Comment on Opinion | Jamie Raskin: How to Force Justices Alito and Thomas to Recuse Themselves in the Jan. 6 Cases

Tinidril@midwest.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• silence7@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The key problem is that it requires the support of the other seven justices, four of whom are Republicans.

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  • Zachariah@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I read a while ago of two strategies to combat this:

    1. Swap the justices to other life-long positions in different federal courts, and swap in other life-long federal judges
    2. Grow the Supreme Court

    If I recall correctly, these were explained as plans that the President has the power to do without needing legislative approval.

    I never looked into whether these claims were accurate.

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    • silence7@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      #2 can actually work, but it requires the Senate to go along with it. There hasn’t been a majority in favor of it to date.

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• Bernie_Sandals@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  While I agree they go way too easy on Republicans, this was literally authored by a prominent Democrat, it’s way more likely for them to actually do this than a lot of the average stuff the news says they should.

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  • Tinidril@midwest.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Jamie Raskin is a prominent Democrat in the same way AOC is a prominent Democrat - not because of his influence over the party, but because he stands out for having a backbone and some integrity. He is sadly not representative of the party as a whole.

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