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In the face of disasterbecause thats exactly what the overturning of Roe is for countless families, caretakers, future generations, all of usPresident Biden seems to have his hands tied. The looming battle ahead, he believes, will fall on voters to fight. You can have the final word, the president told Americans in a somber address on Friday. This is not over.

But for many of us watching, Bidens attempt to galvanize amid tragedy had something of an opposite effect. It felt demoralizing. After all, Roe and reproductive rights were on the ballot the last go-around, and this is where weve landedand thats with (albeit extremely slim) control of Congress. So when Biden, along with Democratic leaders, claims that Roe is on the ballot this November, Ive got to wonder, is it really?

For me, what is on the ballot will largely depend on how far this White House will be willing to go amid an unprecedented attack that foretells a bigger war on so much else. Lacking filibuster-proof votes in the Senate, the president has already signaled that his executive options are highly constrained. But in the exceedingly rare chance that he changes his mind, here are some neat ideas he could take on, from his fellow Dems, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren who kicked off the Sunday morning news circuit with a booming call to expand the Supreme Court.

I believe we need to get some confidence back in our court, and that means we need more justices on the United States Supreme Court, Warren told ABC News. Its happened before, weve done it before. We need to do it again.

It looks like a bunch of other popular Democrats want the same thing.

Okay. Biden has expressly rejected that one. What about the filibuster? Could it finally be time to ditch the senatorial tool in order to codify Roe? Doesnt look like it to Joe. But for a growing number of Democrats, the urgency of the moment has well and truly arrived.

In the coming months, well see if Biden is willing to go beyond please vote.

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