Episode 662 | The 2020 Court Packing Litmus Test | Why YOU Need to Run for Office

The Benjamin Dixon Show

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4.6 • 855 Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2018

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

There is no progressive future without fixing the damage on the Supreme Court. In 2018 it is critical Democrats get majorities in the Senate (except Manchin, he can eat a ****). But in 2020, it is critical that we hold Democrats to a Court Packing litmus test.

IMPORTANT: This isn't a litmus test that says "I'm not gonna vote for Dems if they don't do what I like." This is a litmus test that says, "I'm going to check with the politicians from my district and state and if they aren't going to pack the courts, then I will run against them."

You don't have to vote for the lesser evil if you run to be the greater good.

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0:00.0	The Benjamin Dixon Show is only possible with listener support.
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0:12.0	I want and join the Progressive Army.
0:18.0	I want to begin this episode on court packing with a tweet from Howard Dean.
0:21.0	Howard Dean was a former governor, former chair of the DNC and presidential
0:26.0	candidate who had his presidential aspiration scuttled by an overzealous celebration.
0:33.7	I want to start with his tweet and take the long way around to get to court packing because
0:39.2	there are multiple points along the way that are necessary to make the case for court packing.
0:44.7	You know how we do here.
0:46.2	This is what he said on Twitter a few days ago.
0:47.7	He said, let's not spend too much time beating up Manchin, Joe Manchin of West Virginia. I didn't like its vote either speaking of his vote on Brett Kavanaugh
0:56.7	but after the election if he wins we may be dependent on him for the 51st
1:01.2	vote and control of the Senate.
1:05.0	So this episode is about court packing and why this should be the litmus test for
1:11.6	20-20. It's too late for 2018, the midterms. And I would argue that we don't need a litmus test for 2018. We simply need the majority in the Senate in order to
1:24.4	block any further anything from Donald Trump. This may be what
1:30.4	Howard Dean is arguing here, but there's a fatal flaw in his logic.
1:37.6	The flaw is Joe Manchin when we needed his vote the most sided with Republicans on the most critical issue of our
1:48.6	Ephin generation.
1:51.1	Brad Kevinau sitting on the bench, is going to cause irrevocable damage
1:59.0	unless, for the next 30 years, unless we pack the courts.
2:05.0	So Howard Dean's logic here is so fallacious because what are we going to block?
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