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To: kennedy
Keep in mind that these leftist cases are often decided by a court margin of ONE. That's ONE potentially flawed, self-serving, purely political justice whose will overrides hundreds of millions of the will of the people, directly and through their legislators.
37 posted on 04/29/2016 11:37:55 AM PDT by fwdude
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To: fwdude
Keep in mind that these leftist cases are often decided by a court margin of ONE.

This is why I would prefer that Scalia's seat never be filled and that the number of Justices be permanently reduced to eight. Permanently reducing the Court back to the original six Justices would be even better.

With eight Justices, it takes at least a two Justice majority (5 to 3) to make any decision. With the original six Justices, that means a 2/3 majority (4 to 2) is necessary. If the Court cannot come up with at least a two vote majority, then there is not enough consensus for them to be deciding anything.

No matter where you are on the political spectrum, I guarantee I can find you a 5 to 4 decision that you will believe to be a complete travesty.

39 posted on 04/29/2016 12:01:46 PM PDT by kennedy (No relation to those other Kennedys.)
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