Posted on 01/27/2021 12:00:34 PM PST by bitt
Former Attorney General Eric Holder spoke at a Brookings Institute forum on court reform on Monday.
Holder urged Democrats to pack the Supreme Court during his presentation. Holder, a far left Obama appointee, told the audience the federal courts are packed with ideologues “who consistently reach rulings based on their stunted mindsets.”
By this, he means conservative judges who follow the US Constitution. Breitbart.com reported:
Former Attorney General Eric Holder urged Democrats on Monday to pack the Supreme Court in response to what he called a crisis of “legitimacy” brought about by the appointment of a conservative majority.
Packing the Court would involve passing legislation to add seats to the nation’s highest judicial body, then using a simple Senate majority to fill the vacancies with liberals.
Holder was addressing a virtual seminar hosted by the Brookings Institution, “Is There a Path Forward for Court Reform?”
The left has shown interest in “reform” since President Donald Trump was able to appoint conservatives to the bench.
Holder began his presentation with what he called “three realities.” First, he said, “Democrats and progressives, are, and have been, uncomfortable with the acquisition and the use of power.” Republicans and conservatives, he said, were not.
Second, he said, the Supreme Court and other courts had been “political bodies.”
And third, he said, the Supreme Court had largely upheld the status quo in its decisions, “sometimes in a way that is inimical to our founding ideals.”
He said that the federal courts were stacked with “ideologues who consistently reach rulings based on their stunted mindsets.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
There Are No Guardrails On The Left
[full text FR thread]America is entering a terrible period in its history at an accelerating pace, now that the Left has taken control of all the critical reins of power in the government, the mainstream media, social media, and big tech. Unfortunately, history teaches with laser clarity that there are no guardrails restraining the behavior of the Left when it is so empowered.
[rest at FR link]
Sometimes people become wiser with age, some more foolish. In his case it is the latter.
That speech shows Holder sure knows how to win fiends and influence people...../s.
Holder living in opposite world.
All of us need to respect people with different politics. All of us should welcome open and honest discussion on laws and government. All of us should realize the advantage of more than one way of thinking in our representatives and government bodies,
Open minds mean people should share their views and explain how their way would benefit the American people and how it is constitutional. People should be able to oppose without name calling or cancelling.
The left is the worst at diversity of thought and being able to tolerate fair discussion on these subjects, but the right is not that much better.
This country was delicately and in blood formed so that people of ALL walks of life get a chance to live life their way. Only direct harm to others should curtail this freedom.
No, not everyone has to live your way and agree with you. Large is the mind and the heart that is capable of coexisting with others of different beliefs (political or religious). We need to all fight for it.
another 0bama dirtbag has spoken. Why the American voters decided to inflict 0bama and the rest of his carbuncles on the country is beyond me. They should all be lanced.
Why do they need to pack the court..
When they obviously have the vast majority of the American people on their side?b I mean they did win the election hands down,right?
Just Us Department speaks.
How many guns did he run to narcoterrorists in Mexico?
How many people died because of his actions?
Not only that, as Stephy argues, it was certified, certified.
The number of turds in the punchbowl has skyrocketed as affirmative action has elevated simple minds into jobs they have no capacity to perform.
Once again:
The communist plan is well-developed and ready for immediate implementation...
Based on communist history, a reasonable extrapolation (Now that the coup has fully succeeded.) would be a strategy that has been used throughout their history... (Only the names are changed):
Step #1: Get JB elected by any means necessary;
Step #2: Shortly after inauguration remove him for dementia;
Step #3: Swear Harris into office with Pelousy as VP;
Step #4: Shut down all wall construction, open the borders, and grant amnesty & fast-track citizenship to the 40-million illegal migrants already here;
Step #5: Appoint obunghole & 3 or 4 others to the expanded SCOTUS who would quickly rule the entire Constitution unconstitutional;
Step #6: Ban all sales of guns & ammo;
Step #7: Buy back or confiscate all guns and ammo;
Step #8: Indict, try, convict, and lock Trump family up in Guantanamo, Thailand, Libya, or mental institutions;
Step #9: Start the most complete communist purge (based on voter records & internet posted view) in history(AOC already announced plans for the burning/ovens...);
Step #10: Remove time limit on holding office of President;
Step #11: Ban all travel across state lines without proper papers;
Step #12: Celebrate about one thousand years of peace & prosperity (For the apparatchiks...)
The wingman speaks...
Blathering from the man who was an ASST Atty General under Janet Reno who pushed for the attack on the Waco compound.....
The man behind the “Fast & Furious” gun sales to Drug cartels
Evil who walks & talks....HOLDER
He’s a world class s&#t for brains!!
When will he be charged for “fast & furious” ???
Waiting for chief chump john roberts to deny bias in the court system...
Psalm 37....
Evil people will be cut down like grass...
“...the federal courts are packed with ideologues...”
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You mean like Sonya Sontamayor, Elena Kagan, and Stephen Breyer, Eric?
In my mind, tt is not at all clear that packing the Supreme Court can be done against the wishes of the Supreme Court.
The Black Robed Gavel Bangers Club is not accepting new members at this time.
“Celebrate about one thousand years of peace & prosperity”
The last time the nuts had twelve years: 1933-1945.
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