King Juan Carlos (Infante Juan) of Spain is someone to look into(he took over after Franco's dictatorship).
I've been on the road today so I listened to NPR. I clicked on Beau's video hoping that he'd tell me it wasn't as bad as it sounded like. As usual, Beau told the truth. It's worse.
It doesn't matter about Trump. The next conservative (or democrat for that matter) never has to leave office. Ever. The republic literally just ended today.
Yes, and.... all down ballot candidates so we can amend the US Constitution that would nullify this and tons of other authoritarian, SCOTUS crap we've been receiving... we have to vote out all of the Trumpy MAGA wacked out people.
The question is how long we can keep it up? Project 2025 doesn't go away even if we beat Trump this year... it just becomes project 2029, then project 2034, and so on into eternity unless someone does something permanent about the regressive movement.
The appeals court did a good job of providing existentially-terrifying examples of "official acts", but I think they should have made it even more personal by naming examples with more specificity -- not just "a political rival" but "a senator who votes to override their veto," or "a judge who rules unfavorably to them".
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Biden won't have to declare anything, his immunity for "getting rid of those people" is now presumed.. ..And who'll be left to argue the case that it wasn't?
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Until they cancel the vote counting like SCOTUS did in FL in BUSH v. Gore and declared Bush the winner. They will do the same with tRump. (BTW Gore actually WON the vote count after they officially stopped it!)
They're trying to and yeah I'm scared too but there is still an election and Trump will lose it. Demographic shifts mean he doesn't have the votes to win even before the 34 felony convictions. The problem is 2028 when the Republicans run somebody who is just as evil but better spoken
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Sotomayor's dissent was an effing poem. She quoted Dobbs - DOBBS - at them to highlight that the precedent set by that ruling voids their logic here. Legend.
He has the power to do far worse. Remember that seal team six line? According to SCOTUS he'd have presumptive immunity if he happened to communicate with the military before a mysterious string of disappearances of certain officials and presidential candidates started occurring. And who's going to impeach him, they might also disappear. They wanted trump to have this power, but couldn't delay their decision that long.
As a millenial (30 this year) Im tired of living thru once in a life time/historic/catastrophic firsts. On the bright side if/when I make it to the age of the presidential candidates those memoirs and autobiographies are going to be crazy. I'm thinking "What is it this time?: Growing up in the best of times before people 10 times my age made it the worst of times" as the title.
I turn 31 this month. It's just exhausting, and I can't escape the creeping nihilism. I was expecting the climate crisis to be the thing that will inevitably cause our society to collapse. Hundred-year floods have become a weekly occurrence, after all, while there are still people debating whether climate change is even real. Now? We may lose the country well before that. Sure, we can vote in Biden next year. But assuming that works, what about after that? Someone will get in there eventually and abuse this power. All of this is paving the way for Project 2025's implementation as it is.
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@@MonkeyJedi99 It seems like nobody understands what the word "domestic" means, because domestic enemies go about their business of destroying the country with not a single oath taker trying to stop them.
The American Experiment. Born July 2nd, 1776 (check your history as to when the US Declaration was actually signed) Died: July 1st, 2024, aged 247 years, 364 days.......
too bad they followed Plato and his idea of reluctant philosophers in charge instead of doing the root cause analysis of what really ended Socrates.. because it wasn't direct democracy, it was a few benefactors who instigated the rest (with their powers) to hold onto the status quo that Socrates was a problem for. A fail from the start - it just takes a couple centuries for it to be realized.
Keep dreaming. Biden and the Dems will wring their hands and clutch their pearls but when we need them to act, they won't. They never have. They never will.
He doesn't have the gonads, and even if he did he believes too firmly in holding himself to norms and standards that his opposition does not respect, as though it'll somehow shame them into decency.
Just shared this with the Simpson's "I'm in danger" meme. I'm in a gerrymandered blood red state, disabled and in deep poverty. What else can you do at this point but laugh. I hope yall are able to pull us back from all of this somehow. I'll fight back as long as I can.
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This……”decision” (read constitutional abomination) provides a “legal” basis for the violent rise of an American dictator. This is one of the saddest - and most frighteningly UN-American - days in the history of this crumbling country. As for “those celebrating….” Celebrating???!!!!!
@@Coffeepanda294 Nothing that we didn't predict the moment Ronnie Raygun did away with the Fairness Doctrine and paved the way for Fox "News." This is exactly what they wanted.
@@OptimusWombatmost of them are badly downplaying how bad it is. And I include CNN and MSNBC explicitly there. This and Chevron are back to back ruling that will go down in history next to Dredd Scott and Separate but Equal as historically bad decisions. Except these may well be worse because the outcomes are likely to be fatal to democracy.
Better yet, President Biden just needs to do an official act of getting rid of the justices that Trump appointed or just do an executive order to void out their nonsensical decision.
@@traciescott4708 Just the Senate. The House has no say. Democrats ostensibly control the Senate still, as Sinema and Manchin still caucus on their side of the isle, but those two in particular have - even when they were still in the party - generally sided with Republicans when it comes to things like that. They're pretty staunchly conservative in every way other than social stigmatization (ie: they generally go along with things like gay rights, but they have zero interest in reigning in corporate overreach or - more relevant to this issue - changing how government functions). That said, the idea of kings in America may well be enough to sway even a few of the more traditional Republican senators, so it's plausible that Sinema and Manchin may be willing to go for an expansion simply in response to this specific decision. There's a good chance, perhaps even likelihood it will end up overshadowing Dred Scott as the worst decision in SCOTUS history and most senators - even Republican senators - are aware enough to understand the potential future implications of essentially removing all checks and balances from the executive. They may like Trump, but Trump is an old man. He ain't going to be around forever. Biden has indicated he won't abuse his new powers but he is also an old man who won't be around forever. 2028 will likely see new candidates on both sides of the isle, and 2032 almost certainly will (if there's even still elections by that point). Nobody today - not myself, not you, not Beau and not SCOTUS - can predict who those candidates will be or what they might choose to do when given ultimate authority and a near-complete lack of accountability to reign in that authority.
It is a win for the current president to eliminate these clear and present dangers to our way of life, system of government and the U.S. Constitution… I wonder what is taking so long!?
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The whole political class of the Republican party has been gearing up for this since Trump got elected, it seems. They keep doubling down. Please vote. I don't think there's anything left that will save us from this.
Actually.. the country was founded to be ruled by an absolute minority - that is what the representatives are. Too bad the Founding Fathers fell for Plato's badly analyzed reasoning for why direct democracy could have been responsible for Socrates demise.. hint: it wasn't the people, it were the few beneficiaries of the status quo for which Socrates was a problem.
Jefferson disliked the Judiciary the most. Power for life was a concern. He understood generational power. Baby Boomers too long in power have doomed the babies. If North and South colonies could get along to form a nation, why cannot left and right get along to preserve it? Because of one generation in power has failed. #BabyDoomerism is the culture they created by ideologues of zero sum gaming and a Commons destroying-as if by an invisible mind-"Me first" mentality.
SCOTUS' job isn't to uphold the law - that's for the lower courts. SCOTUS' job is to interpret the constitution. And with this decision, their interpretation seems to be "who needs that old rotting piece of shit?"
Biden now has the power to do the following: 1. Issue an exective order to have the DOJ challenge this ruling. With the standing of the following executive order. 2. Issue an executive order a Presidential Finding to 'liquidate" 6 members of the SCOTUS pending the results of the above DOJ challenge. If the DOJ loses the challenge, the order is executed, creating six vacancies. 3. Nominate 6 candidates for SCOTUS. 4. While the above works its way through the courts, draft a Constitutial Amendment with no ratification deadline that firmly places the rule of law onto all branches of government and the people who sit in office.
A few Constitutional Amendments, hail-mary though they are, are DEFINITELY necessary going forward. - Nullify the "lifetime appointment" ruling and establish stricter standards for maintaining a judge's tenure. Maybe even lower the threshold for judicial impeachments slightly (3 of 5?). - Attach a firm time limit to judicial appointments: we're in this mess in no small part because McConnell refused to _do his damn job_ when Obama named two SCOTUS nominees in 2016. Those nominations were Obama's to fill, not Donald's.
But that's what we had/have with the Constitution until these magats in robes got ahold of it. Seems like we need more specification of the limits of each branch, especially SCOTUS; codified ethical standards/background checks across the board for these positions as we have for other federal employees; A statute specifically stating that no one is above the law; new stronger conflict of interest, gifts, investment, etc, policies; specified process for violations and consequences. It is pretty ironic that these legal nimrods just mad Biden effectively a king. 🤔
If we can get enough of the traitors out, impeachment might be a possibility. Either that or expand laws governing ethics/conduct for other branches/federal employees to them. Such hypocrites. Nothing in the Constitution says anything about anyone, let alone the president being above the law.
@@Stratelier Thus far, yes. It always has been and likely would be here too, but it's about the only mechanism available to counter this because the decision has already been made. Unless they pack the court up to fifteen before Il Duce Arancione can appeal again on individual counts about definitions of official acts whereby they could overturn this one. Given the drawn out procedure of appointments to the SCotUS though that's even more unlikely, especially given the reluctance to even float the idea of increasing the number of justices to offset the absurdly unbalanced conservative majority.
My heart breaks for everyone in this country. But, most of all, my heart breaks for our military veterans, some of whom fought and died for our Constitution and the rights it has afforded us. Today, six rogue judges on our Supreme Court have shat all over our Constitution, and have marched us closer to the end of our Republic. God have mercy on us all.
The Magna Carta was issued in June 1215 and was the first document to put into writing the principle that the king and his government was not above the law. SCOTUS just blew up that core principle the US was founded upon. Truly a dire sign of where this nation is heading.
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They slapped the American people right in the face before our Independence Day!
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Truth!
The current president and all of his cabinets and staff are all cowards. They are watching America burning down before July 4th and not doing anything to stop these traitors.
No, they FUCKED US UP THE ASS, is what they did!!
@@myrecreationalchannel7181stop spamming. Your message is correct but spamming is not OK.
The most irresponsible and harmful decision SCOTUS has ever made in history
That's saying A LOT in the wake of Dobbs, Citizen's United, and Chevron!!
I'd put it up there with Dred Scott v. Sandford, for sure
@@dandavis8766it is severe
@@typacskI was just gonna say that but you beat me to it, not that it matters because this is just bad.
I haven't seen so much corruption in the Court since the late 1800s.
Disband the SCOTUS and appoint new judges. Apparently the President has that power now.
Not even close to what was said.
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Considering that Mitch McConnell obstructed a Justice appointment for almost a year and then railroaded one through in 2 weeks I think the president could step in remove a Justice and claim Republican obstruction when we were trying to place a judge.
I’m thinking that’s *actually reserved for ONE man.*
@@RyanRoberson-gc1op Are you sure? Because a rather clear Constitutional authority that the President has is the power to appoint Supreme Court justices.
He could quite easily have them all disappeared and appoint new ones, and claim that since the appointing of the new ones fell within his official Presidential duties, disappearing them is close enough that it gets covered by presumptive immunity.
Brit here, watching in utter disbelief. You nailed it when you said anybody who is applauding this ruling doesn’t understand the ramifications of it. Biden must use his remaining time to act on this.
The problem is - he won't. Both he and the Democratic party in general are ALWAYS behind the ball. Never thinking ahead critically. Such a chicken-shit party.
Man- we really need rank-choice voting.
@@michaelgl8516 How many times will the republicans do violence to your nation, and how many times will you respond with bureaucracy?
As someone else said, the President is supposed to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution. President Biden, do what you need to do.
Amen
Can Biden use this SCOTUS ruling to impeach SCOTUS MAGAts?
A neoliberal institutionalist like Biden would never
You are ABSOLUTELY CORRECT!!!
I've been thing that for years. Trump and his fascist coconspirators are the greatest threat to our constitution since the civil war.
It's Biden's sworn duty to act. And with his new presidential authority it will be even easier.
And with the stroke of a pen, six Supreme Court Justices ended American Democracy.
No they haven't ended it yet. There is still an election in November and Trump will lose it. Demographic shifts mean he doesn't have the votes to win. The problem is going to be 2028.
May they very quickly reap what they sow.
They've pulled Trump up into that airy realm known as Above The Law
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We're now a monarchy. Plan and simple. The president no longer answers to the people. Only his "morals" if he has any.
But yet, homeless people can be criminalized??? Some of these judges got to go!!!
It's worse than that. What was not addressed by Beau or others about the Chevron decision is that NO government RULE, or REGULATION imposed by the government either via interpretation of a federal law, or in the absence of a law has the force of law, and can be ignored by anyone.
This means, for instance, that states that don't have laws requiring the use of life preservers/PFDs for anyone of any age, and instead defer to the federal regulation passed down by the Coast Guard are no longer governed by the regulation. Which means some boater in VA or WI can sue the state or feds to get rid of the regulation because they now have standing to do so.
This is just another bad decision in a string of bad decisions handed down by the most corrupt court to ever sit.
Yes, we punish the victims for their sorrows, but give the victimizers a free pass. and then make it the law of the land
There was a time when America waged war on poverty, not poor people... To quote The Newsroom
It's truly infuriating to see MAGA celebrate this decision simply because it helps Trump. They have zero clue how bad this decision is for all Americans.
@@KingBedlam Please stop infantilizing the orcs.
They know. They dream about it. Every Republican fantasizes about killing their neighbors and graping their kids.
But surely, the Face-Eating Leopard King won't eat _their_ faces!
Authoritarians react badly to even the smallest disagreement. The moment one of the MAGA cult complains about prices, or availability of jobs, or a decision by Dear Leader, the clock starts ticking for them. A loyalist may inform on them, or a neighbor will fink to settle a petty feud. Nobody will ever know if they can trust the people around them.
And if Dear Leader has a bad day or the Viagra isn't working? Hoo-boy.
That tends to be the way they handle ALL decisions. It's very impulsive and in the moment because it serves their rhetoric and then when the implications of their choices start slapping them in the face they panic and start walking it back.
@@megan2349- Or they're trying PR while still wanting it.
In this case, by the time they realize the consequences, it could be too late for all of us. Which is why we must vote.
I'm literally TERRIFIED. If this is not an indication that SCOTUS is compromised and NEEDS TO BE STOPPED, I don't know what else is.
Strap up.
Compromised? Try bought and paid for corrupt....
There is nothing we can do about it. I am trying to not let this ruin my day. It is time we wake up to the fact that we do not live in a free country and are being abused by our own government. Congress was so irresponsible by not impeaching Donald Trump. Thank you Mitch McDonnell. Thank you Kentucky for allowing Mitch so much power.
@@WillowT442 Not with that attitude.
Your index finger still work?
They are part of his cult.
So much for checks and balances.
SCOTUS is illegitimate. This ruling is illegitimate. Two justices should have recused from this case because of the involvement of both of their wives in the movement.
Wouldn't of mattered, instead of a 6 - 3 judgement, it would of been 4 - 3 and still would of passed. You lot as a nation and society have been playing with matches for a long time now, so it's not all that surprising you've gotten badly burnt by it.
Burnt? This nation is about to get a whole lot more than just burnt.
@@gumpyoldbugger6944 When you say "you lot" do you mean the dictators on our supreme court who were not even elected let alone given these powers they keep using (like rewriting constitutional amendments, writing laws, vetoing federal laws, appointing presidents, etc)?
They don't care as of now they feel they are above the law and pretty much are.
@@gumpyoldbugger6944 We did not choose these justices. But we are going to get burnt by them.
Welcome to the Fascist States of America. Leave your rights and freedoms at the door.
Not yet. This can still be fixed.
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Depending on how you count, we are already either 1/3 or 2/3 the way to a completely authoritarian government structure. Let's break it down:
Judiciary -
- Lifetime appointments, virtually unimpeachable regardless of behavior
- "Interpretations" can broaden laws to the point of impunity, or narrow them to the point of nullification (also, actual nullification)
Executive branch -
- virtually unimpeachable regardless of behavior
- (new) "presumptive" immunity for declared Official Acts
Legislative branch -
- (repeated attempts) "Independent legislature" theory eliminating the ability of other branches to review their actions
@@Stratelier This is yet another demonstration that elections matter. Don't let him back in office to appoint more Justices. Vote Biden. Vote Dem so that we will have the numbers to expand the courts. And join us in volunteering politically.
Or have a few million people surround the Supreme Court.
Absolutely disgusting!!! NO ONE should be above the law!! NO ONE!!!!!!
Agreed. This decision should be corrected by Congress, and the first person to be prosecuted should be Obama for his overseas drone strikes on American citizens. Then, George Bush should be prosecuted for starting the war in Iraq under false pretenses.
"A Republic, if you can keep it." -Ben Franklin, 1787.
"You cannot." -SCOTUS, 2024
Best comment of the day.
"An absolute minority ruled state, for as long as it lasts" - Franklin, 1787
"Took 237 years, but finally the minority completed its task" - SCOTUS, 2024
We need to take our country back from this out--of-control court. Vote Blue, expand the court, impose ethics, whatever it takes.
@@joansparky4439 A republic is not an "absolute minority ruled state". Its a form of representative democracy. That "minority" represents _your_ interests (or at least is supposed to), and _you_ have the power to replace them if they stop representing your interests. Yes, it's a minority rule in a loose sense, but the majority gets to pick which minority rules.
The "minority" SCOTUS just enabled lacks those features, or at least has the ability to nullify them. The president is now able to simply ignore or even stop elections, fail to (peacefully) hand over power, or any number of other things that were absolutely illegal prior to this decision. We just never had to test that illegality because no president prior to Trump has attempted to seize power like that. Now that we have had to test their illegality, the court basically said "well we agree that it's illegal, but we like that guy so he gets a free pass and we'll just ignore whatever horrors he or any future president may choose to inflict now that they've got near-zero accountability".
The US is still a republic - at least for the next few months. But it is no longer a _constitutional_ Republic. This ruling effectively ends any semblance of belief in the ideology of the founding fathers. Their primary purpose above all else was to not have kings (because you know, Britain), and SCOTUS just said "fuck that".
It is galling to me that each of those six judges swore that no one was above the law. Then they made this declaration, to make LIARS of them ALL. They should be cast out of their roles immediately.
Do it, Dark Brandon! DO IT!
Trump's picks lied anyway during the nomination hearings. Under oath. aka, perjury. "Respect precedent" my ass. Most activist court I've ever seen. Criminals, scumbags and fascists all five of them are.
I don't understand how we can allow this to happen. The blatant abuse of power is astonishing.
Time to eat the rich.
Noone is above the law, but they get to decide what the law is by misinterpreting it to mean whatever they want.
Illegitimate SCOTUS must be stopped.
Biden should have stacked the court in 2021
Best way to do that if the conservative SCOTUS justices are no longer alive.
Yelp, law and government won't do that.
So, I guess citizenry neeed to start planning how to...
@@erikanders3343 that wasn't up to him. It's up to Congress to expand the number of Justices. The President can only nominate Justices when there's a vacant position.
@@erikanders3343 Joe Manchin would have held it up anyways
Dark Brandon should use his newfound immunity to "officially act" and protect the nation from seven traitors. And appoint six new Justices.
Dark Brandon is a myth. Hope you enjoyed your storytime fairy tales about him, because he's not real. Biden doesn't have the guts to do what is necessary and neither do the majority of democrats.
Wouldn't it be hilarious to watch, after the demonstration just set out by what would have been done to Trump & those 6 justices, Mitch McConnell scrambling to avoid even a mere hint that he's thinking of repeating what he pulled on Obama by, this time, setting those confirmation hearings just as quickly as he & his neck-wattle could move. "What'sa matter turtle, are ya' scared?"
@@user-mz1kt6iz4e Of course Dark Brandon could also "act officially" to clean up the Senate and House of all the nay-sayers.
I mean, is there really any other option? This is the future of freedom we're talking about here.
I appreciate what you are saying but creating an official plan or making an official order is useless if there is not anyone to carry out the order. They didn’t say the president has the authority to do whatever he wants, they said he can’t be charged criminally for official acts. Everyone else that was involved could be had liable but not the president. I don’t believe Biden has appointed anyone that would act unlawfully. It the next president we have to worry about.
Those 6 justices should be immediately removed as traitors to the united states.
As an Official Act. Let them catch a lot more than the car.
It's too late for that.
BIDEN MUST USE THIS POWER FAST.
Biden would have the power right now. Everything is an official act right now@@Bevity
I mean, it sounds like biden can issue an executive order to remove those justices from the world of the living now, or am I mistaken? This decision is abhorrent.
Make them regret it before they have a chance to use it the way they intend
I can't celebrate the 4th of July this year. I am utterly disappointed with what the far-right is doing to this country. It's shameful and terrifying.
Yeah, that would be ironic to celebrate that one in particular. Except, maybe, as the last one perhaps.
July 4th, 2024 will be a day of silence in my home. However, July 5th and everyday until the election, I SHALL BE HEARD!
I have not celebrated the 4th of July since SCOTUS made its decision regarding Roe vs Wade. I knew that it was not just about abortion and they would slowly come after other forms of contraception. I knew they would continue to chip away at every bodies freedoms. This is not a drill people. This is our whole country at stake. Do not believe you will be okay. Anyone can and will be hurt by this current scotus. Even the christians will be. If you don’t believe me just read or watch the Handmaids tale. Nobody is free from the cruelty in that story. And if you naively believe the events in that book cannot happen you are wrong. The author states that all of the events were based on events that already happened. Welcome to Gilead everyone. If you do not understand that reference google it. And then start preparing yourself. Please be very afraid.
Trump isn't far right. The establishment is far right. Even according to the RNC Trump isn't far enough right to be a Republican. Much less far right. What both parties are doing is bad for the country.
Any real American SHOULDN'T "celebrate" Independence Day if they had a set! 🇺🇸💙✊️
Well.... Would it be an official act if Biden sent 6 supreme Court Justices to Guantanamo?
I sure hope it's also possible.
he can go on tv and declare it. That should be pretty official
Yes let's do it now😊
No. The way that the SCOTUS ruling reads is that, basically, SCOTUS is the body that is going to determine what constitutes an "official act". Basically, SCOTUS is going to pave the way for Trump's actions-- all of them-- and NONE of Biden's.
HE CAN TAKE OUT TRUMP ! THAT IS OFFICIAL BUSINESS !!!
Mr Justice Roberts has finally taken off the mask and shown his true colors.
Remember this morning when the USA wasn't a monarchy? Good times.
I have stated for decades that "We fought a war of independence to rid ourselves of a king. And have been fighting a war ever since, to get a king back on the throne." Well done, republican party. Your efforts have yielded a bumper crop. We may now have a president for life.
That’s the Putin playbook.
A monarch by any other name . . .
That's been the aim of the conservative movement since it's inception.
More like Gilead!
Biden should use his new immunity to officially imprison a domestic enemy. Trump for Guantanamo!
Man, this is bad. No matter where you stand politically, this is a huge mistake.
People are in this comment section right now applauding it. Getting all Frank with their Discussions. They deserve whatever comes next. Can't feel bad for horses that beg for the whip.
Oh stop crying - You all bitch and cry every freaking time something doesn't go your way
Biden should IMMEDIATELY expand the court to 13.
Sadly, it isn't a mistake. They did this with purpose.
@@nerfherder4284 ... You know what, yeah. And then say that, officially, he's bypassing Congressional approval as an official act, for which he apparently now has immunity.
Then what? If the new court, replete with Biden appointees, rules that he shouldn't have done that, and should be removed from office... Okay, but then it's a catch-22. After all, if it was illegitimate, then the ruling that removed him was also illegitimate because it hinged on illegitimate justices.
My wife and I are in our mid 80's , we are heartsick about the recent events in our country. We are truly concerned for our grand children and great grand children. We are losing the country we thought would always be here. What could be the future for all younger people?
It can be better if you act now.
You should have realized what the country was leading to. The USSR was freer than the USA.
@@TheHauntedKiwiyup it really started kicking up back about 1980.
I am a single mother of young adult children who are part of the LGBT community. They have friends in other, safer countries. Yesterday, I sat down with them and explained the ramifications of these events. I told them if the time comes that once past the age of consent I will support them entering a marriage, traditional or platonic, in one of those countries with one of their friends for the purpose of fleeing the US to safety. It is a choice no parent should ever have to make. And I will do it in a heartbeat if it ensures their safety.
I see no future for them, sorry to say.
The contradictions in SCOTUS decisions this week are mind boggling.
Not really. “Is it good for me…it passes”, “is it good for you, fuck you”.
Not really. Remember how Beau says he's able to predict what conservatives would do. He said he considers what fascists would do and predicts that.
No they aren't.
It's been obviously on the way since 2016, just like Dobbs was.
Any other anticipation was cope.
@@tanyanguyen3704 perfectly stated
And; Gut Wrenching.
I’ve been saying worst SCOTUS since the 1800s. That is no longer true. This is the worst SCOTUS ever.
"Dredd Scott" is no longer the most infamous SCOTUS decision in US history.
George Washington must be furious in his grave. 😡
@@jamiroquai888 G. Washington would first dismiss the concept of 45, if you described it to him, as impossible; a hypothetical and one that was already preempted. The Mango Suppository is _literally the example_ of a dangerous demagogue that the Electoral College was put in place to _prevent._
After that, after convincing him it was real, I think he'd start simultaneously looking to have the problem 'removed' by quiet means, raise all kinds of hell publicly to get the public to rally against him, _and_ start raising an _army_ to do it if all other means failed.
He would also _curse_ the Electoral College for being so bad at its job that if it hadn't existed, we wouldn't be in this problem.
At 63 years of age, I no longer trust the supreme court. As an American, I've seen acts that I thought I would never see happening in America. Imagine getting off work on January 6, 2021, turning on the TV and seeing people trying to over throw the government. The ruling today makes me very very nervous. I agree with you. I don't think the simple minded Dumpster supporters understand how today's decision has change America.😢
What's worse is that some of them, especially his people that he keeps close know exactly what it means.
I no longer even trust that the 'opinions' of the MAGA crowd as given on internet comment boards even come from actual people anymore, as it's been proven that there are companies and groups out there creating fake accounts to drive false narratives on anything and everything.
The vast majority of his followers only think their “team” has won. They have no idea the far reaching implications it will have on them, others, and future generations.
They are incredibly naive and ignorant. They don’t even realize that they have been brainwashed and manipulated to destroy themselves as well.
Because apparently, they didn’t get the memo that they aren’t really any part of the TEAM...just idiot pawns.
💙💙💙💙VOTE 2024! It’s NOT OVER YET.
58 year old here, feeling exactly the same way. Watching our country inching ever closer towards autocracy seems utterly surreal.
I don't think they will get it until he sets up his own church and bans all others.
“This is the end.
“Beautiful friend the end.
-- It was Years Ago the Trump said the Supreme Court would save him.
As I see it, Mitch McConnell was the downfall. May his name ever be dragged in the mud.
No, the seeds for this had been planted when the Founding Fathers chose representative democracy with an absolute minority in positions of power instead of direct democracy.. all thanks to Plato who didn't realize what actually ended Socrates and for what reason.
May he himself be dragged in the mud, for blocking Merrick Garland, ramming through Coney-Barrett, and thwarting the second impeachment of Trump.
Not just his name, and not just him!
@@agoogleuser4356 Why just the name
@@joansparky4439 Well, there was no America in Plato's time. So how could he have foreseen or dreamed of what we would have degraded ourselves into becoming?
I assume Biden is also immune to WHATEVER he decides to do after this ruling.
Absolutely. Go get 'em, Dark Brandon!
Yep
Unfortunately, if there is a trial against Biden, will go back to SC and we can believe they will NOT side with Biden.
Yes, he is. So he can send Trump to jail. And there will be no real consequences.
Ask the Republicans in the comments section. They're the experts
When the President took the oath, he said "I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." Right now, there are six Justices threatening that constitution. Any questions?
SCOTUS: _"The Constitution is OURS to interpret!"_
Seal teams, you will be receiving orders within the week. Your mission will be to rid the country of fascists in the government who are working against the constitution. Individual assignments are to be given in person at your gaining command.
I've sure thought that.
Trump, his fascist coconspirators, and his maga cultists are the greatest danger to our constitution since the civil war.
Biden needs to act and act aggressively
Yeah, how much are plane tickets to Mars? This place is fuckin cooked bro
@@neilpatrickhairless I can’t believe this is happening in 2024. I used to think the world be a very peaceful place by now not on the verge of every bad thing I can think of .
Biden should immediately expand the Supreme Court as an official act putting at least 4 more young voices for democracy on it.
Then the court should revisit every decision of the Roberts Court and undo the unconstitutional damage they have done, starting with Citizens United.
IF JB wins, sure - but there is only 4 months left until the election and the SC's session is over until September
We need a big majority of Democrats in the Senate to do that.
Why? Biden now has the authority and legal shielding to do something about that
The republicans will do everything they can to stop it.
Starting today.
As I see it, it makes it almost impossible to impeach a president, let alone actually convict and remove one.
The Insurrection didn't end on January 6th - it's ongoing...
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Correct, it _started_ on January 6th.
@@Stratelierit started out under Reagan and that shitty Heritage Foundation. It’s been a slow burn since.
@@johntousseau9380 "Nice" to see that America prioritizes its aging political infrastructure the same as its aging physical infrastructure: why even bother with expensive preventative maintenance when spending vastly more money to clean up _after_ disasters makes the best headlines and unites so many more people together?
I think Biden should sack a few SC judges now with his new powers.
Kind of like the using seal team 6 to assassinate your political rival. Could Biden do that to the conservative justices now with full immunity?
His new powers don't give him that authority. That would be a _legal_ act and these new powers only give him immunity for _illegal_ acts.
Plus, he already had that power back in 2021/2022 and chose not to use it. There's little reason to believe he'd change his mind now. Biden may look like a "leftist" in comparison to the fascist crap we're seeing from Trump and his sycophants, but he's actually a center-right conservative if you expand your comparison beyond America's current Overton window. Upsetting the status quo is really not his thing.
The federalist papers said "If men were angels, they would have no need for laws", and the supreme court rules "The president is an angel"
🤬 SCOTUS, figuratively, of course 😈👹🤡👺💩😈
This is yet another demonstration that elections matter. Don't let him back in office to appoint more Justices. Vote Biden. Vote Dem so that we will have the numbers to expand the courts. And join us in volunteering politically.
@@myrecreationalchannel7181 I'd rather not "vote blue no matter who" but until the majority of republicans aren't anti-American freaks I don't have a sensible choice.
The supreme Court which is packed with members of the Federalist Society?
What is an angel? I believed in magic once, but then I reached the age of 10 or 12 or so.
If the Supreme Court or a President doesn't have to follow the law or Constitution - does anyone else?
People wake up - we are literally witnessing Germany 1933 right now!
I do not want to see our Constitutional Rebublic die - andmy son did not die in service to his country - for this!!!
Germans actually tossed Hitler's arse into prison (albeit it was much like cheap motel room than a cell) for *his* Jan 6.
And keeping Trump out of office... well let's say that it just became a LOT more important.
It is, but I would not be all that surprised if he wins again, by hook or by crook........
And a lot easier too.
@@gumpyoldbugger6944by crook for sure.
I’m a Scot, 73 years old, and have never felt it’s my place to comment on American politics. However, after watching BBC documentary on the rise of the Nazis and the 80th anniversary of D Day I fell I have a voice if only to honour the sacrifices of so many of our Countrymen of so many nations. I don’t want to be alarmist but is this history repeating itself? If it is democracy will prevail but at what cost?
Those of us who read history have been making the parallel comparison since 2015, when iDJiT first started running his fascist mouth on the national stage. iDJiT using Hitler's talking points verified our assessment.
$COTU$ hasn't figured out yet that they just gave President Biden the tools to clean house as "official acts" to defend "against all enemies, both foreign and domestic".
I am a 58-year old American who went to high school in England and got my A-levels. One of my A-levels was in history, and the history special topic was about the rise of Hitler. We analyzed his strategies and propaganda, and how he used German democracy to get power. Knowing this history, and watching Trump, I have this bone-chilling sense of Deja Vu. The parallels are too close for comfort.
Feel free to criticize we suck. This is a disaster.
I keep telling people around me in Ky that it was just like nazi Germany and they think I’m taking it too serious… that it will never happen. Like no, you all are crazy. This is crazy.
65 year old Englishman here. The situation is dire if the SCOTUS decision isn't overturned. The criminal Trump and his legion of miscreants can only be stopped by a landslide victory for the democrats so that effective measures can be put in place to prevent the nightmare scenario being played out. The other option would be the immediate incarceration of Trump and all of those involved in his vile plans by Presidential order, which Biden is unlikely to do, even though the Supreme Court just gave him that option.
President Dark Brandon, please stand up, *please stand up*
At this point, I would very much enjoy Dark Brandon doing a funny
I feel sick. I just can't wrap my head around this. I knew the court majority would try to give Trump room to wriggle out of his criminal charges, but I never imagined they would go so far. God...
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President Biden needs to really consider what he can now do to upend SCOTUS. Nightmare 😵💫
Thanks Beau and crew 😊.
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@@brendasmart553👋💙💙😊
Welcome to the Banana Republic. 😢
There isn't anything biding can do about scotus. The only thing that can save us is keeping the Republicans out of the White House.
Well he's apparently immune now so he could really solve the problem permanently.
Imagine providing a CONVICTED felon with any type of legal IMMUNITY for the future.
Okay President Biden, you heard what they said. Do what you must to save the democracy, by any means necessary - just be sure to declare every action an "official act".
Next rally, he should come out and say, "Now, for my first official act..." and then every time he has a press conference. Add anything after that phrase.
If the president is above the law than he can in an official duty remove the supreme Court ruling and add more members with just a statement
@@paulcernava7091 He wouldn't need to expand the court, he could just pick and choose them at will. Kick some out, get some new ones in... They would have to do as they're told. They made him into a dictator today. Maybe we should embrace the Roman usage of that term, when a diktator was selected to handle the nation through a time of crisis, putting things like elections off as long as needed. This is what MAGA wants. Part of me would like to see it bite them in the ass, but, unlike them, I'm smart enough to know it would bite me too.
Supremes say it was needed so Presidents can make Bold and Decisive Action's
Grammer
@@robkno8816 Oh, you mean like the Emancipation Proclamation, dropping the bomb on Hiroshima, invading Grenada, Trail of Tears, etc etc. When have presidents been hobbled before and unable to take bold and decisive actions?????
American Civics is a disaster, I can only think about the Brits and Irish who are appalled to hear a Republican say that we live in a 'republic' not a democracy who are celebrating the creation of an American King.
I am Swedish. I am terrified for the US falling in Trumps hands again. The leader you choose over there will matter over here. The last time you guys elected Trump, you sort of gave an okay for the right wing monsters over here to start marching.
Please vote him out.
Have you heard of the electoral college? Ya it’s gonna be rough.
We did it once, and we can do it, again. Unfortunately, we also have to keep fighting all the people he inspired and empowered
What would you say if I told you that this goes way beyond Donald Trump? A brain dead screw up like Trump couldn't do this by himself. There are dozens of would be tyrants more strategic and more cunning than Trump. Beau is right. This is really bad.
I’m so sorry Sweden. A full half of the country wants nothing to do with Trump. I pray the vote goes our way in November, for our sake and for yours too🙁❤️🐝
I did not vote for the crazy criminal nor did many of my fellow citizens.
R.I.P. America. It's been a good 248 years.
My thoughts too.
Yep. We had a good run at it, then the "vote them out" crowd handed the keys to the fascists by refusing to mount any MEANINGFUL resistance.
Democracy was nice while it lasted. Shame US is slipping into fascism.
@@pcatfulSend S6 to remove the 6 on the co..urt see how they like it.
Yep
😢 I never thought I'd see this day. My father, who served this country in WWII, and loved this country, is turning over in his grave. I'm happy he didn’t live to see what has become of this country. Sad sad day for Americans. 😢
@@maxvayz2351 go away
@@maxvayz2351 My father served in WWII. He wasn't a fool and would not vote for crump. You are an **********. Reported for harassment.
I'm also glad my father, a WW II veteran didn't live to see this day. It would have broken his heart💔 kinda wishing I hadn't lived to see it either. So worried about my poor kids and grandkids 😢
@@maxvayz2351 🤡
Agree 💯! This is absolutely sickening. It has been all I can do to not hate people who voted for maga trump and republiCons. But this is the final nail in the coffin. Hoping Biden restructures the SCOTUS. immediately!
Alito, Thomas,Gorsuch,Roberts,Kavanaugh, and Coney Barret just hiked their robes and bent over for DJ6T. And he'll do each one of them.
How many of us feel that our nation is being pulled out from under us?
Is being? Already has been. Best I can tell you is hug and be around who you like or love while you can.
This is not new, tho. Just worse as time goes by.
@@neilpatrickhairless "is being" does not exclude "has been". It has been, is being, and will continue to be wrecked until we run out of tolerance.
I wasn't prepared to let go of US democracy just yet, but it seems your Supreme Court is.
Take your democracy back, Americans.
Good luck from Germany
Another German here who worries for US future and democracy overe here aa well.
Hey, you guys got a resurgence of original fascists to worry about. Keeping democracy across oceans!
Ich komme gleich. Bitte Platz machen. Ich kann nicht mehr hier leben. 😢
Wow you all must be getting flashbacks watching all of this play out huh? We helped stop the fascists only to try becoming them a few generations later...
@@RoseEyed Yes, seeing the (obvious) similarities and oftentimes tactics straight from Goebbel's playbook is mindnumbingly scary.
I was absolutely shocked by this decision. I am Canadian, but it made me feel sick to the stomach. Since President Biden now has added powers, I hope he can take action to counter this ruling.
I can't reconcile this second attempted coup any more. Resistance to any Trump government must be complete, even if the national economy tanks. I'm 75, and the forces of power hunger, greed and deceit must be resisted on all fronts.
In 2016 some people asked how bad or how much damage can Trump cost , fast forward to now a lot 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
Yep the democrats never should have ran hillary.
Donald's legacy is with the courts, by virtue of McConnell. Without which, this ruling might have swayed 5-4 against.
This is yet another demonstration that elections matter. Don't let him back in office to appoint more Justices. Vote Biden. Vote Dem so that we will have the numbers to expand the courts. And join us in volunteering politically.
I’ve been waiting for your take on this. And this is truly appalling.
Yo!
Was not ready to listen to this news from anyone else.
This is yet another demonstration that elections matter. Don't let him back in office to appoint more Justices. Vote Biden. Vote Dem so that we will have the numbers to expand the courts. And join us in volunteering politically.
As an American citizen, I am just NUMB. This is even worse then witnessing Jan. 6th, 2021. It's almost laughable that democracy has voted itself out of existence. The sheep have voted in favor of the slaughterhouse. Heaven Help the USA.
The power of the uneducated to be led down the merry path to their own destruction by the corrupt leader they have been conned into believing in is going to turn this country into a banana Republic.
When the only voice the sheep hear is that of the butcher, is it any wonder they so willingly follow?
Democracy only works when there is an informed, active electorate. When the majority are misinformed or apathetic, they lose their rights (and sometimes their lives) before they even notice that something has gone wrong. As a country we've grown fat and comfortable, so much so that we've forgotten that it can ALWAYS happen here. Before the Night of the Long Knives, a lot of people didn't take a certain Austrian painter seriously either.
It doesn't help that the current shepherd of the flock isn't the most confidence inspiring (or that the last few choices for shepherd have been so disappointing), but we've already been led up the ramp into the slaughterhouse and are being held down by the butcher. All it takes is enough sheep to keep believing the butcher and ignoring the shepherd and we won't even be able to scream as the blade falls...
Who again voted for this Supreme Court makeup? It was a single Senator from a single state, placed as the head of the Senate by his party who decided to not hold hearings to confirm a Supreme Court Justice nominee as the Constitution lays out. A relatively small group of people are responsible for this, not the citizenry, and arguably not even the majority of the citizenry of the country.
no, the sheep didn't get a say at all. With an absolute minority in power (the representatives) it was just a matter of time until the whole thing consolidates even further.. mostly Plato's fault for not realizing what really ended Socrates (hint: it was NOT the people, but a few benefactors of the status quo who wanted to hold onto it - naturally).
Almost as bad as 9/11
What a sad, sad day, even sadder than the day #45 was elected.
Just think, what Richard Nixon did in the Watergate scandal is no longer against the law.
I can't celebrate the 4th when the Constitution just died.
Lol
@@foldohack5687What is funny about this fact?
One of the brainwashed maga who doesn’t understand the ramifications the ruling, Frank.
They count on them. ;-(
@@foldohack5687 Do you realize that in a dictatorship you don't get to pick the dictator? No one cares who you wish the dictator could be, the dictator simply takes power. The SCOTUS just gave Biden immunity to do whatever he wants. Literally. Funny stuff, yeah.
I’m so goddamn tired, Beau.
I understand the weight of this decision, which is why I implore President Biden to use these newfound powers for the good of the country.
Do what needs to be done.
Im scared hes too good to do what is needed. Im not sure what that is but...
@@tamikacoleman830send the six on a temporary "official" Guantanamo trip. Let them out in a week. See how quickly they decide to not allow dictatorship.
Charles de Gaulle is someone to look into. Even King Juan Carlos (Infante Juan) of Spain is someone to look into(he took over after Franco's dictatorship).
At this point Biden would have nothing to lose and everything to gain
"With fear for our democracy, I dissent." -Justice Sotomayor
I've been on the road today so I listened to NPR. I clicked on Beau's video hoping that he'd tell me it wasn't as bad as it sounded like. As usual, Beau told the truth. It's worse.
"This is how liberty ends. With thunderous applause"
I know the source of the quote. It's from a movie but the MEANING HERE IS SCARY ON THE MONEY!
Although Trump is immune from prosection but "absolutely" NOT from the voters...
...Stay committed & VOTE Dark Brandon 2024 to save our democracy😎
It’s the only way, now.
@@festivus4405 🙏🙏🙏
It doesn't matter about Trump. The next conservative (or democrat for that matter) never has to leave office. Ever. The republic literally just ended today.
Yes, and.... all down ballot candidates so we can amend the US Constitution that would nullify this and tons of other authoritarian, SCOTUS crap we've been receiving... we have to vote out all of the Trumpy MAGA wacked out people.
The question is how long we can keep it up? Project 2025 doesn't go away even if we beat Trump this year... it just becomes project 2029, then project 2034, and so on into eternity unless someone does something permanent about the regressive movement.
Just get rid of those people in SCOTUS and Trump and declare it's official.
the phrase you are looking for is „Clear and Present Danger“
The appeals court did a good job of providing existentially-terrifying examples of "official acts", but I think they should have made it even more personal by naming examples with more specificity -- not just "a political rival" but "a senator who votes to override their veto," or "a judge who rules unfavorably to them".
This is yet another demonstration that elections matter. Don't let him back in office to appoint more Justices. Vote Biden. Vote Dem so that we will have the numbers to expand the courts. And join us in volunteering politically.
Biden won't have to declare anything, his immunity for "getting rid of those people" is now presumed..
..And who'll be left to argue the case that it wasn't?
And the entire republican party and their extended families. They have no clue what they've bit off.
And here I was thinking the doctrine of Rex non potest peccare (the King can do no wrong) ended when Charles 1 had his head lopped off in 1649
When level headed Beau reacts this shocked and dismayed, then you know it’s really fuckin bad.
Democracy has been on life support for a while. The Supreme Court just pulled the plug.
All sane people must vote to save Democracy from these fascists zealots ! VOTE !
This is yet another demonstration that elections matter. Don't let him back in office to appoint more Justices. Vote Biden. Vote Dem so that we will have the numbers to expand the courts. And join us in volunteering politically.
While you still can. Who knows how long that’ll last. 🤦🏽♀️😭
Until they cancel the vote counting like SCOTUS did in FL in BUSH v. Gore and declared Bush the winner. They will do the same with tRump. (BTW Gore actually WON the vote count after they officially stopped it!)
We can't vote out the supreme kingmakers
@@DisposableEgo
Biden has the authority with the Senate of increasing the number of justices.
We have 13 federal court districts. Can add four more justices to the Supreme Court.
I am scared. Really scared.
The Supreme Court just gave the US a king.
Me too.... the founding fathers would be horrified....
They're trying to and yeah I'm scared too but there is still an election and Trump will lose it. Demographic shifts mean he doesn't have the votes to win even before the 34 felony convictions. The problem is 2028 when the Republicans run somebody who is just as evil but better spoken
or Queen.
@@sammonicuslux even less likely to happen now.
This is yet another demonstration that elections matter. Don't let him back in office to appoint more Justices. Vote Biden. Vote Dem so that we will have the numbers to expand the courts. And join us in volunteering politically.
Sotomayor's dissent was an effing poem. She quoted Dobbs - DOBBS - at them to highlight that the precedent set by that ruling voids their logic here. Legend.
President Biden now has the power to dismiss all 6 of the judges that made this horrible decision.
Using Seal Team 6, even!
It has to pass both congress and the inferior court, three guesses on how that will go and the first two don't count.
@@mikejankowski6321 Are kangaroo not vermin? Can Biden declare open season on kangaroo in the US?
He has the power to do far worse. Remember that seal team six line? According to SCOTUS he'd have presumptive immunity if he happened to communicate with the military before a mysterious string of disappearances of certain officials and presidential candidates started occurring. And who's going to impeach him, they might also disappear. They wanted trump to have this power, but couldn't delay their decision that long.
No, he could have them seized, imprisoned, or killed, but this ruling grants no new powers. Presuming, of course, those orders were obeyed.
As a millenial (30 this year) Im tired of living thru once in a life time/historic/catastrophic firsts. On the bright side if/when I make it to the age of the presidential candidates those memoirs and autobiographies are going to be crazy. I'm thinking "What is it this time?: Growing up in the best of times before people 10 times my age made it the worst of times" as the title.
I turn 31 this month. It's just exhausting, and I can't escape the creeping nihilism. I was expecting the climate crisis to be the thing that will inevitably cause our society to collapse. Hundred-year floods have become a weekly occurrence, after all, while there are still people debating whether climate change is even real. Now? We may lose the country well before that. Sure, we can vote in Biden next year. But assuming that works, what about after that? Someone will get in there eventually and abuse this power. All of this is paving the way for Project 2025's implementation as it is.
I’ve been a hardcore Patriot my entire life, including serving the Army, but today America died. This destroys what the forefathers fought for.
This is yet another demonstration that elections matter. Don't let him back in office to appoint more Justices. Vote Biden. Vote Dem so that we will have the numbers to expand the courts. And join us in volunteering politically.
Your oath to defend the Constitution from enemies both foreign and domestic doesn't end when your service ends.
@@jefffarrow4517 VERY important point.
"... against all enemies, foreign and domestic."
@@MonkeyJedi99 It seems like nobody understands what the word "domestic" means, because domestic enemies go about their business of destroying the country with not a single oath taker trying to stop them.
And it died so easily.
Pearl Harbor. 911, ain't got nothing on this.
A president doesn't need to be bold and fearless when breaking the law. He should be held accountable.
The American Experiment. Born July 2nd, 1776 (check your history as to when the US Declaration was actually signed) Died: July 1st, 2024, aged 247 years, 364 days.......
too bad they followed Plato and his idea of reluctant philosophers in charge instead of doing the root cause analysis of what really ended Socrates.. because it wasn't direct democracy, it was a few benefactors who instigated the rest (with their powers) to hold onto the status quo that Socrates was a problem for. A fail from the start - it just takes a couple centuries for it to be realized.
What disgusts me the most about all of this is how the mainstream media tried to downplay how bad this is.
@@tofu_golem that’s because the media in general are shallow thinkers. They are t intellectuals.
As an official act I hope Biden takes care of Trump and his family as fast as possible.
Keep dreaming. Biden and the Dems will wring their hands and clutch their pearls but when we need them to act, they won't. They never have. They never will.
And some Supreme Court Justices while he’s at it
@@Barklikeadog61 Don't forget their loving wives.
He doesn't have the gonads, and even if he did he believes too firmly in holding himself to norms and standards that his opposition does not respect, as though it'll somehow shame them into decency.
That wont ever happen and is an extremely bad idea.
Mary Trump was right when she referred to her uncle as "The most dangerous man in the world" in the title of her first book.
Detrumpification Now & Forever 💯⚖️🇺🇸👊🔵🙏
Tell us how?
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@@alfredoramirez-uw5ubThe unsupreame court said no rules apply.
May they be the first to reap what they've sown. From my lips to God's ears.
@@mikemann1960 good luck at the ballot box. Democrats couldn’t stop him after all
Just shared this with the Simpson's "I'm in danger" meme. I'm in a gerrymandered blood red state, disabled and in deep poverty. What else can you do at this point but laugh. I hope yall are able to pull us back from all of this somehow. I'll fight back as long as I can.
These are dark, dark times for humanity, not just the U.S.
I echo you here from "darkest" Africa.
I did not spend 20 years of my life serving a king. I served so we would not have one.
Ok, it's totally up to the voters now. EVERYONE who believes in Democracy MUST vote!
Voting cannot fix this. Maybe temporarily at best.
The bottom line is your votes are no longer enough to stop a power grab.
Biden does not even need to elave now hes king, it no logner matters. He can stay if he wants and call it an offical act
This is yet another demonstration that elections matter. Don't let him back in office to appoint more Justices. Vote Biden. Vote Dem so that we will have the numbers to expand the courts. And join us in volunteering politically.
If the voters don't win it's going to come down to the Second Amendment
This……”decision” (read constitutional abomination) provides a “legal” basis for the violent rise of an American dictator.
This is one of the saddest - and most frighteningly UN-American - days in the history of this crumbling country.
As for “those celebrating….”
Celebrating???!!!!!
I’ve been searching for sources of unbiased reporting, yours helps. Thank you.
Says a lot about the times we live in that this is something one has to actively search for, doesn't it.
@@Coffeepanda294 Nothing that we didn't predict the moment Ronnie Raygun did away with the Fairness Doctrine and paved the way for Fox "News." This is exactly what they wanted.
How so? There are plenty of news outlets saying today's ruling is a bad thing.
@@OptimusWombatyeah, but even CNN bith sides THIS issue today🤦♀️
@@OptimusWombatmost of them are badly downplaying how bad it is. And I include CNN and MSNBC explicitly there. This and Chevron are back to back ruling that will go down in history next to Dredd Scott and Separate but Equal as historically bad decisions. Except these may well be worse because the outcomes are likely to be fatal to democracy.
Better yet, President Biden just needs to do an official act of getting rid of the justices that Trump appointed or just do an executive order to void out their nonsensical decision.
The debate changed nothing. It's a choice between democracy and a king. Your move American voters.
I think all of us posting would vote for a turnip over Trump.
In defence of kings; they generally have more grace and dignity than Trump. He's more like a tinpot dictator.
It's time to expand the court. Please Joe, just do it.
Congress and senate have to vote new justices in
@@traciescott4708 Just the Senate. The House has no say. Democrats ostensibly control the Senate still, as Sinema and Manchin still caucus on their side of the isle, but those two in particular have - even when they were still in the party - generally sided with Republicans when it comes to things like that. They're pretty staunchly conservative in every way other than social stigmatization (ie: they generally go along with things like gay rights, but they have zero interest in reigning in corporate overreach or - more relevant to this issue - changing how government functions).
That said, the idea of kings in America may well be enough to sway even a few of the more traditional Republican senators, so it's plausible that Sinema and Manchin may be willing to go for an expansion simply in response to this specific decision. There's a good chance, perhaps even likelihood it will end up overshadowing Dred Scott as the worst decision in SCOTUS history and most senators - even Republican senators - are aware enough to understand the potential future implications of essentially removing all checks and balances from the executive. They may like Trump, but Trump is an old man. He ain't going to be around forever. Biden has indicated he won't abuse his new powers but he is also an old man who won't be around forever. 2028 will likely see new candidates on both sides of the isle, and 2032 almost certainly will (if there's even still elections by that point). Nobody today - not myself, not you, not Beau and not SCOTUS - can predict who those candidates will be or what they might choose to do when given ultimate authority and a near-complete lack of accountability to reign in that authority.
It is a win for the current president to eliminate these clear and present dangers to our way of life, system of government and the U.S. Constitution… I wonder what is taking so long!?
Biden needs to use the Strategic air command to do it
Pop pop. Drop.
@@chandelier6811 most of them are at the supreme court building. Just sayin’.
Biden has morals and an old-school political mentality... he would probably never use this new ruling the way power mad individuals would
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As cynical and world-weary as I am, I never thought I'd live to see this day. I never thought they'd be foolish enough to actually do this.
Money talks
The whole political class of the Republican party has been gearing up for this since Trump got elected, it seems. They keep doubling down. Please vote. I don't think there's anything left that will save us from this.
We HAVE to Vote if we do not want to go the way of Hungary and Orban. Vote Blue, folks. 💙 We have to save ourselves.
The American People now have NO CONFIDENCE in Scotus.
As soon as I heard the decision was today, I waited for Beau.
Me too.
Me too.
Same.
Same.
I have to say, I'm looking forward to Jon on the Daily Show tonight, too
If Beau is worried, I am terrified. 😢
This court has destroyed the foundation the country was built on.
They work for the billionaires not the people. They should be in prison for taking bribes, instead they exercise unconstitutional dictatorial powers.
Actually.. the country was founded to be ruled by an absolute minority - that is what the representatives are.
Too bad the Founding Fathers fell for Plato's badly analyzed reasoning for why direct democracy could have been responsible for Socrates demise.. hint: it wasn't the people, it were the few beneficiaries of the status quo for which Socrates was a problem.
The courts are supposed to UPHOLD THE LAWS and apply the laws equally, and NOT TURN PRESIDENTS INTO KINGS.
Jefferson disliked the Judiciary the most. Power for life was a concern. He understood generational power. Baby Boomers too long in power have doomed the babies. If North and South colonies could get along to form a nation, why cannot left and right get along to preserve it? Because of one generation in power has failed. #BabyDoomerism is the culture they created by ideologues of zero sum gaming and a Commons destroying-as if by an invisible mind-"Me first" mentality.
SCOTUS' job isn't to uphold the law - that's for the lower courts. SCOTUS' job is to interpret the constitution. And with this decision, their interpretation seems to be "who needs that old rotting piece of shit?"
Biden now has the power to do the following:
1. Issue an exective order to have the DOJ challenge this ruling. With the standing of the following executive order.
2. Issue an executive order a Presidential Finding to 'liquidate" 6 members of the SCOTUS pending the results of the above DOJ challenge. If the DOJ loses the challenge, the order is executed, creating six vacancies.
3. Nominate 6 candidates for SCOTUS.
4. While the above works its way through the courts, draft a Constitutial Amendment with no ratification deadline that firmly places the rule of law onto all branches of government and the people who sit in office.
A few Constitutional Amendments, hail-mary though they are, are DEFINITELY necessary going forward.
- Nullify the "lifetime appointment" ruling and establish stricter standards for maintaining a judge's tenure. Maybe even lower the threshold for judicial impeachments slightly (3 of 5?).
- Attach a firm time limit to judicial appointments: we're in this mess in no small part because McConnell refused to _do his damn job_ when Obama named two SCOTUS nominees in 2016. Those nominations were Obama's to fill, not Donald's.
But that's what we had/have with the Constitution until these magats in robes got ahold of it. Seems like we need more specification of the limits of each branch, especially SCOTUS; codified ethical standards/background checks across the board for these positions as we have for other federal employees; A statute specifically stating that no one is above the law; new stronger conflict of interest, gifts, investment, etc, policies; specified process for violations and consequences.
It is pretty ironic that these legal nimrods just mad Biden effectively a king. 🤔
Unfortunately he won't do it😢
I think the Repubs are relying that Biden won't do that. And that if trump wins he absolutely will.
@ OP: 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 allll of this
Impeach Roberts. Delegitimize this court.
Impeachment (on a federal level) was always DOA, but I think the message NEEDS to be sent regardless.
If we can get enough of the traitors out, impeachment might be a possibility. Either that or expand laws governing ethics/conduct for other branches/federal employees to them.
Such hypocrites. Nothing in the Constitution says anything about anyone, let alone the president being above the law.
@@erinmac4750 And drumpf isn't the president. Nor was that POS loser on Jan. 6.
@@Stratelier Thus far, yes. It always has been and likely would be here too, but it's about the only mechanism available to counter this because the decision has already been made. Unless they pack the court up to fifteen before Il Duce Arancione can appeal again on individual counts about definitions of official acts whereby they could overturn this one. Given the drawn out procedure of appointments to the SCotUS though that's even more unlikely, especially given the reluctance to even float the idea of increasing the number of justices to offset the absurdly unbalanced conservative majority.
@@jarethgriethe4439 Only for those who foolishly cling to our institutions as if they mean anything
My heart breaks for everyone in this country. But, most of all, my heart breaks for our military veterans, some of whom fought and died for our Constitution and the rights it has afforded us.
Today, six rogue judges on our Supreme Court have shat all over our Constitution, and have marched us closer to the end of our Republic.
God have mercy on us all.
The Magna Carta was issued in June 1215 and was the first document to put into writing the principle that the king and his government was not above the law. SCOTUS just blew up that core principle the US was founded upon. Truly a dire sign of where this nation is heading.