On the SC, I think they have been one of the larger frauds of the last 4 years. Every confirmation hearing filled with so much disruption and drama - as though we were supposed to believe that so much pivoted upon the outcome. So with an unprecedented 3 placements under Trump (Gorsuch, Kav, ACB ) it still failed spectacularly. What more could have been done to get a court that was functioning? I take a dim view on people so incompetent that no matter what easy-mode task they are given, they still are an utter failure.. no one else has infinite leeway to be a bum at huge cost to the nation, and they shouldn't either.
So what can be done, can it be repaired or reformed or does it need to be thrown away? At a minimum I think it needs a clean sweep, firing each and every one of the justices. Its pretty clear that the supposed rigour of confirmations are a farce, with open liars accepted like Christine Blasey Ford, and leftist sit-ins and disruptions in the buildings and hearings being tolerated. If as an institution its going to be kept around, there has to be an investigation of would-be justices at the level done against Trump himself - full finances, all comms and records, travel movements, emails, phone records, socials etc going back decades. How many criminals and pedos do they know on a first name basis etc. A lot easier to blackmail and control the SC than any other governmental branch given the fewer people who constitute it. Though to be fair we watched an entire presidential election get stolen too with consequences also lacking (though not for much longer!) A compromised SC is small fry next to that.
Term limits, health mandates (no more ginsburgs etc) are probably nice to haves as well... if you are too ill to move or think, how can you make coherent valid rulings? And constant NSA-grade monitoring of comms and activities while a justice is serving.
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On the SC, I think they have been one of the larger frauds of the last 4 years. Every confirmation hearing filled with so much disruption and drama - as though we were supposed to believe that so much pivoted upon the outcome. So with an unprecedented 3 placements under Trump (Gorsuch, Kav, ACB ) it still failed spectacularly. What more could have been done to get a court that was functioning? I take a dim view on people so incompetent that no matter what easy-mode task they are given, they still are an utter failure.. no one else has infinite leeway to be a bum at huge cost to the nation, and they shouldn't either.
So what can be done, can it be repaired or reformed or does it need to be thrown away? At a minimum I think it needs a clean sweep, firing each and every one of the justices. Its pretty clear that the supposed rigour of confirmations are a farce, with open liars accepted like Christine Blasey Ford, and leftist sit-ins and disruptions in the buildings and hearings being tolerated. If as an institution its going to be kept around, there has to be an investigation of would-be justices at the level done against Trump himself - full finances, all comms and records, travel movements, emails, phone records, socials etc going back decades. How many criminals and pedos do they know on a first name basis etc. A lot easier to blackmail and control the SC than any other governmental branch given the fewer people who constitute it. Though to be fair we watched an entire presidential election get stolen too with consequences also lacking (though not for much longer!) A compromised SC is small fry next to that.
Term limits, health mandates (no more ginsburgs etc) are probably nice to haves as well... if you are too ill to move or think, how can you make coherent valid rulings? And constant NSA-grade monitoring of comms and activities while a justice is serving.