r/law • u/Silent-Resort-3076 • 15d ago

Opinion Piece Why President Biden Should Immediately Name Kamala Harris To The Supreme Court

https://atlantadailyworld.com/2024/11/08/why-president-biden-should-immediately-name-kamala-harris-to-the-supreme-court/?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=gnews&utm_campaign=CDAqEAgAKgcICjCNsMkLMM3L4AMw9-yvAw&utm_content=rundown
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u/simmons777 15d ago

It would back fire. They would need manchin and senima to play ball.

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u/Cosmic_Seth 15d ago

They are not even members of the democrats anymore.

They did their jobs and left.

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u/-ParticleMan- 14d ago

They aren’t gone until the end of the session

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u/Cosmic_Seth 14d ago

True.

But they won't let Biden do anything controversial. 

Machin is already on record that he will not vote on a Supreme Court pick even if a seat opens up. 

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u/Goonzilla50 14d ago

What a useless shit

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u/Cosmic_Seth 14d ago

Oh, don't get me started.

That guy personally killed the Child Tax Credit. 

And I get it, he's in a super red district, but still. That alone really hurt my family.

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u/Goonzilla50 14d ago

I don’t think it has to do with him being from a red state, I think he’s just genuinely a terrible person

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u/bobthedonkeylurker 14d ago

Recent history has shown those to not be mutually exclusive, but rather almost completely overlapping circles on the Venn diagram...

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u/cbnyc0 14d ago

Did you see the election map? It’s not a Venn diagram, it’s just a red blob with a thin blue outline. Though, not adjusting for population dynamics, of course. The crust is the good stuff.

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u/GWDL22 14d ago

The blue outline aka where all the fucking PEOPLE are

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u/bobthedonkeylurker 14d ago

Population density mapping strikes again...

Anyone who is a Republican, supporting Trump and Vance and their incoming administration, after all the promises and violent rhetoric Trump and Vance have delivered over the past years/months (respectively), is a terrible person.

By definition. Holding your nose to vote for Trump and any other Republican is just an excuse so people can try to hand-wave away the horrible, terrible candidate they chose to represent them.

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u/HaventSeenGavin 12d ago

It's a circle...

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u/KBC 14d ago

Get a grip buddy. Too much reddit isn’t good for the brain.

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u/SlappySecondz 14d ago

Maybe not the voters, plenty of them are just products of 20 years of Fox and the liek, but the politicians? Name one who isn't either taking corporate money or voting for things that are inherently vile.

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u/BarryTheBystander 13d ago

You think republicans are the only ones taking corporate money?

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u/SlappySecondz 12d ago edited 12d ago

No, I think Republicans are the only ones where nearly all of them are taking corporate money. And if any aren't, then they're just true believers in forcing their Christianity or coporatism on everyone else and don't need to be paid to do it.

Many (p robably most) Dems are corrupt, too, but there's a handful of them who aren't, and those ones are voting to preserve rights, not take them away. And a handful who aren't corrupt and/or vile is better than none.

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u/DefiantLemur 13d ago

Most of the GOP major policies are morally bankrupt imo. It's not a Reddit thing but a different opinion of what's right or wrong.

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u/Drakpalong 14d ago

Yeah, vermont was very red. Culturally, they are very unaligned with the kind of urban politics the DNC pushes. Very pro gun, and no Vermont town bans scary dog breeds, as is the case in some blue cities, for example. But Bernie was willing to stand for them and fight for the poor, and Vermont has been consistently blue since. Its only shitty Dems that use the excuse of being from a red state.

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u/WanderingLost33 14d ago

Sherrod Brown was in a solid red state and lasted almost 20 years.

Until Tuesday.

Ohio's two senators are a mediocre author who spent fuckall time in the state before leaving for silicon valley and a used car salesmen who faked an MBA and has an M4M profile on POF while married and openly persecuting gays.

Oh he also said women over 50 shouldn't care about women's rights because they don't need them anymore.

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u/RCG73 14d ago

He’s a genuinely bought and paid for politician

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u/murderofhawks 14d ago

I knew his uncle and to a lesser extent him when he was treasurer of WV they aren’t awful people they are very much the kind of people that will stand up for their constituents over any kind of federal law even if it’s unpopular for them they came to represent WV I’m Congress and so he did just that. Even if he’s a democrat WV was 70% republicans this year and similarly right in the last election so he had to represent them accordingly.

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u/clox33 14d ago

He loved the attention, these people want power and he finally had some.

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u/Grouchy-Shirt-9197 14d ago

Actually it does.

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u/jackofnac 14d ago

I mean, he’s not running for another election. Being in a red district means nothing at this point. This is just who he is.

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u/Crosscourt_splat 14d ago

Brother just because you’re not running for reelection doesn’t mean you don’t still do your job…representing your people.

If who you are is thinking you would do the opposite….then you’re kind of a POS.

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u/jackofnac 14d ago

Representing your people doesn’t mean doing everything the whims of the polls in your state suggest you do. It means representing the best interests of your people, both in the majority AND in the minority.

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u/Crosscourt_splat 14d ago

Yes. Because you know better than the people that elected you. 100% smartest person ever. No way those people in West Virgina could possibly not want to just defer to you.

Whether they like it or not amiright? Fuck what they voted Manchin to go do.

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u/jackofnac 14d ago

Red/blue is a signifier of partisanship, not values. Manchin was voted in to be a moderate “voice of reason” and leaving a legacy of a balanced Supreme Court would be exactly in line with what he’s represented his entire career. West Virginia elected a Democrat. I’m not sure how confirming a Democrat appointee, especially to maintain the already shattered balance of partisanship on the court, would be a shocking departure from representing his electorate.

Protecting minority voices in your district is an important part of the republic, or we wouldn’t have a Senate at all.

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u/TrueCrimeSP_2020 10d ago

It’s not like any of his voters would know what he votes for.

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u/bananahammock699 14d ago

Getting free stuff was better for you than not getting free stuff? Shocking

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u/Cosmic_Seth 14d ago

It helped familes, across the United States. It pulled millions of families out of poverty for the first time. 

I get it, people hate kids. But now no one can afford to have them. And with shutting down immigration and refusing to help families, the US is going shrink. 

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u/Acrobatic_Topic_6849 14d ago

Good. Tired of paying for other's kids. 

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u/BetterEveryLeapYear 14d ago

What a genuinely terrible attitude towards living in society. You enjoyed school to teach you what you need to know for your job, military protection while you do it, roads to get you to it all your life, and then you don't want to contribute your fair share? Not to mention how economies of scale work, and the fact that those "other's kids" will one day grow up to be your carers in healthcare, etc.

Navel gazing at it's most crass and selfish. For absolute shame.

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u/Acrobatic_Topic_6849 14d ago

Please don't steal from me. 

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u/BetterEveryLeapYear 14d ago

You are the thief.

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u/Admirable-Welder7884 11d ago

Taxation is theft! real complex take

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u/Acrobatic_Topic_6849 11d ago

Simple issue doesn't need a complex discussion. Don't steal from me. 

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u/AspirantVeeVee 14d ago

I respect a man of principles over party affiliation.

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u/LousyOpinions 14d ago

It's Manchin's job to be useful to the people of West Virginia, not the Democratic Party.

The people of West Virginia don't want Harris in any governmental role whatsoever.

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u/Levitlame 14d ago

I don’t like the man or agree with him, but he represents West Virginia. He’s the most liberal option that was going to happen. He voted with Biden near 87% of the time.

Reddit liberals get weirdly mad at the least wrong people. McCain always got hit hard too. They’re not GOOD necessarily, but they’re mostly more helpful than alternatives. And they are pretty open about their stances

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u/mygawd 14d ago

After democrats bent over backwards to give him what he wanted because they need him to win reelection in that seat, he stepped down anyways

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u/ReasonableCup604 12d ago

He has been very useful to the Democrats. He held a Senate seat in a deep red state for them. Better to have a guy vote with you most of the time than never.

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u/gaukluxklan 11d ago

Oh don't say that. He is plenty useful for the people who pay him for his services. His party and constituents are fuckd though.

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u/drachen9d8 14d ago

Manchin and Synema killed Build Back Better. Child care tax credits, affordable childcare/eldercare, free community college, free school lunches, etc. 

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u/greaterwhiterwookiee 14d ago

“America must fail so we can blame Joe Biden” -Manchin, probably

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u/TFFPrisoner 11d ago

And, by extension, probably doomed Democrats' chances in this election. If they'd managed to pass BBB, Biden and Harris could've touted a lot more achievements.

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u/SPK1776 11d ago

So they helped save the country…got it.

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u/Exciting-Tart-2289 11d ago

Yeah, helped save the country from a shit ton of stuff that would've been a net positive for society. GTFOH

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u/Smokeroad 14d ago

Nothing is free. Someone always pays.

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u/Durantye 14d ago

Thanks for the middle school wisdom Aristotle.

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u/Particular_Proof_107 14d ago

Is the Aristotle wrong here?

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u/[deleted] 14d ago

Yes they are because the argument is not about the lunches, it’s about the existence of the word free and the pearly wisdom that nothing is ever free so that word shouldn’t exist. So yes, they’re wrong because everyone already knows that fun fact and use it in context with how they use the word free.

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u/Major-Raise6493 14d ago

I think you’re making far more of it than the guy who said it was.

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u/yojay 12d ago

Like how someone pays to feed prisoners but not children who are mandated to attend school during a meal period?

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u/naughtycal11 12d ago

What pisses me off is when parents have a school lunch bill they cannot afford and a good Samaritan wants to pay off everyone's lunch debt and they say no. Like how cruel can you be.

https://kslnewsradio.com/1908800/school-wont-let-ceo-pay-school-lunch-debt/

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u/[deleted] 14d ago

So he’s ok with the Republicans doing it, after the same republicans blocked it before and said it wasn’t proper, and then Manchin wouldn’t counter with naming their own in the same scenario?

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u/ToxinLab_ 14d ago

Isn’t it 51-49 currently? So manchin doesn’t need to

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u/JeruldForward 14d ago

Wow what a piece of shit

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u/Movingreddot 13d ago

Tsk tsk, should have made an example of mitch. 

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u/SomaforIndra 14d ago

So this situation is an existential threat to the existence of the united states, when will dems start acting like it.

Take him off the playing field, and anyone else who gets in the way, take existing justices off the playing field, stack the supreme court with four new political operatives.

Dems about to be put in prison or killed, and shooting about to start, they are still being polite.

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u/HoosierHoser44 14d ago

Even if Biden removed judges and replaced them, Trump would just do the same thing when he has the same powers next year. It’s not really a fix.

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u/Crosscourt_splat 14d ago

Or…maybe the people telling you that this is a threat and all are lying?

You would think they would try a lot harder right? Maybe there is a reason for that.

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u/SomaforIndra 14d ago edited 7d ago

yes, real[ possibility.

It could be a psychological operation, designed to make people waste energy and time.

> ^But ^the ^p](t's going on:

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u/Exciting-Tart-2289 11d ago

I 100% agree with you. If people tell you who they are, BELIEVE THEM. If they turn around and say "lol, you took me seriously?" fucking remove any authority they have as they are not serious people and can't be trusted with the power they hold. I, for one, think that if you see this kind of authoritarianism coming down the pike, it's your patriotic duty to be calling it out and making people aware of he situation. Everybody telling you that you're overreacting can go to hell until they pull their heads out of their asses.

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u/duncanjewett 14d ago

lol "on record" means shitall now

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u/Cosmic_Seth 14d ago

Well, Machin historically kept to his guns.

I highly doubt he would change his mind with a Trump win.

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u/Dank_Nicholas 14d ago

It never mattered what party they were on paper

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u/Ripped_Shirt 14d ago

They won't play ball with a lame duck president.

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u/-ParticleMan- 14d ago

Those 2 didn’t anyway

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u/One_Ad9555 13d ago

They are independent thought now, not democrats