Keith Olbermann went off the deep end yesterday

[Polybius]

While he claims to champion democracy, here he is calling for the Supreme Court to be dissolved.

Link to tweet

[claudette]

1. Dear

Lord! It’s not the end of the world!! There’s a way for Congress to fix this. I stopped listening to his podcasts. Olbermann often goes off the deep end. His music is too loud and annoying and the sports comments are not relevant to me. He is most often on a bragging ego trip. I’m done with him.

[edisdead]

28. No there isn't a way to fix this

Congress will never be able to fix this. That is the point of kicking it back to congress.

[Ocelot II]

2. I used to like him when he was on MSNBC but he seems to have lost the plot.

The Supreme Court can't be "dissolved." It could be expanded by an act of Congress, and maybe it should be. But it's written into the Constitution, and its members have lifetime appointments. The fact that some of the justices are corrupt or ideologically extreme or both is a failure of the way justices are appointed, but the notion that the court should (or could) be dissolved on that account is nonsense, and he should know better. And, btw, the concurring opinion of Kagan, Sotomayor and Jackson certainly doesn't evidence a lack of reading comprehension - but maybe Keith should try a little reading comprehension on the Constitution.

[Celerity]

5. It could be dissolved via Constitutional Amendment, but that will almost certainly never happen.

[Ocelot II]

8. I didn't even mention that possibility because it's so remote.

[Celerity]

12. I only responded because you made an absolute statement:

The Supreme Court can't be "dissolved."

Which, regardless of how remote the possibilities are of it occurring, is not the case.

[Ocelot II]

13. Point taken.

But some people seem to think that constitutional amendments are the way to fix everything, while in fact they are as rare as hens' teeth, and even those that do pass often take years. The Equal Rights Amendment has been in the works for 100 years and still hasn't passed.

[BlueKota]

14. I agree reforms are needed but not dissolution.

I think there shouldn't be lifetime terms,
and conflict of interest recusal should be mandatory not voluntary, and if there is undeniable proof a "justice" is guilty of breaking the law or committing severe ethical violations, automatic dismissal.

Also there needs to be a way found to reduce politicizing the appoint process, but I have no clue what that would be.
Maybe something like having the leadership of the American Bar Association select a list of actually qualified candidates, that the President has to select his nominees from. There probably isn't a way to completely eliminate politics, but it definitely needs something to lessen it.

[redqueen]

3. Haven't listened to that guy in years.

[Johonny]

4. Are lifetime appointments not voted on by the people

In anyway a great democratic institution? Am I missing something? It's classic Keith hyperbole, but the SC is hardly a great example of a democratic institution. It's an elitist club picked by whoever happens to be President at the time one of the club kicks the bucket, who is then annoited by a Senate that itself is hardly representative of the actual population given the moronic idea land is more valuable to making the senate than the people of the US.

[angrychair]

6. "dissolved" might not be the right word

"rebuilt" or "reconfigured" might be better.
The whole thing needs a rework. From limiting Justices to just 20 years on SCOTUS bench or 70 yrs old, whichever comes first, to a robust ethical code that includes a review of all ethical code accusations by a 3 judge panel of randomly selected appellate court judges that have the name of the SCOTUS justice removed from all documents reviewed to avoid bias. Review panel's judgement is final and if found guilty the justice is removed immediately if the violation is over $500.

[Irish_Dem]

7. The SC is corrupt and illegitimate.

He is speaking the truth.

It is time to start having courage to speak out.

[Ocelot II]

9. Be that as it may, it's not going to be "dissolved" without a constitutional amendment,

which is beyond improbable. It's one thing to gripe about a problem; coming up with a workable solution is a lot harder.

[Irish_Dem]

11. Facing reality is the first step in problem solving.

And is actually the hardest part when solving any problem.

So for people to have the courage to face the problem head on is to be applauded.

Just because their solution is not perfect is not a good reason to shoot down
the first correct part of the message.

[Polybius]

17. It was 9-0

Also, he can disagree but he called for dissolving it. That's crazy talk. I heard someone call him "Blue Maga" last night on a liberal YouTube show.

[Irish_Dem]

25. I respect anyone trying to save democracy. Coming up with any ideas to put on the table.

We can tear apart the idea but at least the OP is doing more than just whining.

I will make no comment on the 9-0.

[MFM008]

29. Exactly

If the court can't be expanded to soften the blow from Trump's padding of it , then it should be dissolved because otherwise they're going to tear the hell out of every single decision that's been made favorable to democracy.
Keith is pissed and so am I.

[Renew Deal]

10. Should we be thankful he didn't say "liquidated?"

[Dr. Strange]

15. In his defense...

he has urine on his face.

https://x.com/KeithOlbermann/status/1764709170001899568

He's not the sharpest banana in the taco salad.

[Polybius]

19. He's got a lot of nerve

All someone said was "Cry more… 9-0" and he responded "Those aren't tears, Fascist. They're urine. I'm sure you enjoy being bathed in it."

Seriously, WTF is he to call someone a fascist after mild criticism? He really is "Blue Maga" as someone pointed out. We're better than that.

[Demsrule86]

22. The supreme court sucks these days.

[Polybius]

24. Yeah, but dissolve it?

I know you don't support that.

[Buckeyeblue]

16. Most of his podcasts are pretty good

Sometimes he goes a bit too far. But I love his passion.

[WarGamer]

18. I remember when Olbermann was the sports guy on local SoCal TV News...

He was magnificent.

[Demsrule86]

20. Personally, I love Keith and believe the Surpreme court is a rogue court and is in the process of

destroying themselves.

[Polybius]

21. I don't disagree with that

Just disagree with dissolving them. Expand maybe.

[ecstatic]

23. He's actually raising a good point though

We're talking about an illegitimate and corrupt Supreme Court that is systematically rolling back rights that we've depended on for decades. The motherfuckers take bribes. They openly contradict their own rulings to suit their needs at the moment. And, of course, one of the seats was outright stolen. Two if you count what happened with ACB.

At what point will we say enough is enough? Are we supposed to patiently wait this out until we're back in the dark ages? And if so, why? Because? They've already set the tone for what can happen. We can now safely ignore an amendment. Thanks Supreme Court!

[Irish_Dem]

26. I respect anyone facing reality and coming up with ideas to save democracy.

Not just whining about it.

[Oopsie Daisy]

27. Oh, Keith. Maybe it's time to retire.

[MFM008]

30. Why

Is it that somebody shows a little passion or anger Democrats get all trembly and quivering?
We take such a high road that we disappear into the clouds.

[edisdead]

31. The replies here are unreal.

[themaguffin]

32. I cringed when I saw that the other day. I almost posted about it. He was good during the W years, but he

kept ramping up and everything became over the top even with so much that is messed up, he just became noise and that's unfortunate.