Democrats must consider court-packing when they regain power. It’s the only way to save democracy.

Wash Post ^ | 7-10-2018 | David Farls

[Delmarksman]

“It is safe to assume they are contemplating worse than court-packing. Completely unhinged they are.”

Would they like to murder a few more Justices perhaps?

[Salgak]

"It is possible that a two-term Democratic president could serve from 2021 to 2029"

I doubt that. I see Pence in 2024 going 2 terms

[MuttTheHoople]

Thanks for giving President Trump a good idea.

[fella]

The FDR solution raise the court to 15 members and appoint 6.

[pepsi_junkie]

Democrats must consider court-packing when they regain power. It’s the only way to save democracy

Democrat plan to save democracy: pack the oligarchy - I mean court - with their own guys so that they can get back to overriding the constitution without needing to let the people have a say.

[Leaning Right]

Court-packing is not all that difficult. A Constitutional amendment is not needed.

So...if the House and Senate both pass a bill setting the number of Supreme Court justices at, say, 20 - and if the president signs that bill - then presto! We now have 20 Supreme Court seats.

The President can then appoint 11 new justices. Pack away!

(Banana Republic stuff, to be sure. But you can bet that today’s Dem’s will do it if they get the chance.)

[OldMissileer]

1984 was written as a warning, not a Democratic Party Operations Manual.

I think it may have been a warning regarding the Democratic Party Operations Manual.

[huckfillary]

Thank you for pointing that out. And you bet they’re not pointing out that critical distinction in the schools.

[Jim Noble]

“A crucial avenue for safeguarding American democracy.“

America has way too much democracy right now. I don’t want it safeguarded, I want it reduced as much as possible and, if necessary, destroyed.

[MayflowerMadam]

If they think they can do it, do they think Trump can’t do it? Trump should throw out a name of another judge every month, for SCOTUS #10, #11, #12, etc. Watch the Dems fall down with conniption fits.

[MayflowerMadam]

If they think they can do it, do they think Trump can’t do it? Trump should throw out a name of another judge every month, for SCOTUS #10, #11, #12, etc. Watch the Dems fall down with conniption fits.

[Windflier]

"It is possible that a two-term Democratic president could serve from 2021 to 2029..."

Possible, but highly unlikely.

First of all, it's tough to beat an incumbent president. Especially if that president has shown himself to be a sure and capable executive, and if that president is widely viewed as being responsible for a healthy economy. Trump already has both of those perceptions nailed down.

To take out an incumbent president, the opposing party also has to have a certain 'mo', or momentum. Voters have to have a palpable sense that the opposition party has the upper hand in the dynamics of the political arena. This can't be faked with polls and media propaganda. It has to be a real energy that permeates the atmosphere.

The third ingredient required to take out an incumbent president, is a star challenger. Think Reagan vs Carter, or Clinton vs Bush I.

The author is dreaming, if he thinks all of those necessary fundamentals will come together within a scant two years.

[Zathras]

Gaydar activated

[Fightin Whitey]

America is not a democracy

It will be if the Left takes over. Mob rule.

[right way right]

Democrat just want to devolve into triblism.
Their base is too stupid to recognize it and they would only think that such a statement is racially inspired.
They rely on complete ignorance, knee jerk emotion and many, many low IQ zombies.

[SuperLuminal]

"America has way too much democracy right now. I don’t want it safeguarded, I want it reduced as much as possible and, if necessary, destroyed."

Agreed!

IMHO, we need to start (again):

1. Eliminate the women's vote;
2. Only property owners vote;
3. Dump the 17th;
4. Re-institute the draft;
5. Eliminate theft via the confiscation of taxes through the "temporary" payroll EO and have taxes once again collected at the end of the tax year; and,
6. Re-apportion, permanently, each state's voting districts for Federal representation into simple, equal, geographical areas.

[Deplorable American1776]

We don’t have a democracy, we are a constitutional republic. We were never a democracy...

[outofsalt]

Fudge packing is the driving force behind the court packing idea.

[cranked]

Karma FarlsIdiot, karma.

Was it not your favorite Idiot who said that ‘Elections have consequence’? STFU and move along, FarlsIdiot!

[Chode]

i still say raise the number to 11... the RATS are already talking about doing it if they ever get back into power