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> There’s virtually nothing that unites Federalist Society members (many of whom are Biden voters) apart from an engineers’ commitment to technical accuracy over practical effects.

In what fantasy universe do Federalist Society members vote for Biden? They have been backing conservative and libertarians for generations. Their members are part of the Supreme Court and clearly do not want a democracy anymore. They are the antithesis of liberal political positions. I call utter bullshit.

How do their views even remotely line up with Biden voters?

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There’s tons of Biden voters in federalist society because it’s not like Trump is much of a rule follower. And Biden himself for most of his career was a conservative Democrat.

But I’m flummoxed by something. What does “democracy” mean to liberals? You’re the ones who want courts to decide issues that most other advanced democracies leave to voters, right? You believe in unelected bureaucrats and experts governing the country instead of elected officials. You seem to be using “democracy” in a very odd way to refer to rule by educated elites.

And of course a Congress bought and paid for by lobbyists will actually represent voters, right? The US is a broken country in decline and actively working towards its own destruction

We elect the executive to set the policy for and run the executive branch.

An EPA employee doesn’t “rule” any more than a congressional staffer or court clerk.

What makes you think the federalist society isnt organized by educated elites?

The Senate allocates equal representation per state regardless of population size. Our elections actually just vote electors who then vote in an electoral college to vote the Executive.

The US system isn't a pure democracy, it's never been. Given that, it's a largely political matter which institutions you feel should be more democratic than others. Article III comes after Articles I and II and many believe this is the order of importance that branches are given in government. Really where we differ is our politics, this is not a debate on obvious constitutional interpretation.

> There’s tons of Biden voters in federalist society because it’s not like Trump is much of a rule follower.

This assumes that the Federalist Society cares about rule followers. It is after all the folks that gave Trump the short list of names with Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, after McConnell refused to give Garland even a hearing.

What was the position of the Federalist Society on Garland's situation? Especially since Barrett was appointed just before an election.

What is your position as to why Garland was not even given the time of day but Barrett was?

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