2020 US Elections
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I didn't see it get too much discussion on here but the Supreme Court decision over Wisconsin will IMO go down as the moment that they fucked up one time too many.
For the conservative justices to write such a sloppy (literally plagiarised and sometimes factually wrong), partisan, illogical and (no surprise) unfounded decision really destroyed any chance for Democrats who're scared of court reform to claim the Supreme Court is beyond reproach.
You've got a self-proclaimed Originalist, Kavanaugh just deciding votes can't be counted if they come out after the deadline when the whole reason there is a 2 month lame duck period is because in 1788...they couldn't announce a winner on the fucking day!
Then, he bases his argument around Vermont not changing their election laws, only for the Secretary of State for Vermont to come out publicly and point out they've made 2 massive changes - including extending the deadline - hence destroying his already stupid argument.
And of course he's ignored all the precedent set by the very same court in April, when they allowed votes through after the deadline in the primaries, and decades of precedent over people being allowed to vote after the deadline as long as they were in line, because in a democracy, your vote is supposed to count if you did everything right. The Post Office being shit should not disenfranchise you.
He actually argued it would be wrong to "flip" an unconfirmed election result by counting all of the votes!
Truly, it's killed any kind of pretence that Kavanaugh is anything but a vile partisan hack who will lie, ignore his principles, and invent made up nonsense to push through the Republican result.
When expanding the courts was brought up after RBG's death, a lot of the old, lifer Democrats spoke negatively about it and were weary of taking on that fight. The Kavanaugh Concurrance was so openly and offensively partisan that it will have changed opinions.
If Biden wins and the dems control the senate, there's going to be a huge fight over court reform before 2024.
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Shitting himself.
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Here’s one where they’ve been found out which just might mean they get counted.
How many other places have they got votes sat in crates not going anywhere?
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Suspect Pie is bang on the money there. Unless trump is totally rejected for being a 'massive cock'he may very well be headed for a second term. I do realise I'm betting on both horses there btw, but all the pollsters predicting his demise now seem to be the same ones predicting a Hillary landslide last time.
It's actually possible for Texas to swing Dsmocrat this year. But I think Georgia is the most flippable red State
The arse fell out of Clinton's campaign towards the final weeks of the election, even polls reflected that.
Biden has been steady and stronger as the election draws to a close.
The two are not comparable at all. I understand the pessimism but the argument of "because polls" is lazy.
It's hard to argue vote Suppression with record voting in many States.
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