7 of the 9 U.S. Supreme Court Justices Would Not Be on the Court if:

Presidential Elections in 3 or fewer states decided by less than 3% had gone the other way

AND/OR

If U.S. Senate Elections in 3 or fewer states decided by less than 3% had gone the other way.

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Here's how YOUR votes, just regular people deciding to vote or not vote in Presidential and U.S. Senate elections, affects who gets onto the Supreme Court for life.

Where they no longer have to answer to anybody and make decisions about all of our lives.

Clarence Thomas is currently the ninth longest-tenured Supreme Court Justice in U.S. history.

But if Republicans hadn't narrowly won these three Senate elections in 1988, he would not have gotten confirmed.

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Jun 26

Both major political parties have l extreme factions.

I find the Democratic fringe more annoying than scary since they don’t tend to be planning a civil war.

I find the Republican fringe frightening because they seem to be daydreaming about it.

But there’s another difference.

The farthest-left Democrats do not control their party. There have been countless examples over the last few years of a more left-leaning Democrat losing a PRIMARY to a more moderate Democrat.

Ilhan Omar nearly lost the Democratic Primary in Minnesota in 2022.

But on the Republican side, the nuttiest talking, hang-em-high, arrest Fauci, blood of patriots lunatics might not win the General Election. But they’re probably gonna win the Republican Primary.

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Jun 25

The Presidential Election, like every other election, is a job interview. We're down to two candidates, exactly one of whom is going to get the job next January.

Let's look at the candidates on paper.

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Jun 12

If you look at public polling, the approval ratings for the U.S. Supreme Court have fallen by about 26 points or so in the last three years. A lot of people disapprove of the Court today.

But they don't understand how their own votes in elections shapes the Supreme Court.

In the most significant example, the decisions of voters in just three states in the 2016 Presidential Election effectively determined the composition for one-third of the Supreme Court.

Another election in which many people disliked both candidates. And many didn't vote.

But it's not just about the Presidential Election. The majority of the Justices on the Supreme Court were confirmed by five votes or less in the U.S. Senate. And every one of those Senators were themselves elected in close elections in which a lot of people didn't vote.

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Jun 11

The reason why some people think of Trump as some sort of powerful he-man, which he’s absolutely not, is because many people can’t tell the difference between macho performative crap and actually being a strong, solid man.

Trump is the guy who will flex for the cameras, growl at WWE matches and do all the things that middle school boys who are trying to prove to everyone else that they’re tough do. That’s why he does well with folks who gravitate to hype and showmanship.

But when he has a setback, which, let’s be honest, is usually the result of something he himself did, he just whines like the whiniest whiner who ever whined. “V” for “victim.” The whole world is unfair to him.

But he’s supposedly the man.

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Jun 3

So that bogus "weaponization of justice" charge that the Republicans have been making about Trump's trials can easily be turned around.

Hunter Biden is now on federal trial for lying on a gun form in 2018 or so. It's a charge which non-violent criminals are rarely charged for.

And, guess what? The trial is occurring DURING AN ELECTION YEAR. And it was urged on by Congressional Republicans who certainly applied public pressure on the Republican Special Prosecutor and who have spent many days during the 118th Congress investigating Hunter Biden.

So, is the justice system on some kind of vendetta against Republicans? If it is, how do you explain the Democratic President's son being on trial? Just like the Senior Democratic Senator from New Jersey is on trial?

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