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President Joe Biden promised Black voters Wednesday that he would appoint progressives to the US Supreme Court if elected to a second term, suggesting he expects vacancies on the high court over the next four years.

“The next president, they’re going to be able to appoint a couple justices, and I’ll be damned — if in fact we’re able to change some of the justices when they retire and put in really progressive judges like we’ve always had, tell me that won’t change your life,” he said during a campaign rally in Philadelphia.

It was as explicit a warning as Biden could offer about the stakes of the upcoming election, and a clear reminder that some of the nine justices have entered their seventies.

Clarence Thomas is 75 and Samuel Alito is 74; both are conservative and appointed by Republican presidents. Sonia Sotomayor, a liberal who was nominated by President Barack Obama, turns 70 next month.

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[–] hark@lemmy.world 84 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

Actually progressive or "biden is the most progressive president in recent US history" progressive? I'll take either over the alternative, but I'd love it if it was more than former than the latter.

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 38 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If he promises to let Bernie Sanders pick them then I bet he'd gain whole percentage points in polls.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can Bernie be president on Wednesdays and Thursdays?

[–] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

he has pickle ball on Thursdays

[–] model_tar_gz@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Wednesdays and Fridays then.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Cmon, you know it's the latter.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Still a lot better than anything Trump would come up with.

[–] Facebones@reddthat.com 6 points 2 years ago

They'd absolutely still be massive corporatists who think freedom dies if Americans can actually afford any of their basic needs.

[–] retrospectology@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

I'll take anyone who isn't a corporate careerist at this point. The people sitting on the supreme court shouldn't be expecting to leverage it to make an exhorbitant amount of money.

[–] Schadrach 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

At least he's talking about the views of a justice he might pick, rather than what race and sex they're going to be as though that's the most important criteria.

[–] retrospectology@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yes, but he's also shown himself willing to say anything to get support and votes. He had a lot of big progressive talk during his campaign when he was against Sanders, but then dropped that facade pretty much within the first few months and started giving out corporate handjobs.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Actually progressive or “biden is the most progressive president in recent US history” progressive?

He's going to appoint Merrick Garland again.