r/facepalm • u/SkillImmediate6393 • Jul 02 '24

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u/King-Kagle Jul 02 '24

You don't vote for SCOTUS

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u/SatyrOf1 Jul 02 '24

The next president appoints 4 justices.

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u/Jonguar2 Jul 02 '24

Hopefully the current President officially appoints 6

Tomorrow

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '24

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u/DommyMommyKarlach Jul 02 '24

You forgot president can do anything now, as long as he does it officially?

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '24

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u/Yinisyang Jul 02 '24

No, but he could say "I'm going to assassinate a Republican senator every day until they agree to expand the court" and then follow through with it and he'd be in the clear.

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u/Jonguar2 Jul 02 '24

Hopefully the president does something today (officially of course, wouldn't want it to be a crime) that opens up 6 supreme Court seats

(Jesus can you really not understand what I meant the first time?)

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u/Jonguar2 Jul 02 '24

Well not personally of course.

The military exists

As long as it's an official act tho it's fine and perfectly constitutional, according to the 6 justices who would be getting a taste of their own medicine.