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    Just so everyone is absolutely crystal clear:

    'Republican senator says 'democracy isn't the objective' of US system'

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-n…

    '“Democracy isn’t the objective; liberty, peace, and prospefity are. We want the human condition to flourish. Rank democracy can thwart that,” he wrote, misspelling prosperity.'

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    • Yep... and Dems want to stack the court completely avoiding democracy altogether. Neither side cares to follow true democracy... Fuck both sides.PonyBoy
    • "If conservatives become convinced that they can not win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy."
      ~ David Frum      R_Kercz
    • What a shitshow.PhanLo
    • pb no.tank02
    • It's not stacking iif there's precedent... at one time there were 10 Supreme Court Justices. So I would not shed a tear if it was expanded to 11 Justices...jonny_quest_lives
    • not bringing Merrick Garland's nomination to a vote in the senate opened the door for this option... Putting Barrett on the court will make it necessary.jonny_quest_lives
    • The lows...knows no lows.utopian
    • "prospefity" lolelahon
    • When people say pack the court it makes it sounds somehow illegitimate...when in fact it's totally legal under the U.S. Constitution.yuekit
    • Dems won more votes in every presidential election excerpt one since early 90s and yet we're going to have a 6-3 hardline right-wing SC...is that democratic?yuekit
    • Trump was elected with a minority and most Americans never supported him at any point. The senators who confirmed his justices were also elected byyuekit
    • a minority, while the ones who voted against had the support of the majority of the country's population. So you can see why Republicans are leaning into thisyuekit
    • "not a democracy" argument but I think it's inherently destabilizing to go too far in that direction. There will be a pushback at some point.yuekit
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