Big Cooldown…

…with just a little rain.

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Could it be time to think about getting the storm windows out of the basement?

So What Do We Do About the Court?

For the sake of sanity let’s assume Biden wins and the Senate is flipped. What should we do then to redress the Trump/McConnell depredation of the Supreme Court?

1. Increase the number of justices.

A. Great idea

B. Okay

C. Nah

D. Bad idea

2. Move aggressively to get statehood status for Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia.

A. Great idea

B. Okay

C. Nah

D. Bad idea

3. Establish term limits for justices.

A. Great idea

B. Okay

C. Nah

D. Bad idea

4. Establish a program in which justices rotate on and off the court.

A. Great idea

B. Okay

C. Nah

D. Bad idea

5. Implement a “strategic retirement” plan for liberal (fair minded) justices.

A. Great idea

B. Okay

C. Nah

D. Bad idea

6. Follow racist, sexist, corporatist, or totalitarian court decisions with new legislation reestablishing justice (such as a new voting rights act).

A. Great idea

B. Okay

C. Nah

D. Bad idea

7. Simply ignore racist, sexist, corporatist, or totalitarian court decisions (as Lincoln did after Dred Scott.)

A. Great idea

B. Okay

C. Nah

D. Bad idea

8. Vow to keep the White House in Democratic hands and to keep a majority in the Senate.

` A. Great idea

B. Okay

C. Nah

D. Bad idea