Pennsylvania Republicans have filed to impeach Democratic State Supreme Court Judges

[RandySF]

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[poboy2]

1. Over the redistricting no doubt.

Fascism may win.

[chuckstevens]

2. Of course; he ruled the way they did not like!

Who ARE THESE PEOPLE?

[RKP5637]

5. The treasonous wackos that have become the new republican party. All the moderates and

sane people have left, for the most part.

[Angry Dragon]

3. GOP love law and order................not so much

[RKP5637]

4. When someone tells you now they're republican, you really know what you're dealing with. In the

earlier days when some were moderates some were OK, but now the entire bunch smells IMO.

[Tatiana]

6. We need to find out if there is a link between any of these PA House Rethugs

and Cambridge Analytica.

Hopefully, some journalists will start digging. I suspect a connection.

[Demsrule86]

7. They will lose...and people don't like impeachments...

[NewJeffCT]

8. What is the makeup of the PA legislature

and what are the rules for impeachment?

[NewJeffCT]

10. Republicans do have the 2/3 majority in the state Senate

that is needed to convict. That could be a horrible abuse of power.

[Me.]

12. Especially When The Judges Are Elected Officials

[Thekaspervote]

9. I believe the pa congress is repuke held

But, I’m sure the justices can file to have this heard at appellate court level or to the SCOTUS. They will never win this

[NewJeffCT]

11. Republicans hold the 2/3 majority in the state senate

that is needed to convict.

[Thekaspervote]

13. and what evidence are they going to use??

1 I don’t like you because you won’t let me have my way
2 the district is now a level playing field and we can’t win
3 you abused your power because you followed the state pa constitution
4 the SCOTUS will not hear our case so we are going to double down dirty

Oh please!!

[DFW]

14. Of course, if there were a Democratic majority in the PA state legislature doing this to Republicans

The Republicans would be screaming bloody murder about how unconstitutional this move was, how it was a kommanist plot, and how it was pure unadulterated Soshalism being forced on the poor, unsuspecting good citizens on Pennsylvania.

But, the shoe being on the other foot, the Republicans double standard is in effect.

I have a friend, a rare (nearly extinct) example of a moderate, realistic Republican from South Carolina. The guy is a very successful businessman, travels the world for his work. I don't think he has voted for a Republican since 2015. He is a sane guy, and is smart enough to recognize very quickly someone who is not.

[oswaldactedalone]

15. Unfortunately,

a disappearing breed on a rapid course to extinction.

[DFW]

16. He knows it, too

His wife is a solid Democrat, and he now has enough money not to care what his tax bracket is. He may not formally switch his party affiliation, but reality has done it for him in all but name.

[DeminPennswoods]

17. The GOP holds a majority in the state house

and 2/3rds majority in the state senate. So they have the votes to do it assuming the leadership allows the bill to get to the floor. That could be problematic as House majority leader Dave Reed is currently running for Congress in old PA-9. I doubt he wants these bills to become a distraction to his campaign. Speaker Mike Turzai has his own potential problems. He already has disgruntled constituents over a local issue and he'll face a higher turnout of motivated voters in the parts of his state house district who just got done voting Conor Lamb into office. I doubt he wants to tee off even more voters. In the state senate, Guy Reschenthaler is running for Congress vs Saccone in the primary in the new PA-14, so his vote might not be a given.

Frankly, I think if the GOP would do this and succeed, it would make the midnight pay raise wipeout look like a walk in the park.

Then you have the odious Darryl Metcalfe giving his constituents yet another reason to replace him with someone who is not an out and out kook.

[BSdetect]

18. They will hang on to power whatever it takes. Traitors all.

[no_hypocrisy]

19. With 2/3 majority, they can impeach, try, convict, and remove the judges.

But the new districts will remain.

Empty vindictive gesture.

[backtoblue]

20. A trump lovers trait

Bullies. I've been sheltered. I had no idea there were do many assholes of this proportion.