America won't recover from this post-Trump era, unless the six Supreme Court justices that sanctioned this (Perdomo v Vasquez) even temporarily, are summarily removed from their positions.
this post was submitted on 24 Dec 2025
119 points (99.2% liked)
politics
26834 readers
2120 users here now
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.
Example:
- Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
- No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
- Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
The Supreme Court can be expanded and term limits can be put on justices; so not all of what we’re seeing can’t be undone, within our lifetimes, for the justice department. However, a Supermajority trifecta is needed in the House, Senate, and White House. Justices can also be impeached if I am not mistaken.
Justices can absolutely be impeached, but Congress has three other levers they can pull to reign in a rogue court
- Re-size the court, as you stated.
- Specifically deny the court jurisdiction over certain matters.
- Define exactly what "good behavior" means
- Amend the constitution to do even worse.
The first is most likely because it's simplest and there's precedent. The last is least-likely because there hasn't been a successful amendment proposal since before Roe.v Wade.
The middle two are fuzzier and more uncertain, and would need congress to either impeach or stand firm with a clear consequence if the court attempts to ignore such action. Either can start with a simple majority vote action of Congress, however, which makes them possibly more likely than the others.
(Or maybe the Dems will sweep the 2028 midterms and President Jeffries can have a two-year term as "president fuck you". Although I don't think he has the temperament for it.)
The blame for all this lies squarely at the feet of the Supreme Court and Merrick Garland.
The court because they have given Trump carte blanche to act however he wants and Garland for being a pussy who had every opportunity to imprison him and didn't.
More importantly, when the ICE Tonton Macoute finally get the day in court they richly deserve after the Trump regime is toppled, I'm curious to hear what they'll say then before they're sent to the slammer for life, or to the gas chamber. If the populace doesn't get to them first.
And we're just letting it happen
Merry Christmas, everyone. Gilead is here.
I bow to The New Republic for posting this today.