I have the complaint letter in an envelope, signed and stamped. It will go in the mail today. It was very easy and I encourage everyone to do it! I put a Ruth Bader Ginsberg stamp on it. :) Link again so you don't have to look for it. https://www.dumpalito.com
"If we can flip the House, hold the Senate, and re-elect Joe Biden, it will take only a majority vote in Congress to add four justices to the Supreme Court. We can do that. As we suffer through a difficult month, let’s recognize that each loss will hasten the day we can finally begin reforming the Supreme Court."
Thank you for covering the Biden Commencement speech…could not be prouder. It is time to stand up to the abuse of the Constitution, to defend democracy. Recusal, impeachment, expanding the court - all of it please. So much is at stake. Most of all a resounding no to the GOP agenda before it is too late.
I’ve resisted adding members to the Supreme Court, although I’ve loathed this Court. I don’t like mucking around with government machinery.
*However*, Alito has driven me over the edge. If we can’t legally remove Alito and Thomas from this Extreme Court, then – sure! – “pack” it until there’s a Court that renders justice, not politically discolored Opinions.
I would like to pay tribute to George David Ghesquiere, my father. He graduated from the Naval Academy in the class of 1939. Subsequently, having completed flight school at NAS Pensacola, he was on his honeymoon in Pearl Harbor when it was attacked. While he changed into his uniform, he asked my mother to make him a martini. When she protested that he couldn't have a martini because he was going to war, he countered with "that's why i want a martini".
At 25 years old, he flew the Dauntless Dive Bomber off of an aircraft carrier for the duration of WW II. By the time he was 26, he was leading squadrons because the senior officers had been killed. He returned from the war, and continued a career in the Navy. Other than a few anecdotes, he never spoke of his experiences, except to once say "I was relieved to not ever have to see the people I killed up close".
He was humble, smart, funny, kind and an affectionate father who put the importance of his family and his country first. He died at age 60 of emphysema. I attribute his early death to buried trauma from the war and his attempts to suppress it, as most veterans of his generation did, and perhaps, wartime asbestos exposure on ships and planes. There are only a few people still alive who remember him. I am writing this tribute so a few others can know of him through your wonderful encouragement and support, Robert, to send in our tributes on this Memorial Day, 2024. He lives in my heart.
I always appreciate your cogent and optimistic thinking, Robert, but the reality is that Ginsberg overstayed and the Dems got played. We never even never codified Roe when it would have been relatively easy to do so. So the chances of your ‘dream team’ Justices, though delightful to imagine, is just that.
Agree. I believe people are under the impression that expanding the Court is an easy thing to do. I disagree. I say over and over Republicans play the long game. And Democrats are always playing defense - and not doing well at that.
Tragically, all this can be laid at the feet of one of our champions: RBG. As it says in "The Gambler", you have to know when to walk away. Not only does that take wisdom; it demands a complete lack of hubris.
And let’s not forget Obama just letting Garland twist in the wind for how many months. Didn’t want to get his hands dirty and fight for his nomination. Imagine the furor if the tables were turned.
Check these infographics to see what happens when dictators use the military to overthrow democracy. Pinochet's Chilean dictatorships and visualizing what Trump's deportation camps might look like based on what happened when U.S. citizens fo Japanese descent were rounded up.
Honor Those Who Serve And Protect The U.S. Constitution.
Thank you for avoiding the doomsday scenario in your posts which I find to be very comforting. Yes, we have a lot of work to do and it's encouraging that the activity of the conservative justices on the court may help move voters to Biden.
I know this is not the "worst" threat that America has faced but it certainly feels terrible to realize the possibility that our country, as we know it, may not survive due to a threat from within.
If Hunter Biden is charged with ‘illegal’ possession of a gun, why is the NRA not raising holy hell and defending his “rights” in court?
I have the complaint letter in an envelope, signed and stamped. It will go in the mail today. It was very easy and I encourage everyone to do it! I put a Ruth Bader Ginsberg stamp on it. :) Link again so you don't have to look for it. https://www.dumpalito.com
I could not add anything to the incredible comments but just thank you Robert and the Boss!
Biden reminding young people? That's rich.
Thank you for the photo of the Washington Monument. Very appropriate on this day and at this time.
Trump is the Benedict Arnold, Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee of our time. He is a wanabee Putin, Hitler, Orban, Hitler, Netanyahu.
Our U.S. Supreme Court has become the cover for political crime in the U.S. The Weimar Court of no return. Traitors to the Constitution.
Wonderful photograph - has the same clarity and strength as your words.
So grateful for you, Robert. thanks.
"If we can flip the House, hold the Senate, and re-elect Joe Biden, it will take only a majority vote in Congress to add four justices to the Supreme Court. We can do that. As we suffer through a difficult month, let’s recognize that each loss will hasten the day we can finally begin reforming the Supreme Court."
Thank you for covering the Biden Commencement speech…could not be prouder. It is time to stand up to the abuse of the Constitution, to defend democracy. Recusal, impeachment, expanding the court - all of it please. So much is at stake. Most of all a resounding no to the GOP agenda before it is too late.
Robert,
I’ve resisted adding members to the Supreme Court, although I’ve loathed this Court. I don’t like mucking around with government machinery.
*However*, Alito has driven me over the edge. If we can’t legally remove Alito and Thomas from this Extreme Court, then – sure! – “pack” it until there’s a Court that renders justice, not politically discolored Opinions.
I would like to pay tribute to George David Ghesquiere, my father. He graduated from the Naval Academy in the class of 1939. Subsequently, having completed flight school at NAS Pensacola, he was on his honeymoon in Pearl Harbor when it was attacked. While he changed into his uniform, he asked my mother to make him a martini. When she protested that he couldn't have a martini because he was going to war, he countered with "that's why i want a martini".
At 25 years old, he flew the Dauntless Dive Bomber off of an aircraft carrier for the duration of WW II. By the time he was 26, he was leading squadrons because the senior officers had been killed. He returned from the war, and continued a career in the Navy. Other than a few anecdotes, he never spoke of his experiences, except to once say "I was relieved to not ever have to see the people I killed up close".
He was humble, smart, funny, kind and an affectionate father who put the importance of his family and his country first. He died at age 60 of emphysema. I attribute his early death to buried trauma from the war and his attempts to suppress it, as most veterans of his generation did, and perhaps, wartime asbestos exposure on ships and planes. There are only a few people still alive who remember him. I am writing this tribute so a few others can know of him through your wonderful encouragement and support, Robert, to send in our tributes on this Memorial Day, 2024. He lives in my heart.
I always appreciate your cogent and optimistic thinking, Robert, but the reality is that Ginsberg overstayed and the Dems got played. We never even never codified Roe when it would have been relatively easy to do so. So the chances of your ‘dream team’ Justices, though delightful to imagine, is just that.
Agree. I believe people are under the impression that expanding the Court is an easy thing to do. I disagree. I say over and over Republicans play the long game. And Democrats are always playing defense - and not doing well at that.
Tragically, all this can be laid at the feet of one of our champions: RBG. As it says in "The Gambler", you have to know when to walk away. Not only does that take wisdom; it demands a complete lack of hubris.
And let’s not forget Obama just letting Garland twist in the wind for how many months. Didn’t want to get his hands dirty and fight for his nomination. Imagine the furor if the tables were turned.
I believe he did not have the authority to do otherwise. In the end, I'm not sure Garland belongs on the SC....
Check these infographics to see what happens when dictators use the military to overthrow democracy. Pinochet's Chilean dictatorships and visualizing what Trump's deportation camps might look like based on what happened when U.S. citizens fo Japanese descent were rounded up.
Honor Those Who Serve And Protect The U.S. Constitution.
https://thedemlabs.org/2024/05/27/honor-those-who-serve-and-protect-the-american-constitution/
We CAN do this! And we have to do this!
Thank you for avoiding the doomsday scenario in your posts which I find to be very comforting. Yes, we have a lot of work to do and it's encouraging that the activity of the conservative justices on the court may help move voters to Biden.
I know this is not the "worst" threat that America has faced but it certainly feels terrible to realize the possibility that our country, as we know it, may not survive due to a threat from within.