Joe Biden: polls of approval and favorability

[Bob Butler 54]

(04-06-2021, 02:11 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: I can comment a bit. (I guess PITB would also work, referring to "butt" and "but") So far the Court has been quiet; perhaps they are worried about packing if they go too far right. We can only hope. Meanwhile, the Democrats, as long as Manchin goes along, can pass things that cost money and raise taxes (through reconciliation process), and probably nothing else. Also, the Court can't do much to stop spending; once dollars are spent, the Court can't put the money back in the Treasury. Since the filibuster is not in the Constitution, they can't really uphold that either. Senate rules are up to the Senate.

There are multiple types of conservative judges.  The good ones care about the meaning of the text and the authors.  The poor ones have an agenda and are looking for a chance to implement it.  That is the legislature's job.

But most of Trump's judges were first named by a legal think tank, not buddy buddy with Trump himself.  As they were part of the 50 to 1 rejection of the partisan election lawsuits, we can hope they are more of the former type.  Too soon to be sure.