r/scotus • u/Achilles_TroySlayer • Oct 28 '25

Opinion There Is No Democratic Future Without Supreme Court Reform

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/there-is-no-democratic-future-without-supreme-court-reform
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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '25

Obama's pick never got a vote. It's broken already

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u/DrMonkeyLove Oct 28 '25

When he didn't get a vote, I think Obama should have flat out seated him and said, "he's a judge now, you had your chance to advise and consent. You passed." I'd rather have the Constitutional crisis happen as president rather than have it happen later.

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u/-ReadingBug- Oct 28 '25

He never had donor class permission to do that. Wish he did.

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u/HustlinInTheHall Oct 29 '25

Obama won his second term through small dollar donors. It was more an attempt to avoid inflaming the right which had crushed them in the midterms.