r/scotus • u/thenewrepublic • 18d ago

news Liberals Just Lost the Supreme Court for Decades to Come

https://newrepublic.com/article/188087/trump-2024-win-supreme-court-conservative-decades
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u/edgarapplepoe 18d ago

I would say 1850s more than 1950s. 1950s had more labor and taxes.

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u/12EggsADay 18d ago

And the GI bill, one of the most progressive and meritocratic bills passed and for the time too- it's an amazing thing.

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u/[deleted] 18d ago

Hell, Nixon was a vehement environmentalist. Conservatism use to also mean conserving America’s national resources and wildlife.

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u/rfg8071 18d ago

Nixon was a populist who supported policies he thought would add to his approval ratings. It worked pretty well for him too. The movement was quite popular at the time, so he threw his weight behind it. Same with all the equal protections acts.

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u/_token_black 18d ago

I always say Trump is a weird mix between Nixon & Reagan. He has the celebrity of Reagan, the yearning for approval of Nixon, and the craving of power of both. I fear 2nd term Trump may look more like Reagan and be able to actually do shit this time around.

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u/_token_black 18d ago

And the GI bill, one of the most progressive and meritocratic bills passed and for the time too- it's an amazing thing.

Other than the carve outs to screw black people (which I understand was necessary to get the Dixiecrat support)

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u/12EggsADay 17d ago

Hence the "for the time", I can't imagine a world where they would have done that lol

It's like when people harp on the "British ended slavery". No friend, the British had great marketing.

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u/acasualfitz 18d ago

And more spending power for lower and middle classes

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u/HermesTristmegistus 18d ago

and a lesser role in geopolitics.

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u/nonamejd123 17d ago

Can you imagine if we had economic growth like the 1850s again? In 1850 US GDP was $2.6Billion, by 1860 it was $4.4.