> Sonia Sotomayor is writing this is a threat to democracy. That carries a lot of weight.
Frankly, it doesn't carry much weight with me. The dissents this cycle have increasingly felt like they're more political tools to try to rile up the Democratic base for the next election than they are legal opinions sincerely held. They're written to have maximum quotability and memetic transmission, and that means they're constantly emotionally charged.
(Note that I'm saying this as a Biden voter who really wishes that Trump weren't poised to take office.)
> (Note that I'm saying this as a Biden voter who really wishes that Trump weren't poised to take office.)
I don't understand people going on an obviously one sided political rant and then going "don't hit me I vote for the good guys trust me !", it's not subtle.
I don't understand people who can't believe that someone could actually hold a complicated set of political perspectives that don't align well with any one party's platform.
There's obviously no way for me to prove it, but I cast a protest vote in 2016 and voted Biden in 2020. I'm exhausted by both parties but currently hate Trump enough to vote Democrat. Hating Trump doesn't mean I have to approve of manipulative hyperbole in Supreme Court dissents.
Frankly, it doesn't carry much weight with me. The dissents this cycle have increasingly felt like they're more political tools to try to rile up the Democratic base for the next election than they are legal opinions sincerely held. They're written to have maximum quotability and memetic transmission, and that means they're constantly emotionally charged.
(Note that I'm saying this as a Biden voter who really wishes that Trump weren't poised to take office.)