• Fedizen@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    they could and should pack the court but I suspect until there is a firmer majority in the senate there will be a couple democrats that will happily accept republican donor money to stop it.

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      7 months ago

      They should not, because when Republicans win in the future–and they will–Republicans will do the same thing.

      OTOH, if they take the house and retain the senate, I think that impeaching Thomas is perfectly reasonable, and you could make a pretty solid claim for impeaching Kavanaugh for lying as well.

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        7 months ago

        Impeaching thomas takes a far larger majority and, guess what republicans already run the supreme court so if they pack it later we just end up back in the current situation. It only requires a simple majority in the senate to pack the court.