It is my hope that this appointment of a obvious far right wing Supreme Court justice at this time while ignoring the plight of the people with no stimulus aid will be a final straw that breaks the back of the Republican party for good. They are already in dire straits and I believe this is just going to make it worse for them.
I think that Barrett will do what most think and get rid of the ACA and maybe Roe vs Wade and access to contraception along with much else we won’t like. They think it will be a win for them but I think that will be their final downfall. I am hoping for a sizable blue wave for the election. That is step one. Without that it just gets worse. With that we then have a chance.
I think that getting rid of the ACA with no real replacement will turn even more of the people against them. The only ones who will be happy will be the shrinking Trump base and the Republicans’ reputations will only go deeper into the toilet. Keep in mind that we are seeing the worst of the Covid19 pandemic right now and it will keep getting worse through the end of the year. Things are going to be bad even if we do get our blue wave and win the election handily. I really hope that we do win by a large margin to keep them from stealing the election.
Once the new Supreme Court does the things I mention above I don’t see anyone arguing too much when we rebuild the Supreme Court by adding justices and setting term limits. We also need to rebuild much of the federal court system. We should also institute some kind of minimum requirements for a federal judge and make even current judges be tested for them. I doubt that many of the Trump judges could pass even a rudimentary legal test.
I think that when they get their way on the judgements for the lame duck period the country will see just how little they care for the people and how everything is just done for the rich or small special interest groups in defiance of popular will. That is not really how democracy is supposed to work but it is all they have at this point. They know that they are a minority party and are hoping to establish minority rule for good. I think they will try to get as much pushed in front of the court as they can in that period. They just won’t realize or care that it will come back to haunt them after Biden takes office. They will probably figure that the Democratic party won’t actually do anything about it. It just makes it easier for Biden and congress to do what is needed and reform the federal judiciary, get rid of the filibuster and rebuild all of our federal agencies and watchdogs with new powers to make sure we never go through something like this again.
If it wasn’t for voter suppression, gerrymandering or cheating (sounds redundant) they wouldn’t win many elections even now much less after what they will do during the lame duck period.
So hang on. I am working for a blue wave and hoping that is what we will see once the election is done. So far it looks promising. Just be aware that they will still have power for a bit after that. The new congress will come in on January 3rd. President Biden will be inaugurated on January 20. They are going to have an awful lot to do the day that happens.
I wish the new administration and us the best.
Just my two cents worth.
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