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The point is that this is how he retains the support of his base, even though he didn't really do anything. He gets to say he tried, but those evil "activist" judges just weren't grateful or patriotic enough. This gets people who already believe in him to co tinue voting for his political brand rather than staying home during election day. Basically, it's insurance against apathy.

It's the same reason why Biden pretended he cared about forgiving student loan debt while president even though he made it impossible to discharge student loan debt while senator. Short term political gains matter when the midterms are approaching. People voting for the Biden brand had no sense of broader political history to understand that Biden was never going to screw over investors who hold Student Loan Asset Backed Securities (SLAB's). Biden was beholden to Wall Street same as trump