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Joe Biden's Supreme Court reform plan backed by majority of Republicans

www.newsweek.com Joe Biden's Supreme Court reform plan backed by majority of Republicans

According to a new poll, 70 percent of Republicans said they support establishing a binding code of conduct for the Supreme Court.

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Republican voters.
- Wow, I didn't realize my hopes could be so quickly dashed with just two words.
  
  It's just the one word, actually.
- Thank you for clarifying that, I was pretty positive that the elected r's aren't going to give up their power in the bought and paid for r's in SCOTUS.
In a USA Today/Ipsos poll conducted from August 2 to 4, 70 percent of Republicans said they support establishing a binding code of conduct for the Court, 54 percent said they support enacting a constitutional amendment ensuring no person is above the law, including the president, and 51 percent support imposing term limits for justices.

Proof that 46% of Republicans are utterly hopeless and morally bankrupt - they simply do not care about the rule of law as long as it’s their guy breaking it.
I am skeptical that they knew it was Biden's plan with a result like this, but can believe they support the reforms.
- like they love the affordable care act, but they absolutely hate 'obamacare'.
  
  I hated "both" lol. I went from not being able to afford care, to being forced to pay for insurance I couldn't afford and still not being able to afford care, only poorer. Fucking $6,500 deductible and $13,000 out of pocket max, on top of the premiums.
  
  People loved the preexisting conditions ban, medicaid expansion and regulating what insurance companies had to cover. They hated the tax penalties, the insane bureaucracy, the dumb exchanges that didn't work, and in general the fact that dealing with the kafkaesque nightmare of the medical industry didn't get much better and in fact got worse for people getting bounced from their existing providers.
  
  Let's be real, Obamacare was unpopular not because Obama was black or a democrat but because he tried to do neoliberal "incremental" reform and turned the whole thing into a omnishambles corporate lobbyist clownfucking horror fest.
- They don't. I made this comment in another thread.
  
  I find this part pretty telling:
  
  ...63%, supported enacting an 18-year term limit for Supreme Court justices – who enjoy lifetime appointments – with a bare 51% of Republicans in favor along with 61% of independents and a whopping 83% of Democrats.
  
  But then:
  
  Some 58% of Republicans considered Biden’s long-shot proposal to impose term limits and enact a binding code of conduct on the high court a “major threat to democracy,” compared with 26% of independents and just 10% of Democrats.
  
  So basically most Republicans are like "yeah we need term limits... Wait, Biden wants term limits? Fuck that!"
  
  How I long for the day when a Republican accidentally holds a compassionate, justice-loving, non-hypocritical, decent position on something.
So it is backed by the majority of Republican voters. Biden does everything in his power to push this before Congress and cause a televised debate. GOP clowns do their weird shit on the floor. The voters watch and are repulsed.

This would definitely swing some voters, especially when the GOP weirdos block anything from happening. Huge blue wave in November.
- Nah they'll keep voting red like they always do
I sure hope something like this passes. It's eminently reasonable
And yet we still won’t get this.
- And yet we still won’t get this.
  
  If enough Dems win we will. Sounds like the lesson here is that GOP voters should be voting Dem to get what they actually want.
  
  Stop posting Newsweek links.

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