A 14-year-old boy allegedly fatally shot his older sister in Florida after a family argument over Christmas presents, officials said Tuesday.
The teen had been out shopping on Christmas Eve with Abrielle Baldwin, his 23-year-old sister, as well as his mother, 15-year-old brother and sister’s children, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said during a news conference.
The teenage brothers got into an argument about who was getting more Christmas presents.
“They had this family spat about who was getting what and what money was being spent on who, and they were having this big thing going on in this store,” Gualtieri said.
And under this system they can make up anything they want! That’s what you need to understand - there are no rules. They can make up anything.
The Supreme Court can and will do that, which is why it’s important to be cognizant of who is on the court and who potentially will age out next.
Just based on age, Thomas and Alito will be next to go, which is why it’s important to have a Democratic President in '24 and '28. They will both likely be replaced by '32.
The next three are Roberts, who is slightly more sane than the others on the right, Sotomayor and Kagan.
So reversing the conservative trend is contingent on Democrats holding the office of the President probably until '40? Then hoping there isn’t a McConnell style dickbag move that blocked Merrick Garland.
If Trump is elected, you can expect Thomas and Alito to step down so younger conservative justices can dominate the court for the next 30-40 years.
Trump will file a lawsuit if he loses and the Court is going to rule in favor of him 5/4 anyway. 🙄
Even if that doesn’t happen, the conservative “trend” is baked into the institution. It was designed to be conservative, to act as a check against democratic forces. It literally can’t be anything but conservative. At best we can keep the Court from becoming more fascist, but that’s it. We can only play triage with the Court - for the country to heal it must be abolished.
It can be, we just need more Democratic presidents nominating justices.
In my lifetime there have been 8 Republican Presidential terms to 6 Democratic terms, which doesn’t sound SUPER imbalanced.
But in that same time, Republican Presidents nominated 15 justices to the court and Democrats only 5. Should have been 14:6 if the Garland seat hadn’t been stolen. 13:7 if Ginsburg had stepped down when she had the chance.
In my lifetime half the presidents lost the popular vote and then went on to appoint Justices, so you might understand why I have zero faith in this institution.