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To: nikos1121

Go ask FDR


2 posted on 10/09/2018 10:12:14 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: 2banana

FDR lived in a different time, when even members of his own party were willing to defend the integrity of the Constitution.

If we are STOOOOOPID enough to hand the other branches back to Democrat control they WILL do this. Mark my words.


5 posted on 10/09/2018 10:15:47 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: 2banana

FDR had to still contend with people who valued the Constitution in his own party. The modern progressives do not. They are all about Arbitrary government.


22 posted on 10/09/2018 10:23:08 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: 2banana
Go ask FDR

Yep, he got slapped down for even thinking about it, and he we generally popular and had control of congress. Sure, it's possible, like it's possible for me to some day pitch for the Dodgers. Nothing wrong with false hope though:)

29 posted on 10/09/2018 10:25:31 AM PDT by scottinoc
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To: 2banana

That’s what Ortega did in Nicaragua. How did that work out?


30 posted on 10/09/2018 10:26:05 AM PDT by Doche2X2
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To: 2banana

It’s a serious threat. FDR only backed down because the court went along with his New Deal legislation, and he didn’t need to any more.


37 posted on 10/09/2018 10:30:03 AM PDT by Defiant (I may be deplorable, but I'm not getting in that basket.)
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To: 2banana
When FDR tried to pack the Supreme Court, the Democrats had a 334 to 88 advantage in the House (with 13 seats held by other parties) and a 76 to 16 advantage in the Senate (with 4 seats held by other parties). Even then he couldn't get Congress to go along.

If the Democrats were to try to increase the size of the Supreme Court, Trump could veto the bill, and it is unlikely they could override the veto. Of course they would want to law to take effect in 2021 so that Fauxcahontas or Kamala could be the one to choose the new justices.

86 posted on 10/09/2018 2:08:18 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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