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   Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jul-2024 09:04:13 JST Paul Cantrell

   Presidential policy positions are a •trailing• indicator of shifting political sentiment. If Biden’s saying even this much, we’ve already moved the needle. Should’ve been years ago, but I’ll take progress all the same.

   Keep up the pressure. Don’t less your congressfolk get a minute’s peace.

   https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/16/biden-supreme-court-reforms/

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jul-2024 09:46:27 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Pyperkub

     @pyperkub
     We were so damned close. If Manchin and Sinema had agreed to kill the filibuster, a whole lot of things could be marginally better right now.

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     Pyperkub (pyperkub@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jul-2024 09:46:28 JST Pyperkub

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     @inthehands Yup. the time to do this was in 2021 with majorities.

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     Ericka Simone (erickasimone@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jul-2024 09:49:57 JST Ericka Simone

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     @inthehands I hope it’s not packing. I hope it’s the ability to remove.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jul-2024 09:49:57 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Ericka Simone

     @ErickaSimone
     I’m just happy to see the attitude shift. Actual removal of Alito, Thomas, or Kavanaugh? I’d be overjoyed. In theory Congress already has that power…

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     Ericka Simone (erickasimone@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jul-2024 13:19:20 JST Ericka Simone

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     • Raven667

     @raven667 @inthehands it’s not that I’m AGAINST packing. I just feel like in the future, when people like (Anita Hill told you so) show up, they can be taken out when they start to do… what he’s been doing.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jul-2024 13:19:20 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Raven667

     @ErickaSimone @raven667
     I agree completely. And yes, we need both representation •and• accountability:

     Representation = the court’s composition actually reflects the outcomes of elections (whether that happens via term limits or expansion or both)

     •and•

     Accountability = justices who become lawless stop being justices (whether that happens an ethics code with teeth or actual impeachments)

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     Raven667 (raven667@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jul-2024 13:19:21 JST Raven667

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     • Ericka Simone

     @ErickaSimone @inthehands I think it's probably moot as he doesn't have the votes for any policy changes to be legislated, but the power to impeach and remove already exists, why do you see court packing as a danger? The Rs have been bending the courts to their will for decades and have packed it without doing so obviously, the only constraints on Ds are in how the story narrative is perceived by the public, as legit or out of bounds. Well, and having the votes...