The next president will also alter the courts’ #racial, #ideological & #professional makeup. Under #Trump, 76% of judicial nominees were #men, & 84% were #white…. Many had ties to the #FederalistSociety, a *#conservative* #legal group. #Biden’s appointees have been 63% #female & 61% #nonwhite. He has prioritized nominees who served as #PublicDefenders & #CivilRights lawyers, & his picks have tended to be more #liberal than those of past Democratic presidents.

#law #judiciary #HarrisWalz2024

The appeals courts lean slightly #Republican, while the district courts lean #Democratic (if you count senior judges who work less but still hear cases)…. The next president will likely be able to tip that balance, letting one party’s appointees make up a clear majority of judges.

#law #judiciary #courts #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #Vote #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024

In a typical 4-yr term, a president replaces about ¼ of the country’s 870 active federal #judges, across both federal district & appeals courts. #Trump filled 231 vacancies, & President #Biden may equal that number before the next #Congress takes over.

Partly as a result, Republican & Democratic presidents have each appointed about ½ of the judges on federal courts.

#law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #Vote #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024

In the lower #courts, #judges can serve for life. So the more a president appoints, the more he or she can shape the country. #SCOTUS hears only about 80 cases per year, meaning that lower courts are often the final arbiter on many issues. They set #precedent on #criminal #justice, #bankruptcy proceedings, #corporate disputes & #antitrust enforcement, & on whether federal #laws & rules are #constitutional.

#law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #Vote #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024

#Harris also wants to enact #TermLimits & an #ethics code for #SCOTUS, given the revelation that Thomas & Alito accepted luxury gifts w/o disclosing them. That’s unlikely if #Republicans control the #Senate — & maybe even if #Democrats do, thanks to the #filibuster.

#law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #Vote #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024

#Republicans seem more likely to control the #Senate next year. If they do, they can block #a President #KamalaHarris from filling a vacancy, much as they did Barack #Obama in 2016. “If he were re-elected, he’d probably get to appoint one if not two members to the #UnitedStates #SupremeCourt,” Harris said of #Trump last week. She did not say how many appointees she may get if she wins.

#law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #Vote #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024

#Trump appointed 3 #SCOTUS justices as president. If he wins, he may get more appointments than #KamalaHarris would have.
In recent years, judges have retired in time to let the president they prefer fill their seats. The oldest justices today— #ClarenceThomas, 76, & #Samuel Alito, 74—are #Republican appointees. If they retired during a 2nd Trump admin, he could choose young replacements to cement #conservative control of the court for decades.

#law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #HarrisWalz2024

On Tues, Americans will elect the next #POTUS & hundreds of #Congress members. In doing so, voters will also shape the 3rd branch: the #judiciary.

Federal #judges — whom the #president picks & the #Senate confirms — have become even more powerful in recent yrs as a #polarized Congress has failed to pass major #laws on many issues. As a result, the judiciary has shaped #policy on #abortion, #immigration, #guns, #VotingRights & more.

#law #SCOTUS #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
nytimes.com/2024/10/31/briefin…

Are you a US citizen from #Georgia living overseas? You hold the key!

There's still time to request your #ballot and #vote.

📢 Go to VoteFromAbroad.org, select #GA state, and get all the info and help you need to V O T E!

@KamalaHarrisWin @KamalaHQ @DemocracyMattersALot

#HarrisWalz2024 #BlueWave2024 #VoteBlue #VoteFromAbroad #YourVoteMatters

Vote with me for Harris/Walz if you want to live.

vanityfair.com/news/story/arno…

#USPolitics #HarrisWalz2024

Jeff #Bezos, #ElonMusk & the Billions of Ways to #Influence an #Election

The world’s richest men have their own rocket fleets, their own #media & their own schemes to succeed with #Trump

#TaxTheRich #HarrisWalz2024
nytimes.com/2024/10/30/technol…

Kamala Harris is America's best hope to put the scourge of the Trump era into permanent remission, and usher in a period of calm, competent leadership.

Anyone who truly loves this country or wants it to be a country they can love and continue this journey in democracy needs to seriously consider voting for Vice President Harris if they haven’t already made that decision. #HarrisWalz2024

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Against Impossible Double Standards, Harris Aced Her Closing Argument:
thenation.com/article/politics…

Against Impossible Double Standards, Harris Aced Her Closing Argument | The Nation

She has another week, and so does Trump. But comparing her excellent Ellipse speech to Trump’s Madison Square Garden satyricon is absurd.

^{The Nation}

#xkcd endorses #KamalaHarris for president.

I'm not sure when this went up. I just noticed it.

#Comics #WebComic #Election2024 #HarrisWalz2024 #Vote #VoteBlue #VoteBlueDownBallot

Because we've been hearing the same inane platitudes from you dipshits since January.

#bluemaga #kamalaharris #mastodon4harris #mastodonforharris #uspol #uspolitics #timwalz #harriswalz2024 #whitedudesforharris #usa

The Atlantic Endorses #KamalaHarris

"The main reason for those ambivalent Americans to vote for Harris has little to do with policy or partisanship. It’s this: Electing her and defeating him is the only way to release us from the political nightmare in which we’re trapped and bring us to the next phase of the American experiment."

#HarrisWalz2024 #Election2024 #Election #vote #VoteBlue

theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

The Atlantic’s Endorsement: Kamala Harris for President

The Atlantic’s endorsement

^{The Atlantic}

SEVEN DAYS

Monday
I could wait til
Tuesday
If I make up my mind
Wednesday
Would be fine
Thursday’s
On my mind
Friday
Give me time
Saturday
Could wait
Will Sunday
Be too late?

—Sting, “Seven Days”

DON’T PROCRASTINATE. VOTE EARLY

#HarrisWalz2024 iwillvote.com #KamalaHarris #usa #uspol #election #election2024 #politics #voteblue #vote

I Will Vote

Be a voter. Find everything you need to vote in your state's next election.

^{iwillvote.com}

Why are we even analyzing this Bezos directive. One word describes the move — #GREED, period. Expect billionaires to make all their decisions based on the need to increase their obscene profits.

#harriswalz2024 #uspolitics #USelections2024

theverge.com/2024/10/28/242820…

Jeff Bezos is no longer relentlessly focused on customer satisfaction

The Washington Post is hemorrhaging subscribers as a result of its last-minute killed endorsement of Kamala Harris. Bezos is known for his focus on customers — what happened?

^{Elizabeth Lopatto (The Verge)}

if you ever find yourself wondering "how did crypto bros get all this money to try to take over the government?" a big part of the answer is "the government gave it to them in the form of covid stimulus and PPP loans".

the crypto industry alone is now responsible for roughly half of all corporate money attempting to influence the election. you'd never know it though because their campaigns never mention crypto.

paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

#Election2024 #2024Election #Trump #DonaldTrump #JDVance #uspol #uspolitics #politics #Kamala2024 #KamalaHarris #GOP #MAGA #MAGAts #Vote #Republicans #RVAT #Democrats #HarrisWalz2024 #VoteBlue #HarrisForPresident #HarrisWalz #VoteHarris #crypto #bitcoin #BTC #Tether #PPP #covid

Texas State Representative James Talarico, currently also in the seminary, has some thoughtful, cautionary words for Christians voting for Trump.

#evangelicalsforharris #jamestalarico #trump #HarrisWalz2024 #HarrisForPresident #KamalaForPresident #KamalaHarris

It looks like I'll end up topping out at around $9.5M for #HarrisWalz2024 and $4.0M for...every other race combined.

MAKE A FINAL DONATION TO **DOWN BALLOT** RACES **TODAY** (especially **STATE LEGISLATIVE** races)!!

Blue24.org/state-leg

Are you a US citizen from #Arizona living abroad? You hold the key!

voteabroad.org/SocMediaVFA, select #AZ state, and get all the info and help you need to V O T E!

@KamalaHarrisWin
x.com/ArizonaParty

#BlueWave2024 #HarrisWalz2024 #YourVoteMatters #VoteFromAbroad

nothing to see here, just #JDVance actively encouraging the breaking of laws and the harassment of poll workers in a swing state.

x.com/DanteAtkins/status/18503…

#Election2024 #2024Election #Trump #DonaldTrump #JDVance #uspol #uspolitics #politics #Kamala2024 #KamalaHarris #GOP #MAGA #MAGAts #Vote #Republicans #RVAT #Democrats #HarrisWalz2024 #VoteBlue #HarrisForPresident #HarrisWalz #polls #swingState #Pennsylvania #Michigan #Wisconsin #Virginia #VoteHarris

Team Harris-Walz is asking that we all hop onto a phonebank at some point over the weekend—they have daily zoom meetings all day, more or less, to do so. Please sign up for a shift. We are needed.

#HarrisWalz2024 #GetOutTheVote

Phonebank with the Harris-Walz Organizing Team! · The Democratic National Committee:
events.democrats.org/event/725…

Are you a US citizen from #California living overseas? You hold the key to flipping the House!

But it’s late… so ACT NOW.

Tip: We recommend you fax your ballot back rather than mailing it. There are free online fax apps that make it easy.

📢 Go to voteabroad.org/SocMediaVFA, select #CA as the state, and get all the info and help you need to V O T E !

@KamalaHarrisWin @downticketdems

#DownTicketDems #NovemberIsNow #HarrisWalz2024 #VoteBlue #BlueWave2024 #WeKnowTheAssignment #VoteFromAbroad

The Gov. Shapiro and DoJ need to act NOW! Crooked billionaire #ElonMusk is funding fraudulent voter registration drives in Pennsylvania. He is a threat to election integrity in #America.

#election2024 #HarrisWalz2024 #uspol #uspolitics @KamalaHarrisWin

Should you need more motivation to VOTE NOW, should you not be ANGRY ENOUGH with the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times for FAILURE TO ENDORSE when one side is a FASCIST, if you're not pissed off enough by what Republicans have done, are doing, and will do in the future, win or lose, have I got a video for you!

youtube.com/watch?v=HRo69ll3KH…

#Emptywheel #NicoleSandler #USpolitics #Election2024 #WashingtonPost #LosAngelesTimes #fascism #Vote #VoteNow #VoteBlue #VoteEarly #HarrisWalz2024

Are you a US citizen from #Pennsylvania living overseas? You hold the key!

There's still time to request your #ballot and #vote.

📢 Go to VoteFromAbroad.org, select #PA state, and get all the info and help you need to VOTE!

@KamalaHarrisWin @KamalaHQ @DemocracyMattersALot

#HarrisWalz2024 #BlueWave2024 #VoteBlue #VoteFromAbroad #YourVoteMatters

The ‘Democrats say Trump’s a fascist’ framing should be yeeted into the sun. These are just some of the Republicans who worked with him on a daily basis and are saying it.
#trump #HarrisWalz2024 #Election2024 #media #fascism #russia #china

nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elec…

13 former Trump administration officials sign open letter backing up John Kelly's criticism of Trump

Thirteen former Trump White House officials signed an open letter backing up former Trump chief of staff John Kelly, who told the New York Times that Trump fits the definition of a fascist.

^{Megan Lebowitz (NBC News)}

The #EU is now trying to find means of its own to bolster enforcement & reinforce its curbs on #Russia.

Tom Keatinge, of think tank the Royal United Services Institute, said European policy makers had been preparing "autonomous European #sanctions considering the possibility of a #Trump presidency" but would have to bolster enforcement.

#geopolitics #Authoritarianism #StrongMen #dictatorship #totalitarianism
#ForeignPolicy #Security #democracy #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024

The clause would allow customs ofcls to hold up shipments if the destination seemed illogical, such as crossing #Russia to reach #CentralAsia countries.

The preparations are being made, in anticipation of a change in Washington's position, should #Trump be reelected.

Any softening by DC would leave #Europe in a difficult position, as it is the #UnitedStates, w/sweeping powers to punish #sanctions busting globally, that primarily enforces the rules.

#geopolitics #ForeignPolicy #HarrisWalz2024

#Europe seeks to underpin #Russia #sanctions, fearing that a return of #Trump could undermine Western efforts to isolate Moscow….

The talks among #EU ofcls & envoys are centred on several initiatives to ensure that European sanctions would remain in place longer term, bolstering them through tighter enforcement, even if Washington changes tack.

#geopolitics #Authoritarianism #StrongMen #dictatorship #totalitarianism
#ForeignPolicy #democracy #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
reuters.com/world/europe/europ…

"Should a #Trump presidency reverse #US sanctions on #Russia, Europeans will need to be much more muscular in ... enforcement action & will no longer be able to hide behind Uncle Sam," he said.

…European countries were wrongfooted during Trump's last presidency, when the #UnitedStates reversed an international deal w/ #Iran over its #nuclear program & unilaterally reinstated #sanctions, leaving #Europe out on a limb.

#geopolitics #Security #ForeignPolicy #democracy #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, The Insane Clown Posse and… Dick Cheney and Alberto Gonzalez.

Talk about a big tent.
#Election2024 #trump #HarrisWalz2024