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   Glyph (glyph@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 23:16:45 JST Glyph

   I am reserving my post-election political Hot Takes™ for another time (maybe never), but there is one idea that I want to push back on a little bit. "The federal judiciary will be fascist for the rest of our lives." A brief 🧵

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     Glyph (glyph@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 23:16:45 JST Glyph

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     Let's assume, for a moment, that the thread of prophecy is not severed, and that we maintain some form of democratic government based on the US constitution. We keep having elections and whatnot.

     I recognize that extremely bad stuff might happen that makes this not true, but if we have an overt authoritarian takeover, shooting in the streets, the French army liberates us or whatever, then talking about continuity of judicial appointments is a bit silly, isn't it? So, staying within bounds.

     Blaise Pabón - controlpl4n3 repeated this.
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     The judges that Trump has put on the bench are at best buffoons and at worst crooks. They can be impeached. They can be removed. If we get involved in democratic party politics, push the party to actually embrace the muscular use of executive power to get shit done, perhaps have a legislative landslide after the current wave of Trump voters *sees* what they have done, we can pack the supreme court. 17 justices. 25 justices. The sky's the limit. Dream big.