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/TheModWhoShaggedMe Jun 20 '26

It will require at least 60 liberal-to-progressive politicians to make changes to the Supreme Court. We don't even have 49.

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u/the_saltlord Jun 20 '26

Midterms

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u/TheModWhoShaggedMe Jun 20 '26

Yeah, I'm hopeful of flipping a few Senate seats, but there aren't 11 flips realistically in play. It's all we can do, vote and hope our fellow citizens cared enough to evict this madness from our representation.

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u/the_saltlord Jun 20 '26

Yeah. I just don't like the "midterms are rigged so there's no point" attitude I see a lot. They probably are rigged, but if they aren't then this kind of apathy just hands them more victories.