Not particularly true. If Biden got two terms then it'd be 7-6 within 8 years and that's not counting Thomas dying or something.
And I've seen no one at all that thinks we can retroactively hit sitting justices with term limits.
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And I've seen no one at all that thinks we can retroactively hit sitting justices with term limits.
We have the longest Democratic Senator drought in the nation; the last time Kansas elected one was in 1932. If this was the final result for the election it would be absolutely disastrous for the GOP.
This would mean Thomas (Bush) being forced out at Biden's year 1, and Breyer (Clinton) being forced out at year 3, and since Breyer is already 82 he'd likely be replaced during Biden's term anyway. Next Pres would replace two R's, and next Pres after that replace two D's, unless someone dies/retires early. So that would effectively make the court 5-4.
Unless Kamala is Pres in 2024, and she gets to replace the two R's?
Good luck forcing term limits retroactively. I can't see that passing through the courts.
Yeah if it's not addressing our current fuckery then it isn't enough
Attica Scott, the only black woman in the Kentucky legislature and a great rep, was arrested and charged with rioting last night, all for being part of a protest after curfew. Fucking disgusting.
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Rep. Attica Scott, 23 others charged with rioting, unlawful assembly in Louisville
Protests resumed in downtown Louisville on Thursday as many of the 127 protesters arrested the night before were released from jail.
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The best way would be to expand the court first in a separate law, then pass term limits/the "senior status" bill once you have the new justices installed who you know are votes to hold "senior status" Constitutional.
She's better off - no sane, thinking person would want to receive an award from this administration anyhow.
How would a justice ever reach 18 years once all of the current judges are cycled out? If a president is appointing someone every 2 years each term, a justice at most would have an "active" role of what, 12 years or so? I guess that's the point? Or does a president only get to appoint in year 1 and 3, but none if re-elected to a second term. Although, what if they serve non-consecutive terms?
It's not a terrible plan I guess and it does seem to recognize the importance of institutional knowledge.
It's not a terrible plan I guess and it does seem to recognize the importance of institutional knowledge.
Term limits period aren't allowed by legislation. It would require a constitutional amendment.
With the last of Jones, no. North Carolina gets you to 50.
yeah that is a huge swing and if states like kansas are swinging this way this shit is going to a landslide for democrats nationwide.
Handful of polls banging Arizona back into tossup territory this week, but still healthy lead for Kelly.
Is it bad that I feel like we should just let them get their justice in, then hopefully it drives more turnout towards the dems and we can win the senate back (hopefully)? I feel like it's an easier fight to say how much trump sucks and how covid isn't being taken care of than them trying to fight about a justice.
If we can win it all back then hopefully dems will just expand the court.
If we can win it all back then hopefully dems will just expand the court.
i think they could fight hard, but they have the votes to do it either way. its still pissing off a lot of people.
Attica Scott, the only black woman in the Kentucky legislature and a great rep, was arrested and charged with rioting last night, all for being part of a protest after curfew. Fucking disgusting.
Rep. Attica Scott, 23 others charged with rioting, unlawful assembly in Louisville
Protests resumed in downtown Louisville on Thursday as many of the 127 protesters arrested the night before were released from jail.
The cops are frightened and making stupid mistakes. If you're trying to tamp-down her legislation, you don't go full V for Vendetta and make her into a symbol of your own lawlessness.
They're hardening protesters resolve, not dispiriting them with this kind of heavy-handed bullshit
I thought we have some of the SC justices on the record, including Roberts, for term limits on the SC judges.
And I thought the work around on the good behavior clause was to cycle term limited SC justices back to the lower courts. The constitution references in the above mentioned clause can be construed as any federal judgeship. So moving them to another federal court stays within the constitution
Forgot about Jones, fuck.
Gonna need a (relative) surprise out of those red-purple states.
Not sure I believe this Kansas poll or that it's really representative. I'd Trump is only +6 in Kansas, a state he won by about +20 in 2016, then I think he'd have much lower than the 42-46% approval rating that he's had. If Kansas is not a home run +15 for Trump, which is like his most dedicated base, then I think it'd show the bottom has fallen out on his support and he'd plummet below 40% approval.
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The Trump Administration is pledging to borrow almost $7b in potential future savings from a program that does not yet exist to send $200 prescription drug discount cards to some Medicare beneficiaries "in the coming weeks."
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The President is STEALING SEVEN BILLION DOLLARS from the Treasury to buy votes for his re-election. This is perhaps the single most corrupt act in American history; its more money than both parties will likely spend in all campaigns, combined. Scale of it is incredible.
The Trump Administration is pledging to borrow almost $7b in potential future savings from a program that does not yet exist to send $200 prescription drug discount cards to some Medicare beneficiaries "in the coming weeks."
Simon Rosenberg @SimonWDC
The President is STEALING SEVEN BILLION DOLLARS from the Treasury to buy votes for his re-election. This is perhaps the single most corrupt act in American history; its more money than both parties will likely spend in all campaigns, combined. Scale of it is incredible.
Trump promises seniors $200 prescription drug gift certificates, but questions abound
Trump pledged to send $200 prescription drug coupons to 33 million Medicare beneficiaries “in the coming weeks,” a nakedly political ploy to curry favor with seniors.
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More importantly, it positions Bollier well to win the Senate race - I have a very hard time picturing a substantial number of Biden/Republican-downticket voters this go-round, especially in Kansas where one of Bollier's specific appeals is she was elected as a Republican in 2018 and then left the party.
There's probably a ceiling on House gains but I would love it if we saw 250+ in the House.
I'm guessing 240 which would still be a gain.
Arizona has a high Latino population which makes it difficult to poll, Nevada has a similar problem.
Yeah I was just looking at that. Lot of weird state polling recently.
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The Trump Administration is pledging to borrow almost $7b in potential future savings from a program that does not yet exist to send $200 prescription drug discount cards to some Medicare beneficiaries "in the coming weeks."
Simon Rosenberg @SimonWDC
The President is STEALING SEVEN BILLION DOLLARS from the Treasury to buy votes for his re-election. This is perhaps the single most corrupt act in American history; its more money than both parties will likely spend in all campaigns, combined. Scale of it is incredible.Trump promises seniors $200 prescription drug gift certificates, but questions abound
Trump pledged to send $200 prescription drug coupons to 33 million Medicare beneficiaries “in the coming weeks,” a nakedly political ploy to curry favor with seniors.
The orange desperately wants to buy votes by sending checks and cards with his name on them.
A modest lead in Kansas falls in line with Trump only leading whites overall about 6 or so and the education demos of Kansas being pretty decent
Ill also once again say anyone who was happy Kobach did not win the primary needs to go stick their head in the fucking toilet and flush several times
Ill also once again say anyone who was happy Kobach did not win the primary needs to go stick their head in the fucking toilet and flush several times
I hope so. The goal seems so far away, given we'd have to pass laws over the opposition of a 61-37 GOP-controlled state house and a 29-9(!) GOP-controlled state senate. I have to work not to get dispirited about everything. But the protests do raise my morale. And, as you say, it couldn't be clearer what the system is or what we're up against.
So last week it was "oh shit, Arizona is looking great but those PA polls look scary."
Now it's "oh shit, those PA polls are looking great again but Arizona is now looking scary close."
Should we even concern ourselves with polls that swing so wildly in such a short time? Seems ridiculous that any state can swing nearly 10 points in a week or two.
Now it's "oh shit, those PA polls are looking great again but Arizona is now looking scary close."
Should we even concern ourselves with polls that swing so wildly in such a short time? Seems ridiculous that any state can swing nearly 10 points in a week or two.
throw them on the pile and only look at aggregators reacting to single polls doesnt really mean much. the aggregate means more.
I'm feeling pretty good today heading into the weekend. It took a week for me, especially after RBG's death, but yesterdays polls and my NOT panicking about stacked Electors has helped a lot. SCOTUS still hurts, but I'm feeling decently OK for today. I hope it lasts the whole weekend and something vehemently horribly doesn't come out.
I feel way better than 2016. I'll tell you that. I think we will be able to move forward this decade.
I'll just leave this here:
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I bet they never see the real reason they were discarded.
I think I might have just gotten polled by PPP in Texas. It was a text invitation to fill out a form. Looks like the underlying form was powered by SurveyMonkey, so not sure if that counts as a PPP poll or a SurveyMonkey one. It only asked about presidential approvals and voting intention. Nothing on the Senate.
I mean tbh they will still use this to fit their narrative. If they do narrowly lose PA they can now point at this and say see it is because of mail in ballots that we lost.
It's the latter I think.
And if you had to describe a voter that you were confident was in Trump's corner, you pick a white guy in his late 50s with no college degree. I can't find the data right now, but I'm pretty sure you can add divorced. If someone fits that whole description, they're probably as much of a pro-Nixon/pro-Trump culture warrior as you can get.
Florida has now removed all capacity restrictions on bars and restaurants. Combined with no mask mandate, I'm sure this will work out great.
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DeSantis lifts statewide restrictions on bars and restaurants as Florida moves to phase 3
The governor said local governments will have to justify any restrictions on capacity.
Looking at some other recent headlines:
Florida passes 14,000 coronavirus deaths mark Friday
The state also recorded 2,847 coronavirus cases.
Party on: Gov. DeSantis says colleges should ease up, as cases mount
A roundup of Florida education news from around the state.
Florida coronavirus cases tick up in September, stalling progress
And the number of COVID-19 hospital patients is no longer dropping.
Florida adds 2,541 coronavirus cases and 179 deaths Thursday
The state has recorded just under 14,000 coronavirus deaths since March.
Please show them this story and report back to what they say
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