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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI am looking (desperately) for a silver lining
Both Gorsuch and Kavanaugh surprised us by joining our side. On different decisions, don't remember which.
This led us to conclude that Thomas and Alitos are the real rabid ones.
So... I am hoping that even if Barrett will join these two, that we may still be able to eke, on occasions, 5-4 ruling.
Maybe..
orwell
(7,775 posts)...to hand corporations, voter suppression groups, and big money donors whatever they want.
Everything else is a crap shoot.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,761 posts)And Rehnquist was the absolute worst since Taney. Judges can be unpredictable, so we'll have to wait and see. Once in awhile Constitutional originalism will work in our favor.
wryter2000
(46,051 posts)He has to be in the top three or four worst.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,761 posts)of the First Amendment. He was bad, but not in the same league of bad as Thomas and Alito, and definitely not Rehnquist.
katracey
(10 posts)Well, a I think a silver lining might be the fact that John Roberts did say the Supreme Court will not re-write election law. So.... I guess you can take that with a grain of salt, but with 5 days left, we can hope......GO JOE
wryter2000
(46,051 posts)He's clearly not overly eager to get rid of it.
If we expand the court, we might end up winning 6-5 decisions if we get Roberts.
Fiendish Thingy
(15,631 posts)Its a silver lining you must ACT upon, not waiting passively for something good to happen.
Put your legislators on speed dial.
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)Response to question everything (Original post)
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question everything
(47,497 posts)and effects on family members.
Let's hope that they, some of them, do not want it to be: they filled the expectations.