AOC Moves to Impeach Supreme Court Justices Thomas and Alito
The success of either resolution against arguably the two most conservative justices is unlikely given Republican control of the House.
Was a pretty good ~10 min speech too, on the House floor.
Is there any chance this will ever pass?
I don’t really know what it would take to get this done
There's always a chance, it's just very small. These corrupt justices are the end game for the republican party, the odds of any of them breaking ranks to convict is very low.
That said, it's almost certainly not about conviction, so much as upholding the rule of law and creating political pressure and support for something like packing the court.
The motion will get assigned to a committee, run by Republicans, where it will die. Even if there is a sympathetic Republican on that committee, all House members are up for re-election in November, and voting for this is a sure way to get the MAGAs all up in their grill and would likely lead to that person losing a ton of MAGA support, and likely losing their job.
AOC knows this and is doing this to help Democrats in vulnerable districts, to help turn the House in the next Congress. "Elect us into the majority, and we will actually look into this."
Would need at least some republican support, since they still hold the majority. So, not holding my breath, they tend to stick together.
No, this is pro forma only. Which doesn't mean it's unimportant because it's about the message. But it will not go anywhere judicially.
None, but what matters is getting voting records so that later this year or in 2026 during House races, they can show who made an attempt to punish the traitors to our democracy, and who is in full support.
Don't follow much US politics because yous cunts shoehorn it into every fuckin thread about squirrels, dog food or whatever, but why is that lassie not your president? Instead of the two pish-reeking geriatric cunts you've got at the moment
She will not be the minimum age of 35 until next year and this is ineligible to run for the position till 2028
Also, we have a racism and sexism issue in this country so it would be an uphill battle.
According to the SCOTUS, being ineligible for the Presidency isn't a barrier, to running or winning. So I say bring on AOC as the nominee instead of Biden!
why is that lassie not your president?
She needs to be about a century older, white, male, sell out to corporations, and shed her sense of ethics.
Then maybe, if the GOP is running enough of a Nazi.
Corp and ethics are the big ones, otherwise you get Bernie lol
Technically, she wasn't old enough to run until this year.
More practically, we have a center-right party and a fascist party in this country. The center-right party has a few actual leftists in it, but they tend not to gain much power.
A large chunk of the US is deeply sexist on top of other intellectual and moral failings.
This is aggravated by the right wing fighting against education, especially when it benefits the general public.
Because as president you serve 4-8 years and then become generally irrelevant. In congress you can serve for decades.
I've always wondered why this is? In our country a previous prime minister remains highly relevant and politically active until they retire, even if that is long after they were in the position. The leader of the current largest opposition party was prime minister for eight years before losing the previous election, and is set to be the opposition's front runner for PM in the next election in not too long.
Like, why didn't e.g. Obama run for a position on the senate after finishing his second term as president? He's definitely still young enough, even in countries where you don't need to be a fossil to have political power.
Soooo, a LOT of people on the right hate her… even more than Bernie.
She’s too young. Like by law. Next election she’ll be old enough to run
The age requirement applies at inauguration. AOC is old enough to run this cycle by a few months.
I'm willing to bet that even if the two judges were removed tomorrow, the Democrats wouldn't add any judges because they'd want to "play fair" and not assign someone right before an election.
It was Mitch McConnell and the Republics that blocked Merrick Garland, not the Democrats.
That is true, but you also have to remember the Democrats BARELY put up a fight against their nonsense because they were SO certain they were going to win in 2016.
This "Put all our eggs in one basket, the people are too smart to fall for this" crap ALWAYS undoes the Democrats. Every single time.
Shit wasn't even that long ago and people are already distorting and misremembering it... smh
They would. But Democrats don't have a majority in the Senate, so confirmation won't happen. Manchin and Sinema are the necessary independents likely to refuse to confirm.
And here’s the big fucking shocker. Guess who seated these two into their positions?
George Fucking Bush.
Republicans will still blame dems tho. Thanks to their lack of an educational system or ability to think critically or objectively for anyone that has anything to do with their party lines. Keep defunding that education and pushing the norm away from progress, tolerance, and respect for thy neighbor.
Sycophants.
A politician, for the people? Strange.
There's a handful.
Love to see it. AOC doing great work. To drive turnout, the November election should be about this issue: electoral and judicial reform. We can’t fix this country without it.
listen to her speech compared to, say, marjorie green, and how she approaches things passionately and logically with facts to back it up is night and day.
it's also a reminder of how marjorie greene is everything to the republicans that they tried to claim aoc would be to the democrats. instead, aoc has become one of the most passionate, analytical, and policy wonk driven politicians in congress.
I always thought it was hilarious how they'd complain that Democrats (especially coastal Democrats) are all "ivory tower elites", and then mock her for working as a bartender and imply that made her unfit for office.
Like, make up your mind, assholes.
They don't use words to try to find or describe truth. They use words for effect. If saying (or believing) A gets what they want today, and Not-A gets it tomorrow, they will happily switch without any hesitation. Sometimes without any awareness.
We all are at risk of doing this. But the Republicans have it turned up to 11.
And because of that, on some fundamental level, they are bad people.
Cognitive dissonance. The goal never was to be understood. Just to create chaos.
Nothing like a good bit of public shaming for these corrupt judges.
I am certain that neither one of them feels shame. Ever.
She needs to force everyone involved to read the Pro Publica piece and call it an executive summary lol
Hell she should just get the people who worked on that piece to advise
it will not go anywhere but good for her for doing it.
Of course. It's pretty much just to get headlines and for people to campaign on. But that's really all you can hope for when Republicans control the House and won't actually take up any meaningful oversight.
Would much rather have the senate actually investigate them
Can supreme court justices be impeached? Has it been attempted before?
I wonder how you can spend 500 000$ on an Indonesian trip.. are those Indonesian dollars, or are they having coke and hooker every minutes?
Idk, if I had to guess I'd say probably something like renting out an entire resort for the duration plus whatever they did there.
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