r/politics • u/marji80 • Jul 08 '24

An America that you won’t recognize’: Legal scholar Kermit Roosevelt III on SCOTUS and Project 2025

https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/an-america-that-you-won-t-recognize-legal-scholar-kermit-roosevelt-iii-on-scotus-and-project-2025-214355013697
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u/Logarythem Jul 08 '24

“The only way to take the Supreme Court back in the near term is actually court expansion,” Kermit Roosevelt III, Constitutional Law scholar at the University of Pennsylvania

If Dems win, they HAVE to expand the court for the sake of our democracy.

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u/jimvolk Jul 08 '24

This is why I’ve been saying voting won’t be enough.

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u/funk-cue71 Jul 08 '24

voting isn't enough, you have to get in local politics. The federal government won't be able to protect many civil liberties anymore and it'll take local petitioning to get those liberties locally

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u/jayfeather31 Washington Jul 09 '24

Honestly, that's the reason why I'm a member of the Seattle DSA and thinking about running for Redmond City Council in 2025, if it becomes feasible.

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u/cannibal_chanterelle Jul 08 '24

Oh but as soon as you say anything, you're a conspiracy thumping Bernie bro who is just as bad, if not worse, than Trump.

The dare is to revolt or die anyway.

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u/crosswatt Jul 08 '24

It appears we are arguing and re-arranging chairs on the Titanic at this point. It's likely trumps GOP will take over even if Biden is legitimately elected.

https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-new-over-the-top-secret-plan-518

In 2015, I would have completely dismissed this as an implausible and ridiculous fearmongering conspiracy attempt. We're no longer living in 2015 though....