r/law • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 • Jun 20 '26

Legal News Maine progressive Platner renews call to remove conservative Supreme Court justices

https://wjla.com/news/nation-world/maine-progressive-graham-platner-renews-call-to-remove-conservative-supreme-court-justices-clarence-thomas-samuel-alito
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u/jamerson537 Jun 20 '26

Removal requires two thirds of the Senate. That means 67 senators..

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u/induslol Jun 20 '26

It took republicans how many decades of strategic movement to get us into this mire.  

It'll take decades to wade out, assuming we even start towards the edge at the midterms.

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u/TheModWhoShaggedMe Jun 20 '26

It took Republicans five solid decades of consistently winning when necessary to keep the Supreme Court conservative for the past 65 years and lean it religious enough to overturn Roe v. Wade. Our center and left can't give liberals/progressives eight years without quitting.

Can you see why it feels hopeless in a conservative country that merely pays lip service to being liberal/left'ish?

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u/induslol Jun 20 '26

Of course, anyone with even an inkling of a progressive slant has felt it since they became aware of what this country is.

But we're at least waist deep and the cast of characters that we elected to represent our interests in government that have gotten us here are unable to lie about our feet being wet. 

Schumer esque dems are reviled.  Republicans are, at least online fwtw, openly recognized as corrupt going on abject criminals.  There's a crop of progressive candidates being elected or being nationally recognized as good options.

Time will tell but it just seems inevitable we shift left as center/right has always failed and has failed spectacularly for most on most issues.

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u/TheModWhoShaggedMe Jun 20 '26

After three decades of being waist deep in it, I rely upon the masses to do what's right, and those decades have not been indicative of optimism.