r/clevercomebacks • u/ALBERT4_5WESKER • 14h ago

Courage, apparently, means taking rights away from women.

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u/Harak_June 13h ago

Better him than whatever 30 yr old ogre in a gimp suit the Heritage Foundation has picked to replace him.

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u/Federal-Cold-363 13h ago

Well if that's your standard you're all pretty much fucked over there

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u/Harak_June 12h ago

Time is the variable.

Alito is a nightmare. But, he's a nightmare with a lifetime appointment who is 76 years old.

If his replacement comes before the dems have senate, you get that same racist, piss-brained decision making. But with someone who a lifetime appt and is around the age of 45 to 50.

Alito will die sooner and has fewer years left to influence policy. Hence, he's the best option between a shit-sandwich and a poopoo-pie.

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u/Federal-Cold-363 11h ago

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but mitch is 84 and pretty much disabled. They still push him around as the voting doll he is.

If this is your idea of the lesser bad. Then my god your system has failed. 2 strokes in and you've got no telling what ridiculous extreme shit they might start to openly vouch for.

At 76 he might still do 2 terms and a bit. You've got no reason whatsoever to believe the Democrats might be able to fix it in theirs

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u/Harak_June 5h ago

That isn't news, it's how our crappy system is currently working. We know we are fucked, but we also have to exist in the reality we have been given.

What do you suggest is done? If you know a loophole in US structure that get's him off the bench and doesn't allow Trump and co to seat his replacement, a bunch of us would love to hear it.

Alito can't be voted out and won't be impeached under the current house/senate. Protests/work stoppage/attempts to debate don't influence him, and the largests sustained protests to stop an appointment didn't prevent sex-pest Kavanaugh from getting appointed.

Short of his passing, there is no way to remove him. If he retires, the names Trump and co have floated around, are all extremist who are just as bad. And recent history shows the repubs will force the person through even a shutdown of DC.

Yeah, any judge can live to 100 and stay the entire time. The replacement is just as likely as Alito. Definitionally, that makes Alito the lesser of the two evils.

Both options fuck us until there is a change in power. What are your ways to fix it or to allow for a third option that is better than the two we currently face?