• grue@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Lack of spine isn’t the issue. It’s lack of political power.

    The court literally just gave Biden the power.

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      5 months ago

      No, they get to decide what an official act is. So the only way this works out is Biden 66ing the extremist judges and the remaining vote that it was an official act. They get to decide what official acts are. So everyone Rubepublican has free reign and every democrat is boxed in.

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        5 months ago

        So the only way this works out is Biden 66ing the extremist judges and the remaining vote that it was an official act.

        Yep, that’s what I said: the court literally just gave Biden the power to do that.

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          5 months ago

          But, he could do anything else and they’d rule it as unofficial as long as they breathe

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            5 months ago

            …as long as they breathe

            True, but they wouldn’t be anymore, in this hypothetical scenario. I’m not sure why we’re belaboring that point.

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              The devil is in the details. If he just goes all willy nilly and not at the right people he wastes his opportunity. You can’t assassinate Trump as official because they wouldn’t deem it so. It matters because it means the only choice he is left with is to official order the extremists on the SC.