that would be horrible. to give trump(or any singular president) the chance to personally choose more than half the court should be against the law.
CrisEXE__ on
This would be absolutely terrible news. Trump would get to fill 2 more Supreme Court positions with super right wing conservative that will hold just ruin the country worse then they already have.
Newsweek_CarloV on
From the article:
President Donald Trump hopes U.S. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito remain on the bench, he said on Monday in an interview.
Politico’s Dasha Burns mentioned that Thomas is 77 and Alito 75 before asking: “Do you want one more [justice] on there?”
“Uh, well, I hope they stay ’cause I think they’re fantastic, OK? Both of those men are fantastic,” Trump answered.
You know that expression, “It could always be worse”……. Yup, this scenario would be the ‘worse’ part. The Mango Mussolini being able to solidify two young MAGAt justices would be one of the final nails in the Nation’s coffin.
travio on
The court is already fucked. Reform is necessary to fix it. That won’t happen in the current climate, though climates do change.
Congress could do some reform without a constitutional amendment, though they could just as easily undo those reforms.
I like the idea of 18 year Supreme Court term limits. The constitution states judges are lifetime appointments, but it doesn’t say which federal court.
After 18 years in the big chair, they are shuttled off to one of the circuit courts and the current president can nominate a new Supreme Court justice.
elderpufflaurien on
Its a part of the plan and has been since they published project 2025
cvanhim on
This is why Dems absolutely need to win the Senate in 2026
themengsk1761 on
This is exactly what we were trying to prevent in November. Instead, a corrupt pedophile gets to stack the court with his creatures for an entire generation.
Kuhrazy on
This is why getting the Senate is so important you could indefinitely block the appointment till the next president.
sportsDude on
We live in the worst timeline
SinglecoilsFTW on
this will require democrats forcefully endorsing court reform and packing if it happens
geekstone on
Unfortunately going to happen since it makes sense because the Republicans could be wiped out in the midterms.
Kind_Relative812 on
People on all sides need to wake up that this isn’t just today or tomorrow or next year or even 10 years, this country is fucked for longer than a lot of us will be alive.
Various_Start6251 on
Given possibility of Repubs losing Senate in Nov, they need to retire soon. Recall how Dems dragged out Kavanaugh hearing. You know they’ll do that with next nominees. No way Alito and Thomas will retire before end of this session.
m0ezart on
Doing what RBG should have done
MinimumApricot365 on
We knew this was coming. Its in P2025
r3ckless- on
A lot of people say how when democrat’s get back in to office they should expand the SC to fix it, and make it sound easy to do. But is it? Because if it is, why isn’t Trump doing it?
He has the house and the senate right now, and can pass any bill he wants, so why isn’t he? It would be a no brainer for them to do so. Expand it, and then stick in really young super MAGA judges. The SC would be MAGA for potentially the next 80 years then.
wynnduffyisking on
As much as i hate these two clowns this would be absolutely disastrous. Trump would put some even crazier (and younger) right wingers on there.
Come on, dickbags! Hang on 3 more years!
Reviews-From-Me on
They probably will, and Trump will officially have 5 appointees to fuck up the court for the next 40 years.
As far as I’m concerned, every Republican can be deported.
Titan3692 on
Imagine. Replacing these dinosaurs with 2 30-something magats would make presidential elections irrelevant for the next 30 years.
FrozenUnicornPoop on
So now these old fucks start wanting to retire alive?!
Minute-Plantain on
Senate must approve. It could get another centrist which would be a major improvement over Alito.
Problem is you have Senators like Susan Collins who is worse than worthless. And Fetterman who is turning out to be a right asswipe. Both of them will likely rubberstamp another flunkie.
TheSaltLives on
We can’t seat new judges so close to an election. We should let the American voters decide. Something, something rules for thee not for me?
egoVirus on
Impeach Thomas
Impeach Kavanaugh
Jse034 on
They would have to be confirmed and I’m not sure Trump has that much pull anymore
Nervous_Otter69 on
Great. Trump will have personally installed a 5 seat majority, all 60 or under. Fml
Truck_Stop_Sushi on
Well, if Dems win the senate, they could just sit on the confirmations until Trump is out of office. I mean, we can’t have a lame duck president nominating justices.
VictoryComfortable92 on
Are these 2 now worried about their choices?
tmagnum000 on
If dems took the senate in the midterms they could pull a Mitch McConnell. It’s highly unlikely but not a zero chance.
scrubjays on
Can you imagine the total shitheel douchebags they have lined up to take those seats? People who would make Joffrey Lannister “Baratheon” seem rational. Jurists who can look at the current court and say “We really need more right leaning thinkers up there.” Candidates who think Stephen Miller is too empathetic.
ithacaster on
“Welcome to the supreme court judge Cannon. Can I buy you a beer?” – Justice Kavanaugh probably
Cassiyus on
I know this sounds awful (truly it could be) but the remedy here isn’t hoping that a Democrats gets to fill these seats instead. Packing the court and expanding it greatly is pretty much the only answer.
DownByTheRivr on
Thanks RBG! Is there anyone else in history who’s made more of a positive impact on society and then absolutely ruined it at the end of their lives?
YesterShill on
If Democrats hold the Senate and hold hearings for any Supreme Court nominees under Trump, the entire party should just disband.
DevilYouKnow on
They’ll do it at the last possible moment before the Democrats take the Senate back.
It’s just another way they game the system.
Darrkman2 on
Just a reminder that the far left was saying that using the Supreme Court as a reason to vote for Hillary wasn’t important and that sending a message was what really matters.
plasterboi99 on
It will be nice for Clarence when he doesn’t have to hide the bribes.
Vesvictus on
He’s worried no one else will be as corrupted as they are.
ElevatorLeft6634 on
Aileen Cannon is celebrating. We are more screwed, hard to believe it can get worse.
DreamDrop0ffical on
When Dems come back into the equation. Pack the courts via nuclear option and pass a law preventing anymore packing. Problem solved.
No_Bake6374 on
Dude if he gets two more, the first person to promise they’ll expand and pack the court gets my vote. I don’t give a shit anymore. I’m not doing this “we have to wait for thirty years for these partisans to die” bullshit anymore. This shit needs to be directly targeted and removed as part of the legal record, so much of this courts landmark decisions are contractory to the precedent that I believe it constitutes both negligence and incompetence, but also perjury for those that voted against upholding Roe vs Wade. They all said they’d do something they decidedly didn’t do, under oath.
watermelonspanker on
Well, in order for the country to actually stop marching toward fascism, we need actual real and effective judicial reform.
It really doesn’t matter who retires when, it has been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that the Judicial Branch, and specifically the SCOTUS, is neither an effective check to Executive power nor is it able to “self regulate”
GluggGlugg on
I don’t think anybody could be worse than Thomas and Alito. The three Trump picks are actually less hardline than they are.
At any rate, SCOTUS is completely corrupted. The only solution for Democrats is to pack, pack, pack. The Republican justices have shown that precedent means nothing, so I don’t want to hear any complaining when their terrible decisions are quickly reversed.
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that would be horrible. to give trump(or any singular president) the chance to personally choose more than half the court should be against the law.
This would be absolutely terrible news. Trump would get to fill 2 more Supreme Court positions with super right wing conservative that will hold just ruin the country worse then they already have.
From the article:
President Donald Trump hopes U.S. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito remain on the bench, he said on Monday in an interview.
Politico’s Dasha Burns mentioned that Thomas is 77 and Alito 75 before asking: “Do you want one more [justice] on there?”
“Uh, well, I hope they stay ’cause I think they’re fantastic, OK? Both of those men are fantastic,” Trump answered.
Read more: [https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-responds-to-clarence-thomas-samuel-alito-retirement-rumors-11183100?utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=reddit_influencers](https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-responds-to-clarence-thomas-samuel-alito-retirement-rumors-11183100?utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=reddit_influencers)
You know that expression, “It could always be worse”……. Yup, this scenario would be the ‘worse’ part. The Mango Mussolini being able to solidify two young MAGAt justices would be one of the final nails in the Nation’s coffin.
The court is already fucked. Reform is necessary to fix it. That won’t happen in the current climate, though climates do change.
Congress could do some reform without a constitutional amendment, though they could just as easily undo those reforms.
I like the idea of 18 year Supreme Court term limits. The constitution states judges are lifetime appointments, but it doesn’t say which federal court.
After 18 years in the big chair, they are shuttled off to one of the circuit courts and the current president can nominate a new Supreme Court justice.
Its a part of the plan and has been since they published project 2025
This is why Dems absolutely need to win the Senate in 2026
This is exactly what we were trying to prevent in November. Instead, a corrupt pedophile gets to stack the court with his creatures for an entire generation.
This is why getting the Senate is so important you could indefinitely block the appointment till the next president.
We live in the worst timeline
this will require democrats forcefully endorsing court reform and packing if it happens
Unfortunately going to happen since it makes sense because the Republicans could be wiped out in the midterms.
People on all sides need to wake up that this isn’t just today or tomorrow or next year or even 10 years, this country is fucked for longer than a lot of us will be alive.
Given possibility of Repubs losing Senate in Nov, they need to retire soon. Recall how Dems dragged out Kavanaugh hearing. You know they’ll do that with next nominees. No way Alito and Thomas will retire before end of this session.
Doing what RBG should have done
We knew this was coming. Its in P2025
A lot of people say how when democrat’s get back in to office they should expand the SC to fix it, and make it sound easy to do. But is it? Because if it is, why isn’t Trump doing it?
He has the house and the senate right now, and can pass any bill he wants, so why isn’t he? It would be a no brainer for them to do so. Expand it, and then stick in really young super MAGA judges. The SC would be MAGA for potentially the next 80 years then.
As much as i hate these two clowns this would be absolutely disastrous. Trump would put some even crazier (and younger) right wingers on there.
Come on, dickbags! Hang on 3 more years!
They probably will, and Trump will officially have 5 appointees to fuck up the court for the next 40 years.
As far as I’m concerned, every Republican can be deported.
Imagine. Replacing these dinosaurs with 2 30-something magats would make presidential elections irrelevant for the next 30 years.
So now these old fucks start wanting to retire alive?!
Senate must approve. It could get another centrist which would be a major improvement over Alito.
Problem is you have Senators like Susan Collins who is worse than worthless. And Fetterman who is turning out to be a right asswipe. Both of them will likely rubberstamp another flunkie.
We can’t seat new judges so close to an election. We should let the American voters decide. Something, something rules for thee not for me?
Impeach Thomas
Impeach Kavanaugh
They would have to be confirmed and I’m not sure Trump has that much pull anymore
Great. Trump will have personally installed a 5 seat majority, all 60 or under. Fml
Well, if Dems win the senate, they could just sit on the confirmations until Trump is out of office. I mean, we can’t have a lame duck president nominating justices.
Are these 2 now worried about their choices?
If dems took the senate in the midterms they could pull a Mitch McConnell. It’s highly unlikely but not a zero chance.
Can you imagine the total shitheel douchebags they have lined up to take those seats? People who would make Joffrey Lannister “Baratheon” seem rational. Jurists who can look at the current court and say “We really need more right leaning thinkers up there.” Candidates who think Stephen Miller is too empathetic.
“Welcome to the supreme court judge Cannon. Can I buy you a beer?” – Justice Kavanaugh probably
I know this sounds awful (truly it could be) but the remedy here isn’t hoping that a Democrats gets to fill these seats instead. Packing the court and expanding it greatly is pretty much the only answer.
Thanks RBG! Is there anyone else in history who’s made more of a positive impact on society and then absolutely ruined it at the end of their lives?
If Democrats hold the Senate and hold hearings for any Supreme Court nominees under Trump, the entire party should just disband.
They’ll do it at the last possible moment before the Democrats take the Senate back.
It’s just another way they game the system.
Just a reminder that the far left was saying that using the Supreme Court as a reason to vote for Hillary wasn’t important and that sending a message was what really matters.
It will be nice for Clarence when he doesn’t have to hide the bribes.
He’s worried no one else will be as corrupted as they are.
Aileen Cannon is celebrating. We are more screwed, hard to believe it can get worse.
When Dems come back into the equation. Pack the courts via nuclear option and pass a law preventing anymore packing. Problem solved.
Dude if he gets two more, the first person to promise they’ll expand and pack the court gets my vote. I don’t give a shit anymore. I’m not doing this “we have to wait for thirty years for these partisans to die” bullshit anymore. This shit needs to be directly targeted and removed as part of the legal record, so much of this courts landmark decisions are contractory to the precedent that I believe it constitutes both negligence and incompetence, but also perjury for those that voted against upholding Roe vs Wade. They all said they’d do something they decidedly didn’t do, under oath.
Well, in order for the country to actually stop marching toward fascism, we need actual real and effective judicial reform.
It really doesn’t matter who retires when, it has been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that the Judicial Branch, and specifically the SCOTUS, is neither an effective check to Executive power nor is it able to “self regulate”
I don’t think anybody could be worse than Thomas and Alito. The three Trump picks are actually less hardline than they are.
At any rate, SCOTUS is completely corrupted. The only solution for Democrats is to pack, pack, pack. The Republican justices have shown that precedent means nothing, so I don’t want to hear any complaining when their terrible decisions are quickly reversed.
Im sick AF this country deserves better.