"If You Care About the Court, Don’t Talk About It"

By artappraiser on Sun, 09/20/2020 - 9:31pm |

Oh look here's somebody other than pseudonymous arta on dagblog saying the same thing

Fixating on the open Supreme Court seat will provoke a culture war.

“Polarization is a well-known authoritarian tactic.” @anneapplebaum is always worth reading, this especially: https://t.co/5aatNcqBMc
— Adrienne LaFrance (@AdrienneLaF) September 21, 2020

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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/09/dont-make-the-election-about-the-court/616417/

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money quote:

Why? Fixating on the Court organizes the electorate along two fronts of a culture war, and forces people to make stark ideological choices. Instead of focusing voters on the president’s failure to control COVID-19 or the consequent economic collapse, the culture war makes voters think only of their deepest tribal identities

by artappraiser on Sun, 09/20/2020 - 9:35pm

Someone has renamed the 50th Street C Train station in Manhattan. The 50th street mosaic panel now reads "RUth St." in honor of late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg #RBG #ruthst #NYC pic.twitter.com/cKkOFboczp
— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) September 20, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 09/21/2020 - 1:14am

Nate Silver:

Yeah, it's pretty clear that Republicans are trying to bait Democrats into a fight over Barrett/Lagoa's personal qualities, because a fight over Roe and the ACA being repealed likely ends badly for them. https://t.co/0XxvtatAWn
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) September 22, 2020

Are Democrats likely to take that bait?

I mean ... maybe. They are likely to feel very ... impassioned.

There's sort of the blue-checkmark-crew-that-likes-to-post-videos-of-Trump-awkwardly-walking-down-the-staircase that might bite a bit.

But it's pretty obvious bait.
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) September 22, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 09/22/2020 - 6:39pm

Libertarians over at Reason aren't listening to arta and Applebaum, they looked into one of the favorites and they like the way she looks on cops and immunity:

This case is an encouraging sign that Amy Coney Barrett — reportedly the leading contender to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court — is not the sort of judge who bends over backward to shield cops from liability for outrageous misconduct.https://t.co/aHDUarWLoI
— reason (@reason) September 24, 2020

by artappraiser on Wed, 09/23/2020 - 8:48pm

apparently nobody thought it might be a good idea to secure her domain name https://t.co/zXJar4GoUC
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) September 26, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 09/26/2020 - 9:21am

.@jonathanvswan from March 2019:

Scoop: Trump "saving" Judge Amy Barrett for Ruth Bader Ginsburg seat https://t.co/l32YKnqbC1
— Dan Primack (@danprimack) September 25, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 09/26/2020 - 9:52am

"If You Care About the Court, Don’t Talk About It"

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