By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/05/2026Of course, it wasn't just Biden's own judicial appointees who stood in his way; from the Supreme Court on down, on issues from student debt cancellation to noncompetes, judges blocked the Biden administration. 26/ 1100
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/05/2026When this happened, Biden got lost on his way to the bully pulpit. Rather than working the refs - the way Trump does, which energizes his base, stiffens his legislators' resolve and intimidates other judges - Biden tinkered in the margins to advance half-measures and stayed mum in public. 27/ 1100
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/05/2026This compromise-oriented meekness carried over into Biden's relationship with Democratic lawmakers who sold out the American people. 28/ 190
