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Biden calls for supreme court reforms including 18-year justice term limits
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 29 Jul 2024
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He had 4 years, two of which we had the numbers...
It's just a lot of Dems didn't want to get rid of the fillibuster.
Having a D by your name isn't enough, we need to elect Dems to those seats who are actually willing to fight.
Term limits on SCJ would take a constitutional amendment, so no we haven't had the numbers.
We didn't have the numbers. The Senate was 50 Republicans, 48 Democrats, 2 Independents. 2 of the Democrats (Manchin and Sinema) flipped to I.
So 50-46-4. And Manchin and Sinema refused to touch the filibuster.
Not saying there wouldn't be more, but at least two Democrats are Republicans who ran under D and sabotaged several democratic agendas.
It would have been great to have the Democrats tow the party line and pass more meaningful legislation, but corrupt politicians gotta corrupt.
So did Joe and the DNC fall for it?
Or were they lying when they said 50 was enough for the party platform?
Hell, four years ago Joe was saying he could get Republican senators to vote for the Dem platform
Dont tell me. Go tell the DNC who defends them, but hangs progressives out to dry and even supports their challengers.
He'd have to be a stronger leader to pull that off. But you're right, it starts at the bottom. Elect progressives to local positions, and that becomes the foundation of the party. It's precisely what conservatives have I been doing for 50 years.
If Biden were a strong leader, he could challenge his party and his followers to do the hard things. He could make a persuasive argument, rally the masses, and convince people that it is in their best interest to do what he wants to do. A strong leader would do the right thing, even if they might lose.
It's much easier to motivate your followers if they are all narcissistic bigots, of course.
I don't expect him to win every fight. I'm really fucking tired of hearing about how we can't be fighting battles because we'll lose. The point is to engage in the debate. You're not going to convince your enemy, but you can drain their public support and bolster your own. So many progressive oolicies have languished in the Democrat doldrums of "We don't have a super-majority so we're not even going to try" for decades.
I'm not mad at him for that. I'm mad at him for not pushing on climate change, or income inequality, or corporate real estate monopolies, or any number of other issues on which Biden and the Democrats have been slow walking half measure platitudes.
Because that's not the entire list of available options. It's not like the resolute desk has a box with two buttons, one labeled "Constitutional amendment to overhaul the SCOTUS," and the other is "sit on your own thumb and spin for three years." There have been many opportunities for Biden to step up and lead, and he hasn't, because he ain't that guy. He's not a leader. He was in the good chair at the right time, so the DNC decided he was the guy they wanted to take on Trump. I'm happy Trump lost to Biden, and I desperately want Harris to win. But neither of them are progressive enough to save the world or America from the looming catastrophes.
It's about judicial reform. There are a lot of options besides term limits.