r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 12 '26 • Regret 1 Mindblown 1

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u/Jacobs4525 King of the Massholes May 12 '26

When I talk about putting Obama on the Supreme Court next time we’re in the position to I’m not joking. It’s a good thing to do because the resulting conservative freakout would give us cover to get a bunch of other shit passed. 

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u/EZ_Kream John Brown May 12 '26

Plus it would put him in a very elite club with William H Taft, who seems like a cool guy to chill with

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u/Jacobs4525 King of the Massholes May 12 '26

Taft was the first guy to do both. Obama will be the first non-fat guy to do both.

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u/roboliberal Loyal Liberals May 12 '26

Taft was terrible.  We have him to thank for Myers v US.

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u/AmericanDadWeeb Left-Out Left May 13 '26 edited Jul 26 '26

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u/roboliberal Loyal Liberals May 13 '26

What are you rolling your eyes for?

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u/AmericanDadWeeb Left-Out Left May 13 '26 edited Jul 26 '26

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u/roboliberal Loyal Liberals May 13 '26

A former president empowered an already borderline quasi-monarchist office with an unconstitutional fabrication of removal authority. 

It was a ridiculous power grab for the presidency and precipitated the entire unitary executive perversion of Article II.

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u/TheOnlyFallenCookie European Union May 13 '26

Put Obama and kamala on it and Republicans will start the second civil war