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  • db2@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    They’re not temporary if terms are eliminated and elections suspended. It’s literally what they want to do.

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      17 days ago

      Thepretically they would need 34 states to sign off on that as a constitutional amendment, and theoretically even SCOTUS would have a hard time defending that,

      But at this point who knows. The future is uncertain as ever, but it’s certainly not looking great.

          • ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world
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            16 days ago

            Second best case scenario.

            Best case scenario would be a military coup, that tries to salvage what is salvageable of the current Democratic party, and use them to course correct, including a massive constitution rewrite.

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        17 days ago

        You act like SCOTUS would need to defend it. Assuming Thomas and Alito step down in the next 4 years, Trump has two open slots to fill with other younger bucks like he did in 2016, and without a Dem lockup in Congress to actually impeach anyone over their decisions, the decisions they make could theoretically stand unchallenged for decades.