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   Warner Crocker (warnercrocker@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-May-2024 02:38:18 JST Warner Crocker

   No one is surprised.

   Alito rejects calls to step aside from Supreme Court cases because of flag controversies https://apnews.com/article/alito-flag-supreme-court-roberts-justice-senate-e53c1d1fef7b81f9dc87fa31b1622c4c

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     Philip Cardella (philip_cardella@historians.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-May-2024 02:41:56 JST Philip Cardella

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     @WarnerCrocker true. But let's say he did.

     What does that say about the last three years of his decisions, especially the 5-4 ones and the ones he wrote?

     Would the Court reverse Dobbs? Of course not. But if I were a lawyer I'd be getting my challenge to Dobbs ready for the day he stepped down.

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     Warner Crocker (warnercrocker@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-May-2024 02:41:56 JST Warner Crocker

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     • Philip Cardella

     @philip_cardella True. You can’t turn back time. But you can prevent screwing up the future.

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     Lisa J. Warner / Lisa Luv (lisawarnerlisaluv@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-May-2024 02:44:43 JST Lisa J. Warner / Lisa Luv

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     @WarnerCrocker

     🧐🇺🇸🇺🇲🇵🇷🤔*I don't understand how they can defile the American flag*& call themselves Americans?*IT IS UN-AMERICAN TO DISRESPECT THE AMERICAN FLAG BY BEING UN-DEMOCRATIC!🤔🇺🇸🇺🇲🇵🇷🧐

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     Warner Crocker (warnercrocker@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-May-2024 02:55:38 JST Warner Crocker

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     • Philip Cardella

     @philip_cardella Since impeachment is a political solution I’m not sure it would ever work (witness the last three attempts.) I’d rather put it to the voters with recall elections, albeit also political, but at least there’d be a better chance in my opinion.

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     Philip Cardella (philip_cardella@historians.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-May-2024 02:55:39 JST Philip Cardella

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     @WarnerCrocker I'm a wild person who thinks we should normalize impeachment. Clinton should have been impeached and should have been removed.

     It's not like a criminal thing. It's just getting fired. Especially for life long appointments that can't face elections we must normalize firing bad actors.

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     Philip Cardella (philip_cardella@historians.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-May-2024 02:59:22 JST Philip Cardella

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     @WarnerCrocker I hear you. The Senate would threshold for conviction would need to be changed, which would require an amendment, I think. Long shot that.

     Of course, so would voting to recall SCOTUS Members.

     Expanding the Court is easier but doesn't get rid of bad actors. I'd love to see them rotate down to lower courts routinely. 🤷♂️

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     Warner Crocker (warnercrocker@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-May-2024 02:59:22 JST Warner Crocker

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     • Philip Cardella

     @philip_cardella I’d be for term limits and rotation down.

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     Michael Wyman (mwyman@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-May-2024 03:04:13 JST Michael Wyman

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     @WarnerCrocker “I’m impartial, you motherf—ers” doesn’t really come off so well.

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     JKirkpatrick (jkirkpatrick@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-May-2024 07:19:59 JST JKirkpatrick

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     @WarnerCrocker Great, A MAGA idiot on the highest court.