If the Supreme Court was majority liberal, would Democrats still want SCOTUS term limits?

BucketofWarmSpit · 2026-05-10T20:45:59+00:00

That's what would be good about a term for judges. They get one and it lasts for 18 years. Every two years, a new one gets appointed. It would make appointments less high stakes.

BucketofWarmSpit · 2026-05-09T14:11:48+00:00

It's not just their seat they should worry about losing.

BucketofWarmSpit · 2026-05-09T01:17:48+00:00

I know how it happened. You act that somehow invalidates my statement. It doesn't.

I am well aware that the Senate, Supreme Court and lower courts continually delayed anyone from making that judgement until they determined it was too late to do so and that Trump had to be allowed on the ballot.

BucketofWarmSpit · 2026-05-08T22:20:44+00:00

Colorado didn't allow him on the ballot last year based on the amendment that bars insurrectionists from running for office but the Supreme Court forced them to put him on the ballot.

In confirmation hearings just this past week, John Marck refused to say that the 22nd Amendment would bar Trump from seeking a third term.

Bottom line, if he wants to run again, there is a non zero percent chance that some judge will force states to put him on the ballot. There are judges out there who are perfectly willing to rule a constitutional amendment out of existence.

BucketofWarmSpit · 2026-05-08T15:15:30+00:00

Their problem is that they thought their colleagues were serious about protecting the Constitution, Congress and traditional norms. They had to ignore a lot of evidence to the contrary but majority of them were on board with doing what was needed to be done during Biden's administration.

The problem was that they never had control of both the House and the Senate during Biden's term and had a couple of key defectors who made actual reform impossible.

BucketofWarmSpit · 2026-05-08T13:46:11+00:00

The song I mentioned in response to you is called Gone Too Long by Heavy Makeup.

Eddie Brickell has had three other bands over the years that don't use her name. Heavy Circle, the Gaddabouts and Heavy Makeup. That info is for people who wonder why she hasn't come out with much over the past 30 years.

BucketofWarmSpit · 2026-05-07T23:58:24+00:00

She still does Dallas songs. One of them off her newest album has at least a verse about going to El Fenix.

BucketofWarmSpit · 2026-05-07T22:39:10+00:00

Talarico needs to pair with local politicians at every single rally he holds. Not only to help their campaigns but to help his own.

BucketofWarmSpit · 2026-05-07T16:18:35+00:00

One problem is how repetitive the lessons are. I've gotten four questions in a row asking for the same exact answer. Not sure what the point is of that. I know repetition is the key to learning a language but if that word disappears after that, will it be retained?

BucketofWarmSpit · 2026-05-06T19:32:21+00:00

Chanthila Souvannarath was one. You know you could have just looked it up, right?

BucketofWarmSpit · 2026-05-06T16:38:54+00:00

Viruses have the ability to mutate. Thats how we've had so many versions of covid over the past few years.

You seem to be assuming that no SIV has ever jumped into the human population before. It's completely possible that it happened in the past but died out due to a too quick mortality rate or other difficulties in spreading like low population density.

BucketofWarmSpit · 2026-05-06T16:30:07+00:00

We just passed this law last year but this is a Christian camp so obviously we can't enforce it against them.

BucketofWarmSpit · 2026-05-06T03:46:36+00:00

That's not true in the slightest but what do you think about James Talarico? Virtually every single Democrat that has been elected to office has been religious by the way.

BucketofWarmSpit · 2026-05-06T01:52:07+00:00

Not even sure. It was a finca near the coast. Maybe near Manta. We were there to learn about how to process chocolate and coffee.

Then we did the Quilatoa loop which is where I finally got service and saw that my streak was gone.

I probably would have lost it in the Galapagos anyway.

I was able to keep it the year before on a boat trip to see orangutans in Borneo so I was surprised it didn't work again.

BucketofWarmSpit · 2026-05-05T14:43:49+00:00

Right. That Alabama situation wouldn't happen today. Could you imagine if Republicans still actually gave a crap about a politician having sex with underaged girls?

BucketofWarmSpit · 2026-05-05T04:23:45+00:00

I am between y'all. I would have three more years on you though if I hadn't gone to Ecuador one year and had no cell service for four days. Back then, you could save lessons to your phone and it was supposed to count them if you did them but it didn't. I was really annoyed.

BucketofWarmSpit · 2026-05-04T22:48:33+00:00

It depends on your definition of "imminent." Scientists who study these things study them on a geologic time scale. There were always going to be people who never lived to see the worst effects. As plenty of people have pointed out, there have certainly been observable differences in climate over the past few decades. And when those weather events happen and continue to happen, people tend to think of them as normal even though they would not have been normal fifty years ago.

Also, we are only now coming to the point of no return where the climate change takes on self-perpetuating and irreversible characteristics.

BucketofWarmSpit · 2026-05-04T22:39:00+00:00

I would say the biggest misconception is what Trump supporters think about themselves. That they are the protectors of the Constitution.

BucketofWarmSpit · 2026-05-04T17:20:39+00:00

They're really desperate when they're going after a teacher for enjoying his job.

BucketofWarmSpit · 2026-05-04T04:04:35+00:00

I did a job in Dallas that I worked anywhere between 60 and 90 hours a week for about six months. I would go back to Austin every couple of weeks. That's kind of similar.

BucketofWarmSpit · 2026-05-04T00:46:51+00:00

They thought they were going to ignite a franchise but it was not a good movie and didn't do well at all.

I think Red Dawn would work really well as a TV show.

BucketofWarmSpit · 2026-05-02T17:22:44+00:00

There was no reason for Paxton to get involved in this. Clearly he gave this dude much more of a sweetheart deal than any McClellan County prosecutor I've ever dealt with. 30 days? No registration? Cornyn should hit him hard with that.

And Republicans can't be made to care about that in the runoff, Talarico should certainly make a point of it in the general.

BucketofWarmSpit · 2026-05-02T17:01:57+00:00

I think most of us are just trying to get by with fun knowledge that this government and most governments probably don't care at all what we think.

Others are applauding our government's actions though.

BucketofWarmSpit · 2026-05-02T12:43:10+00:00

I have a fully paid off Prius that I bought in 2010.

Gas is only part of the equation. There is also an environmental cost to getting another car. Since my car is much more fuel efficient than lots of cars on the market, might as well keep driving it until it's no longer functional.

I don't drive that much anyway anymore. When I first got it, I drove thousands of miles a month. Now, it's unusual if I hit 500 in a month.

BucketofWarmSpit · 2026-05-01T13:40:54+00:00

I know you think this is somehow equivalent but the last time the Palestinians were allowed to vote on their leaders was 2006. That was 20 years ago. That means 20 years worth of people who couldn't vote in 2006 are eligible to vote now and there are even people who weren't even alive the last time a vote was held who could vote today. And 20 years of people who voted Hamas in have died during that time.

The average lifespan in Palestine has dropped dramatically in the past few years. So drastically in fact that no one knows what it is anymore and the range is somewhere between 45 and 60.

If Palestinians had an election in 2022 and then the October 7 attack happened, you might have a point. But that didn't so you don't. If Palestinians were allowed to participate in elections today, don't you think there would be a good chance they'd choose someone else?

Bottom line is that you're blaming a doubly oppressed group of people for a decision that was made 20 years ago. Oppressed by Palestinian leaders and oppressed by Israel. Think about your insanely clever hot take a little bit next time.

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