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

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• Tinidril@midwest.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This sounds like exactly the sort of thing that the Democrats are too spineless to ever do.

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  • silence7@slrpnk.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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  • Bernie_Sandals@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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• lettruthout@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Please make this happen.

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  • dogsnest@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, it won’t happen.

    Damn shame.

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