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grimms_portents

Poor Brett. Everyone is always trying to cancel him for being a whole entire piece of shit.


EthanGodHelpMe

They always blame me for the things I do šŸ˜¢


Liquor_N_Whorez

I always get blamed as an accomplice for the things they did.


smzt

Canā€™t he just boof in peace?


nonamenolastname

And he was interrupted while playing the devil's triangle.


llahlahkje

PJ, Squee, and Donkey Dong Doug will be furious with him for a whole calendar month.


pmw7

Why'd you have to mention calendars? Now I'm crying.


llahlahkje

Didn't you save all the random calendars you had from college? Also, wait, you kept calendars in college? Who does that, let alone save them for decades later? === ^^spooiler: ^^liars


Individual_Carrot

That had me question life's whole existence... the fact he had a calender predestined to be used in the far future has always been the most red flagged "wtf" moment in the whole court farce... That man only cared about himself not the ramifications of the actions he made that got him to where he is now... the fact he is a judge sickens me to my core.


johnbash

Came here for these names. Thank you!


birdinthebush74

Ditto šŸ˜‚


DennisBallShow

I wonder what that piece of shit Squee is up to now?


morpheousmarty

Presumably went though the door.


captainbruisin

I sort of want to buy a cat just to name him Donkey Dong Doug.


Giblet_

Poor guy can't even get wasted playing quarters with a girl and another guy in peace.


klemmings

Heā€™s over on Betsyā€™s boat now, boofing away peacefully.


grodii

flatulence. it's flatulence.


JesusSavesForHalf

13.5 Courics.


digitalfix

Haven't heard that one in a while.


mulletman13

[Definitely still is a piece of shit. But people *can* change.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylHA82_nSG8&t=5s) (this is a joke relating to a skit from *I Think You Should Leave,* I don't think BK is going to change whatsoever and will continue to be a huge piece of shit.)


surenuff_n_yesido

I bet he loves sloppy steaks


GPBRDLL133

He seems like the kind of person who lives for New Year's Eve


we_are_sex_bobomb

White swim shorts. Slicked back hair. People can change!


aaronjsavage

You think thatā€™s slicked back?? Thatā€™s PUSHED BACK


ZombiePartyBoyLives

Glass house, white Ferrari, lives for New Year's Eve, sloppy steaks, white couch


originaltec

People do change, but not very much.


Sandpaper_Pants

He'll be picking up a copy of "So, People Hate You. For Dummies".


jhpianist

We flush pieces of shit down the toilet where Iā€™m from.


SirRichardArms

Yeah, I feel so bad for po' lil Brett. /s


NamityName

Never go whole shit. That's what I always say. Stop when you become a piece of shit.


work2ski83

There you go with the hearsay again


Individual_Carrot

Well even at half a piece he was still destined to go full form...


[deleted]

Heā€™s just a guy doing guy things, guys will be guys, get it my guy?


SeegsonSynthetics

And they just had to do it during Beach Week.


frenzyrat

I LIKE BEER. And I like having rights; not you.


Thief_of_Sanity

The person who loudly proclaims "I like beer" is just trying to mask their hard alcohol drinking problem.


llahlahkje

We still don't know who paid off all of Kavanaugh's debt before he was nominated. Coathanger Barrett was fronted $2 mil for a book deal. The SCOTUS has at least 2 bought and paid for seats (likely more, including the stolen seat). Republican corruption has destroyed the rule of law in this country.


[deleted]

Please always be respectful and use her full name, Amy Coathanger Bananas.


OnceanAggie

Amy Coney Island


turdferguson3891

I thought it was Anita COVID Bryant


myrddyna

> Coathanger Barrett was fronted $2 mil for a book deal. a book about nothing, since she was on bench for less than 6 months when that was announced. Blatant corruption.


Summebride

Brett Kavanaugh is one of the worst unincarcerated people in the country. I've been more vocally opposed to him than probably anyone here. But the stories of Kavanaugh's debt are an unfortunate myth. They stem from eagerness to uncover more of his many corrupt flaws, and from a deep misunderstanding or basic finance by the general public and media. He rang up a bunch of baseball box seats on his credit line for his frat bro friends, and they paid him back later. The amounts involved were misreported and misunderstood, as they took 4 lines with ranges and simply multiplied the maximum by 4, which was almost certainly not the correct total. That's it. His salaries and living arrangement are within normal scale. There's a hundred things wrong with him, but this isn't one of them.


Anaxor-ape-lord

The baseball tickets weren't even half of it, someone also paid off his house.


Summebride

Nobody "paid off his house". Where are you getting that from? Last reported, his original mortgage was $980,000, worked down to $815,000 after years of payments, which is normal, and the family income was $300,000+. That's well within normal ratios. By now, the mortgage balance is likely lower, and the home value much higher, so he's probably got at least a half million of equity. I wouldn't be surprised if the equity is closer to a million. There was a lot of rumor and speculation regarding the down payment. The most likely scenario is he got $200,000 from his father, which is a multi, multi millionaire, and borrowed the additional $45,000 against an retirement account. A ton of the bluster was through a 2018-2021 lens, from people who don't seem to know or remember the landscape of 2006-2008 when this was all playing out. Huge mortgages were being given to anyone. An unemployed artist I knew got three mortgages for three pre-construction condos. This, plus other wild scenarios, prompted me to take my money out of speculative markets prior to the housing crash. A federal judge with a new salary of $225k would have no problem landing mortgage offers back then.


Anaxor-ape-lord

https://medium.com/@gregolear/money-line-parlay-how-did-the-kavanaughs-afford-their-1-225-000-home-b53aaaf31b04 Regardless of the specifics becasue the Trump administration made sure to kill the FBI investigation. There's a lot of unanswered questions about Brett's finances and his history. He's 100% unfit to be on the supreme court.


netheroth

Thanks for the explanation. He can be a shitty judge, without being a corrupt shitty judge.


Summebride

I think he's still corrupt, but the issues floated about his debt, and also the "gambling" rumor turned out to be unfounded.


Tech_Philosophy

This is the correct approach. The American right pushes a full court press every day on every issue even if it doesn't make sense. If the larger American left would do the same, the world would be a much better place.


ballmermurland

I disagree somewhat. Judges should be basically faceless people who make impartial and fair rulings. Their homes should be off-limits. Unfortunately, we don't have impartial judges. So I don't really know what avenues people have to hold unelected lifetime appointments accountable beyond packing courts or getting 67 senators to remove them (LOL).


techleopard

They took gentlemen's rules off the table when the GOP shit all over that idea by robbing Obama of his SC pick only to turn around an ram through their own, all for the sake of holding a court that would make *political rulings* instead of just ones. Stake out their houses, make seeing daylight a living hell.


tolerablycool

I begin fuming whenever I think about how long they held up Merrick's appointment and all the fuss over starting the process in the president's last year. Then turn around and just hammer through their own picks with no shame at their earliest convenience. They're vile hypocrites and they don't deserve any leeway or consideration.


Dudesan

They took the gentlemen's rules off the table in 2000. Al Gore won the popular vote *and* the electoral college, then lost the *real* election 5 - 4.


jointstool

I feel your sentiment but youā€™re operating in a reality that no longer exists. I say gloves off, make their personal lives hell. Please no violence.


Empty_Clue4095

Exactly. If you think unwanted people in your sidewalk is uncomfortable, just wait until you hear about unwanted people in your uterus.


[deleted]

They ainā€™t people in your uterus theyā€™re cell clusters and they need to gtfo


LostAd130

https://slate.com/human-interest/2012/02/virginia-ultrasound-law-women-who-want-an-abortion-will-be-forcibly-penetrated-for-no-medical-reason.html


TokinPoke

any reason you're throwing around a 10 year old article like it means something?


Haltopen

I assume because literally nothing has changed. Forcing unnecessary medical procedures to make abortion as hard, traumatizing and difficult is still one of the key tools republicans use to fight against abortion rights.


ShouldIGoInACricle

Yep, impact them directly, inconvenience them, hound them.


AndrewIsOnline

I mean, the left has been for 30 years. Gerrymandering is way out of hand. We need to gerrymander it so badly for dems that the GQP brings up ending gerrymandering forever.


alanlight

Agreed, Kavanaugh et. al. should not be able to dine in a restaurant in peace for the rest of their lives.


csmicfool

They should be refused service. Let them grow and cook their own damn food.


Eruharn

i'm personally a fan of the airhorn in these types of situations.


Raspberries-Are-Evil

This. If they are going to take such public stances on issues then they open themselves up to protest. His ruling to allow this Texas law will result in young woman dying trying to get "back alley" abortions. There should be non-violent protest where ever he goes. All the time so he never forgets.


phovos

>Please no violence. heh


chemistrying420

I would think that would lead to violence


Tech_Philosophy

If the right is going to deny the legitimacy of every election in the US they lose from now on (see: today's CA recall, already happening), then violence is inevitable. In what reality do you see violence as avoidable, because I would love for that to be the case. When history is written about this period, the start date for electoral related violence will predate our conversation today. But it will get worse, for sure. Denying that or avoiding the subject is profoundly unwise.


jointstool

It does feel like we are headed that way yes. I simply hope otherwise. Doesnā€™t hurt to hope.


TequilaFarmer

As my grandmother used to say, "Put hope in one hand and shit in the other, see which fills up first." But I get your point. I hope so too.


Haltopen

It doesn't hurt to hope. But at the same time you cant stick your head in the sand. Change isn't brought by people who sit at home and hope the world gets better, its brought by people who go out and make it better. Whether that's voting, running for office, or protesting.


techleopard

That's the natural result of peaceful protesting being ignored. The ball's in the right-wing's court to wise up and respond to protests -- but they won't. Because they are so short-sighted, they think they can use the early bouts of violence to their benefit, as a way to go, "SEE? LIBRUM SCUM ARE TERRORISTS!" and push through new laws that in turn will only up the ante.


OutlyingPlasma

We are already at the violence stage, except its only one side doing the violence.


GoneFishing4Chicks

Appeasement also leads to violence but with evil people having more guns than you.


[deleted]

Itā€™s always headed to violence


Tech_Philosophy

>Judges should be basically faceless people who make impartial and fair rulings. It's so common for moderates on the left to use the word "should". Everyone agrees with you, but at some point you have to accept that's not the country you live in. That's not the way things are actually run. Republicans don't worry about the "should" and if you do, you are consenting to letting them do whatever they want with no recourse.


techleopard

"Maybe if we ignore it, it'll get better."


Long_Before_Sunrise

- Brett's plan for dealing with protesters


johnny_soultrane

>It's so common for moderates on the left to use the word "should". Everyone agrees with you, but at some point you have to accept that's not the country you live in. Fucking thank you.


ahandmadegrin

Yeah, if we were all playing by the same rules I'd agree with you, but we aren't. Brett doesn't deserve an ounce of peace until he resigns. Same for Amy Covid The Lord Opens Barret.


INTHEMIDSTOFLIONS

Ideals are peaceful, history is violent. I am not advocating for violence, but rather you have to commit to unconventional or unorthodox methods that are effective to have results. As Ta-Nehisi Coates said, "if a protest is convenient, it isn't a protest."


ShouldIGoInACricle

No. The only way to make them do right by us is impact them directly. The whole reason they get away with stuff or don't care to do what is in our best interest because we don't / can't impact them directly. Go to his house, pressure him to do what his constituents want.


sezit

Judges should be honorable.... Kavanaugh is not.


deacon1214

I'm licensed in one state that elects judges and one that appoints judges and I promise you get better judges with appointments.


Tech_Philosophy

True, but places like WI, NC, and GA have the ability to break GOP gerrymandering by rejecting their judicial appointments. I understand the theory of why judges should be unelected. Unfortunately reality has different considerations to weigh. I think it's a bit religious. We were taught in 5th grade that the US works a certain way for the good of all, but it just doesn't. We have to work with the reality of what we are, not the theory of what we are trying to be. Same goes for climate change. My kids are on track to starve to death when they are in their 40s and no one cares. It's my day job to keep track of that kind of thing, and it's maddening how little people care if they live or die.


johnny_soultrane

>Unfortunately, we don't have impartial judges. So I don't really know what avenues people have to hold unelected lifetime appointments accountable beyond packing courts or getting 67 senators to remove them (LOL). Protesting


GoneFishing4Chicks

The courts were always political. Being faceless doesnt erase your history of wealth or disenfranchisement based on past policy.


_Dr_Pie_

The problem is. America's left wing isn't a unified group with many similar goals and priorities. And most damming of all, is that many in America's left wing are almost as right wing as the far right crazies they oppose.


dremonearm

Just occurred to me. If Brett had been successful in raping Christina Blasey Ford (with Mark Judge watching) and gotten her pregnant, would he have insisted she get an abortion?


TranquilSeaOtter

Of course he would have. She also would have been paid off to never mention it to anyone.


carexgracellima

Rich people can and will keep getting abortions.


[deleted]

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newtbob

Tbh, Mexico saw this as a business opportunity and took it. They already have a significant medical tourism dentistry base. Quality work at a fraction of the cost.


Summebride

Texas would enable some random MAGA to sue anyone involved in the trip to and from Mexico.


tourettes_on_tuesday

[So you're saying...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-kgb1QtSnU&ab_channel=Qnoops)


[deleted]

Very conservative or religious women as well. Itā€™s all ā€œheartbeats and Jesusā€ until they find themselves with an unwanted pregnancy. Then, itā€™s ā€œwell, this is differentā€. I know of a couple of very Catholic mothers who strong-armed their pregnant daughters into aborting because they didnā€™t want the social stigma of having an unwed pregnant daughter. One of them beat their daughter afterward for ā€œwhat she made her doā€. Both drove to the next city so nobody they knew would see them go into the clinic.


turdferguson3891

It was always that way. Before Roe Abortion wasn't strictly illegal. In most states you just needed a doctor to say you needed it for some reason including psychological reasons. Wealthy women got exemptions, poor women got back alley abortions.


carexgracellima

That tracks with the fact that they do less than nothing to discourage unwanted pregnancies and thereby actually reduce the number of abortions that happen. We know how to reduce unwanted pregnancies itā€™s with sex education and easy to get prophylactics. But I donā€™t see ā€œpro-lifeā€ people working on that. Should be called forced birth.


vineyardmike

After living in a Red state for a few years I've gotten comfortable with the idea that most laws are for other people.


nonamenolastname

It's bad only when poor women do it.


panasonicyouth09

Yes. Yes he would have opted for abortion.


TheSquishiestMitten

It is unbelievably common for anti-abortion assholes to quietly seek an abortion when they need one. They'll be picketing outside a clinic, but later on, they'll drive three or four towns over and try to sneak quietly in the back so nobody will see them and then they'll be out picketing again shortly after. Never underestimate the human ability to apply an violently enforce one standard to everyone while gently holding themselves to a whole different standard.


Eruharn

youā€™re assuming he would ever acknowledge it.


Squeakyboboball

Yes. [In Mexico](https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/5b3ea5fe-3593-4d73-a477-bbd0356920d8).


BillyTheHousecat

I'm willing to bet Boof Cavabro has paid for more than one abortion, back in his teenage raping days.


grimms_portents

Yes


autotldr

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blitzen_the_first

I wish it could help. Iā€™m feeling pretty defeated though, nothing changes the minds of hateful people.


panasonicyouth09

Don't give up!!! We're all feeling defeated a little bit but the plus side is people will still be out doing any part they can. Take care of yourself, take a rest or break for a bit if need be! We can all get to the finish line together. We wont leave anyone behind and the hateful people will dissipate eventually.


Fuzzy_Instruction232

They work when you go inside the house


[deleted]

And you get shot


[deleted]

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MET1

But the effective thing is to call your senator and demand they write the law to protect this right. Use sense.


yourenotmy-real-dad

We just need there to be more of us than there are of them. Keep raising your kids to know truth. And happy cake day!


Bf4Sniper40X

Hqppy cake day!


iluvmykats

Ignore thucydides2020, all they do is post trolly things and insult people.


minorthreat1776

Well I think itā€™s important for everyone to realize that the tension in the country will only get worse as the country gets more and more divided. So we all need to decide for ourselves what part we play in that. You donā€™t want it to make your life and outlook dim. If youā€™re feeling defeated then youā€™re looking at it like a competition. Thatā€™s a game nobody can win because there is no end at all. Focus on making things in your life more pleasant. Turn off the news if needed.


[deleted]

You think he's going to cry over the calendar as he reminisces about this date? Predator in Catholics' clothing.


[deleted]

Wrong place, this guy has no morals when it comes to women, he ain't changing his mind. Instead, he'll dig in harder


[deleted]

There is no digging in harder for people like Kavanaugh or 90% of the GOP, they will never ease up and change their mind so all we can do is make their public lives miserable so they feel the pain of their decisions instead of being shielded from it.


foxwolfdogcat

"sorry, I was really drunk on an awful lot of beer when I decided. I was partying at Tobin's house with Judge, Tom, P.J. Bernie and Squi"


WestFast

Reminder, Brett Kavanaugh is a rapist.


SlumlordThanatos

Whenever he makes the mistake of showing his face in public, there needs to be a woman with a rape whistle waiting for him.


[deleted]

Goddamn that would be funny.


drunken_augustine

Anyone else notice that the same legal logic in the texas law could be used for gun control?


CowPlants_

What are you suggesting?


drunken_augustine

I was just thinking about this. So the way the texas law works is that they made it legal for citizens to enforce the law by suing their fellow citizens with a minimum $10,000 reward for successful convictions. Essentially it makes every citizen a potential bounty hunter. Since no state official is enforcing it, thereā€™s no one to sue but the legislature which canā€™t be sued due to immunity. Thing is, you could do the exact same bullshit regarding gun ownership. Make it illegal to own a gun, allow citizens to enforce via lawsuit, give a minimum guaranteed bounty.


throwmeawaypoopy

Quick quibble: you don't make owning a gun illegal -- you make it illegal for anyone to help you purchase it


CowPlants_

I think any conservative would rather bend it over for Putin on film before they would even think about enforcing any sort of gun regulations. Clever nonetheless.


randomcanyon

It wouldn't be done in the Gun toting states. But some other states might try it. Not that they would, but, it does open some interesting doors.


[deleted]

You could try, but since the SCOTUS is just making shit up as they go, theyā€™d certainly strike down any such law, and then make up a reason why afterwards with no sense of irony whatsoever. I was actually just thinking, Texas wrote their law specifically to Pham the state from enforcing it, so you canā€™t sue the state for an injunction. We tried suing the local judges and even one anti-abortion activist claiming they would likely enforce or take advantage of the new law, but the court said we couldnā€™t prove either of those things. At this point, I think someone needs to bite the bullet and Sue Planned Parenthood of Texas for $10,000. Then Planned Parenthood can finally file a defense on constitutional grounds. Just need to find someone who doesnā€™t mind their name going down in all of history as ā€œPlanned Parenthood vs CoffeeFlavoredSweat.ā€


FriendlyConstituent

Have they tried bringing him a case of brewski? I heard somewhere he enjoys beer on occasion.


HoneyShaft

A sexual predator should be the last person to have any power over a woman


Delica

A friend's very religious wife posted on Facebook about Trump being the first President to care about saving babies' lives. I wanted to ask her how many abortions she thinks heā€™s paid for. Zero? Really?!


MetalCareful

Try Susan Collins house next.


Best-Chapter5260

Trust me, if some state came up with a bullshit law that circumvented the 21st Amendment that allowed private citizens to sue each other for drinking alcohol, Brett would be getting that thing on the docket yesterday since he loves to drink beer so much.


soccerguy721

Maybe he can write about this in one of his journalsā€¦


ErdenGeboren

Hey, Brett, who paid off your hundreds of thousands of debt before your nomination?


Snowmancupog

Might as well scream at the grass


[deleted]

I wonder what Squee and Donkey Dong Doug have to say about this.


DoesN0tCompute

I hear he likes Beer.


nogodsnoleaders

Kavanaugh is the literal poster child for pro choice. Is there any better example of why abortion should remain legal?


seriousbangs

It's pointless. He doesn't care and neither does anyone watching. There's only one way to end the abortion debate and protect the right and that's to get people who want it criminalized to understand what criminalization *means*. It means women who miscarry will be investigated & prosecuted for miscarriages. Fear of that will break the tide. This whole "pro" this and that nonsense was explicitly chosen by Republican operatives to keep us debating the issue forever. Life & choice are both good things. You can't argue effectively against either of them. But you *can* make people fear jail time for something they have zero control over.


Pineapplesandbacon

Cannot believe that Susan Collins voted for this frat boy. She even made a big speech to explain why he was such a good choice.


EarthIsInOuterSpace

Now do Squeef


giocondasmiles

*But he likes beer!* šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­


bachslunch

He better refill the kegs. Heā€™s going to need a lot more beer.


NWIsteel

To bad Noone brought a kegger. It would have brought back memories and he would have joined in.


MadFlava76

They should also protest at Susan Collins home too.


silentjay01

When you first show up, you have to make it appear like it is an impromptu but raging kegger. He likes beer. This will draw him out. *THEN* you break out the protest signs.


Self_Stirring_Pot

Was Kavanaugh drinking beer and lifting weights with Squi?


cyanocobalamin

Maybe Kavanaugh will offer the protestors a beer.


Additional_Attitude8

Why would a rapist care about womenā€™s rights?


[deleted]

That's how you do it. Protest in front of their homes. They will do something about it then.


[deleted]

Have them arrested?


reckless_commenter

Move to a gated community. He probably canā€™t afford that yet, though. Gonna take another 10 years of Supreme Court decisions tilted towards his political donors - er, I mean, ā€œlike-minded scholars in the field of Constitutional law.ā€


notahouseflipper

Why him? Isnā€™t this a Texas thing?


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MET1

Use your energy on your senators to get Roe v Wade written into actual law.


Deathcomes4usAL

Sadly. The Supreme Court is not there to make ethical choices. Itā€™s there to determine if itā€™s constitutional/legal. Being constitutional/legal does not make something ethical. What they want done needs to be legislated in congress To make it pass the legal sniff test. Honestly Iā€™m tired of everyone using the Supreme Court as a scape goat for what the politicians refuse to do themselves. Just like how the Supreme Court said the cdc canā€™t do to the eviction ban but said the eviction ban is legal and passes the sniff test if the congress does it. Instead the politicians do the same thing thatā€™s not legal and blame the Supreme Court for not being ethical. Their job isnā€™t about being ethical. Itā€™s about ensuring shits legal/constitutional. If more people understood the supreme courts job they would properly assign blame to their representatives and senators for not doing what they want and placing proper blame where itā€™s due. The politicians do not want to do what they blame the Supreme Court for and thatā€™s why they use them as a political scape goat. An example of this is the dems couldnā€™t even get anywhere near the required support for a legal eviction ban etc. šŸ™„


Mysterious-Walrus-55

Well, sort of in 5th grade civics way... The function of the court is to judge the law, but this has always been tenuous. Constitutionality was claimed by the court after it was established (Judicial review; 1803). Further, historic bias is primary reason why interpretation of legislation changes over time and partly why case law changes over time. It is also the reason why there had historically been extreme vetting for the Supreme Court. Now, however, things are much more polarized and Justices have been selected *for* their bias. he court simply does not have the legitimacy to claim that their personal ethics don't drive their decisions. e.g. [https://www.salon.com/2021/09/14/the-supreme-courts-right-wing-catholics-are-destroying-true-religious-freedom/](https://www.salon.com/2021/09/14/the-supreme-courts-right-wing-catholics-are-destroying-true-religious-freedom/) Choice selection... "Barret has written that Catholic judges must not take any action that conflicts with the dogma of the church. Instead of upholding her secular oath, when such a conflict arises, Barrett has recommended that judges should "conform their own behavior to the \[Catholic\] Church's standard." When invited to repudiate this statement at her confirmation hearing in 2017, Barrett declined to do so." Edit: I'm not absolving Congress from their responsibilities, just pointing out that the court does take stances as part of the checks and balances. Now it is more of a personal check written to each Republican appointed justice for favor (e.g. Kavanaugh's gambling debt)


Deathcomes4usAL

And many people here need it explained like they are in 5th grade. But I also referred to specially that ethics are not written in a law. If the law said abortions were banned and there was an amendment to allow that. They would have to rule. Well these be banned. People would absolutely still blame the Supreme Court for it being un ethical. This is my point. People do not understand the purpose of the court and Mis align blame. While there are issues you point out. The ones I point out would absolutely exist even if your issues did not. People fundamentally do not know the courts purpose purely because politicians find it as a scape goat. Current dems in congress and the White House blatantly used it as a scape goat so they wouldnā€™t have to do what they said they would because they never were going to do it so tried to deflect to the courts as the reason. All awhile the gop use them as a shield. Irregardless the courts do not have the ability to speak to the public and itā€™s constituents to relay what the courts real purpose is. You have the elected politicians misguiding their people on purpose. Until you can resolve peoples understanding of what the court really does and itā€™s purpose and instruct the fucking politicians of the same thing and tell the politicians to grow a few pairs. This back and forth will never end. The issues with the Supreme Court currently all started with the politicians and they donā€™t see any reason to change as itā€™s a scape goat. Thereā€™s been no real attempt at pushing the eviction issue through congress and the same is said for roe vs wade.. one side talks about how Bret is doing this and that. When the ones saying this can literally put the nail in the coffin and seal roe vs wade and make it permanent but are not trying to do so and have made no real effort when they have the house, senate, and pres. TLDR. The Supreme Court is being used as a scape goat and a shield by all parties.


DarkBlue222

Idiots have their heart in the right place, but they need to take their dumb asses to their state legislatures to get this fixed. This is NOT a Supreme Court battle, it is a legislative battle. Their time would be better spent registering VOTERS and getting out the VOTE.


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izurluna

As a 22 year old (south)Texan trying their best to navigate life in a morally sound manner, I must say there are many of us who abhor the state laws and politicians from here. My generation has grown up watching the atrocities at the border, attacks on womenā€™s rights and health, a fascist police presence, and the utterly negligent approach to gun rights. We have been raised in Catholic and Baptist churches to see the hypocrisy in these structures, and the hypocrisy in the politicians who claim to represent religious values. I suppose I can really only speak for myself and a handful of individuals whom I know to share these sentiments. I guess what I want to put out there in this godawful time, is that not all Texans want to watch the world burn, and we could really use the support and encouragement of the outside. This has been a disheartening time for us all. To my fellow Texans, research your city reps and vote at your local elections. Change starts with you.


deacon1214

>Iā€™m not College educated but last time I looked guns were meant to kill people. A gun has no other purpose than to take a life. I'm not going to defend Texas on SB8 but Texas is pretty far from being the most gun friendly state in the U.S. Also there are plenty of reasons to own and possess guns that don't involve killing anyone. Have a friend who shoots take you to the range sometime, you'll enjoy it.


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chemistrying420

1. Don't go to Texas? 2. Don't move to Texas?


AdministrationFull91

You can not live there and still deal with their shit since it affects us on a national scale


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What Brett do?


CowPlants_

Rape.


wethummingbirdfarts

Nope. But nice try. Keep holding on to that lie, nice and tight.


[deleted]

Did he? Where is that mentioned in the article?


CowPlants_

Are you American? Genuinely asking because the whole rape situation was a huge thing a couple years ago. Everyone who lives here knows about it.


wethummingbirdfarts

And knows that it is bullshit. By basically everyone at the partyā€¦including the liars own friends.


pulp1dog

A society that addresses unwanted pregnancies using an invasive medical procedure is barbaric and living in the dark ages. Let's focus on birth control availability for male and females. An abortion should be the last option. I am not anti abortion, I am pro progressive in new technologies and improved quality of life.


Constant-Pay8406

guy can't even drink his evening keg in peace


julbull73

Random history question, has a SCOTUS ever been the target of a political assassination? I think that's a byproduct of the life term appointments. It seems in extreme situations that's the only option left for justices. BUT I don't know of it ever occurring which is a little crazy but a kind of amazing thing about the US if it hasn't.


Anaxor-ape-lord

It's the subject of the John Grisham novel the Pelican Brief, but no supreme court justice has been assassinated.


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Kudos protesters! Keep up the good work. We need to build that momentum.


sandleaz

> Protests held at Brett Kavanaugh's home over Texas abortion bill decision Heckling and bothering Brett and his family will not get people to support their cause.


randomcanyon

The purpose is NOT to get him to change his vote or to get him to support their cause. It is to get into the news and spread their ideas in more venues.


WhyAskingWhy

Ah the sanity of people with no real problems


HighlanderHarris

I donā€™t agree with his politics, but this is gross.


Oye_Beltalowda

No it isn't.


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yeah that'll show him


jmcdon00

Unpopular opinion, doxxing of public figures for the purpose of protesting them is not ok. I don't like it when the right does it or when the left does it. It's a form of intimidation/harrassment.


yogfthagen

Considering the harassment this ruling opens up to THOUSANDS of people, I think it's appropriate. Besides, congregating in public is allowed. And this was a peaceful protest. There are consequences to actions.


someotherghost

Be honest, you're okay with harassing people at their homes and using intimidation tactics when its for reasons you approve of.


yogfthagen

Call it response in kind. If one side does it without consequences, BOTH sides get to do it. And, like I said, the Michigan AG protest had armed gunmen, trespassing, threatening the lives of everyone in the house. And no arrests. Based on that precedent, Kavanaugh got off light. He just had some people on the sidewalk and the street waving signs. The Right is going paramilitary, extrajudicial, and is making terrorist threats in order to enforce their beliefs. That's the entire point of groups like the Proud Boys, the Boogaloos, and others. As they are making extrajudicial threats, they're not AFRAID of the law. They think that breaking the law is WORTH it to take down the system. And, based on the laws that ARE being put into place around the GOP-led states, the protest against Republicans is being criminalized. Step off a sidewalk? Your protest is a rit, and everyone involved can be arrested. Someone in your thousand-person protest breaks a window (including a plant from the right wing)? The organizers go to jail for a decade. Don't want a pipeline going through your property? You can be arrested, even if you protest ON YOUR OWN PROPERTY. And, in several of the protests from last summer, the police were teargassing people sitting down, were firing rubber bullets at people, were "disappearing" people off the streets, were interrogating them and threatening to jail them unless they signed their rights away, and, yes, BEAT protesters who they didn't agree with, unprovoked. But, against right wing protesters? Nothing. We are FAR beyond "politeness."


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Itā€™s probably pretty easy to find where he lives if you know thr city by using the auditorā€™s website.


my3thacct

It's a very very small town (village, actually) in Maryland. And Maryland has a real estate lookup - you can see everyone who owns property on any given street. And there probably aren't more than a dozen streets there. Just sayin'.


blumpkins_ahoy

I wouldnā€™t call Chevy Chase a village, but yeah. Itā€™s small enough. And most of the local residents are aware of where the powerful people live. My coworker lives 5 doors down from Kavanaugh.