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President Joe Biden promised Black voters Wednesday that he would appoint progressives to the US Supreme Court if elected to a second term, suggesting he expects vacancies on the high court over the next four years.

President Joe Biden promised Black voters Wednesday that he would appoint progressives to the US Supreme Court if elected to a second term, suggesting he expects vacancies on the high court over the next four years.

“The next president, they’re going to be able to appoint a couple justices, and I’ll be damned — if in fact we’re able to change some of the justices when they retire and put in really progressive judges like we’ve always had, tell me that won’t change your life,” he said during a campaign rally in Philadelphia.

It was as explicit a warning as Biden could offer about the stakes of the upcoming election, and a clear reminder that some of the nine justices have entered their seventies.

Clarence Thomas is 75 and Samuel Alito is 74; both are conservative and appointed by Republican presidents. Sonia Sotomayor, a liberal who was nominated by President Barack Obama, turns 70 next month.

    • barsquid@lemmy.world
      71·
      6 months ago

      STAR, score, or approval! Not sure why people are obsessed with ranked, they must love curing ballots and being prevented from tallying districts individually?

      100% would rather have ranked over FPTP, just to be clear. FPTP is toxic garbage.

      • Feathercrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        6 months ago

        Not sure why people are obsessed with ranked, they must love curing ballots and being prevented from tallying districts individually?

        No need to be hostile to them. RCV is pedalled very hard, so naturally people who’ve heard about alternative voting systems will know it first.

      • WanderingVentra@lemm.ee
        5·
        6 months ago

        Is there good videos on STAR or score like there is ranked or approval? I first heard about alternative voting systems from that one stick figure YouTube guy. Not sure if he’s made any other election based videos I’ve missed or if other people have made equally good ones about other voting systems.

      • Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world
        2·
        6 months ago

        Because those still encourage strategic voting. With RCV, you can vote your conscious and be certain that it won’t backfire and help your enemies.

        • barsquid@lemmy.world
          3·
          6 months ago

          I’d rather a voting system maximize voter satisfaction than minimize strategic voting. And I’d rather have people exhaust their ballots intentionally than accidentally.

          What are STAR voters going to do, give everyone either all or no points? Their votes might not be counted in the final round, that’s their choice.

            • barsquid@lemmy.world
              1·
              6 months ago

              I mean, you can look at the mathematical simulations of the models or you can argue over the semantics. STAR discourages voting strategically somewhat by having two stages. If that is not enough, even voting purely strategically it has higher voter satisfaction than ranked.

        • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
          2·
          6 months ago

          I remain highly skeptical if the idea that many people would engage in strategic voting unless it’s extremely obvious how to do it.