Jimmy Dore: Hillary Presidency worse for progressives & America than Trump

[Ogre Mage]

2018 and 2020 will determine redistricting for the next decade. That will got a lot worse under a Hillary Presidency.

Right, because having the Supreme Court stay in the hands of Republicans who will keep f**king up the Voting Rights Act is totally what the country needs.

A probable Republican Supreme Court Justice is a small price to pay for a president not beholden to lobbyists and corporations, as Hillary would be. Besides, it's not like Trump could pick anyone much more conservative than that filth Merrick Garland.

This is a very ignorant statement.  First of all, there are currently four conservative (Roberts, Alito, Thomas and usually Kennedy) and four liberal (Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan and Sotomayor) Justices so whoever replaces Scalia will tip the balance of power on the Supreme Court, effectively giving one side or the other a 5-4 ideological majority.  That is absolutely not a "small price."  In fact it is arguably the most important thing at stake in this election.  You do remember Justices serve for life, correct?

Are you aware that Donald Trump has suggested William Pryor and Diane Sykes as Supreme Court nominees?  I am not a fan of Garland but he would be far, far, better than those two from a progressive perspective.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/02/19/3750758/what-if-donald-trump-wins-inside-his-plans-for-the-supreme-court/