LOS ANGELES – President Biden on Saturday night said he expects the winner of this year’s presidential election will likely have the chance to fill two vacancies on the Supreme Court – a decision he warned would be “one of the scariest parts” if his Republican opponent, former President Donald Trump, is successful in his bid for a second term.

  • audiomodder@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    16 days ago

    Yup. Until at some point the American people got fed up with the clown show. But some of us have been waiting for them to get fed up with it for quite some time. Maybe this would exasperate the issue to the point where we actually do something.

    • Aphelion@lemm.ee
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      16 days ago

      Please give me a hypothetical example of how “the American people” can actually change the fundamental structure of the 3 branches of government. Like seriously, I would love to know how.

      • D1G17AL@kbin.run
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        16 days ago

        Constitutional Convention enacted by State Governors and State Legislatures with the support of the majority of each states population.

        • Aphelion@lemm.ee
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          16 days ago

          So if enough people in every state complained about SCOTUS to their state legislature, the state legislature can force the people’s opinion up to the Governors who can do something at the federal level? I guess I’m just not seeing the actual legal mechanism that would be used to force any kind of change.

          My understanding is any change to the structure of government at that level requires 2/3rds congressional majority.

          • Wrench@lemmy.world
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            16 days ago

            And people act like “the people” want this in the first place. Nearly half of “The people” voted for Trump, and probably will again. The US is not united against the fascists. Hell, in this thread itself, you have someone blaming the Dems for not washing a magic wand and somehow assigning 6 more scotus memberswhen we don’t even have a majority in either the house or the senate, and taking such a drastic move with obvious dangers would certainly be objectionable to many.

        • Socsa@sh.itjust.works
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          16 days ago

          Congratulations, the constitution now allows for the execution of gay people.

          I’m not sure how people don’t get this. There are already plenty of avenues for the creation of popular change in the current democratic system. The problems we have today largely exist because they are popular.