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President Joe Biden promised Black voters Wednesday that he would appoint progressives to the US Supreme Court if elected to a second term, suggesting he expects vacancies on the high court over the next four years.

President Joe Biden promised Black voters Wednesday that he would appoint progressives to the US Supreme Court if elected to a second term, suggesting he expects vacancies on the high court over the next four years.

“The next president, they’re going to be able to appoint a couple justices, and I’ll be damned — if in fact we’re able to change some of the justices when they retire and put in really progressive judges like we’ve always had, tell me that won’t change your life,” he said during a campaign rally in Philadelphia.

It was as explicit a warning as Biden could offer about the stakes of the upcoming election, and a clear reminder that some of the nine justices have entered their seventies.

Clarence Thomas is 75 and Samuel Alito is 74; both are conservative and appointed by Republican presidents. Sonia Sotomayor, a liberal who was nominated by President Barack Obama, turns 70 next month.

  • Verdant Banana@lemmy.world
    2414·
    6 months ago

    so now on top of not being that other he is saying he will be a better president in the next four years because he thinks people might die

    he is really grasping at straws at this point

    executive order abortion rights in, legalize cannabis, and raise the minimum wage a lot

    that alone would guarantee him this next election no debates or speeches or anything else would be needed

    • lapping6596@lemmy.world
      12·
      6 months ago

      Is executive order enough to raise the minimum wage?

      I guess he could order all federal agencies will only work with companies that pay some new minimum.

      Feels like abortion would get destroyed by the 5th circuit and the supreme court just like many of the other things they’ve tried to do

    • frezik@midwest.social
      8·
      6 months ago

      Unlike what most people think, executive orders aren’t magic documents that lets the President legislate whatever they want on a whim. There are limits. They’ve grown a lot in scope over the decades, and if anything they need to be pulled back, but there are still limits.

      • Jode@midwest.socialEnglish
        5·
        6 months ago

        I agree, and on paper you are correct. But also I have moved to the “it’s the thought that counts” side of things. It seems to be more effective politicking these days to try and ram through something like an abortion EO and use the inevitable opposition (and legal?) pushback to say “see I’m fuckin trying over here” rather than to just stand there idly brandishing “plans” this is something the left needs to learn from the right. See the senate: Chuck Schumer should have started impeachment inquiries into Alito and Thomas yesterday, knowing full well they aren’t actually going anywhere. It puts the issue in front of people.

        • frezik@midwest.social
          11·
          6 months ago

          I see what you’re saying, but I’m also already foreseeing the next set of whiners saying “Biden knew it would fail, and he only did it to pretend to do something”. Which I’ve seen with student loan forgiveness.

          • Verdant Banana@lemmy.world
            3·
            6 months ago

            no he did some less than quarter ass measure for student loan forgiveness, asked for more votes/ funding, and then that was it same as with women’s rights

            and acted like he almost did as much as his god could do

            atrophied is the same as actively supporting fascism with speeches, policies, and laws