Posted on 09/20/2020 6:41:12 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants
As President Trump moves to nominate a candidate to fill the seat of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday, there are a growing number of Democrats threatening to implement a radical strategy and pack the Supreme Court if they take control of the White House and the Senate.
“If he holds a vote in 2020, we pack the court in 2021,” Rep. Joe Kennedy III, D-Mass., tweeted on Saturday. “It’s that simple.”
“Mitch McConnell set the precedent. No Supreme Court vacancies filled in an election year. If he violates it, when Democrats control the Senate in the next Congress, we must abolish the filibuster and expand the Supreme Court,” Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., tweeted.
The idea of “packing” the court with extra justices -- attempted unsuccessfully by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1937 to force through parts of his New Deal that were ruled unconstitutional by the high court -- has bubbled away on the fringes of the party for years.
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And there has to be a vacancy. WTF are they talking about?
I agree. But what are the chances that the 1869 Judiciary Act would be repealed with a new one? And would the existing Supreme Court have the authority to prevent that from happening?
I had no idea they could expand the court.
I agree though, either party that does that in order to gain the majority is going to be met with a lot of criticism. We can get a majority by Trump appointing someone now.
“I agree. But what are the chances that the 1869 Judiciary Act would be repealed with a new one? And would the existing Supreme Court have the authority to prevent that from happening?”
If the Democrats get the Senate, the House and the Presidency, and are willing to nuke the filibuster (which they have already said the will do), they can change it with a simple majority vote in both Houses. I can’t think of any grounds for SCOTUS to prevent it.
As, thank you. Real information is important
Pence/Trump? You mean, Don Jr.? I’m not there yet with Don Jr.
Sr., don’t know if it’s legal though
I meant to Swap the Ticket from DJT/Pence 2020-2024 then Pence/DJT 2024-2028 & 2028-2032.
One way it could be done would be if the court declares the replacement of the Judiciary Act as unconstitutional — say, because it considers packing the court would put too much of a burden on its duties under Article III of the Constitution. Who'd be in a position to say otherwise? After all, the law against abortion was declared unconstitutional on privacy grounds, even though the Constitution says nothing about privacy,
LMAO!!!!!!!
In other news I need to inform Gal Gadot that I have a headache and can’t make it tonight.
That would be judicial activism just as much as Roe.
>> And just how will the Rat Senate pick the President’s nominations for these additional Supreme Court seats? <<
Heh. Open mouth, insert foot.
And Fieldmarshaldj made a great point about widdle Joe Kennedy III threatening that "we" will pack the court as "payback" against Trump in 2021, apparently forgetting he will be unemployed in Jan. 2021 since he gave up his congressional seat in his failed bid for the U.S. Senate.
The RATS latest empty threats are on the level of the Einstein's on "our side" who said they would impeach and remove Roberts in 2012 over his Obamacare vote. Yeah, I'm sure President Obama would have named someone soooo much better to fill that seat afterwards!
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt.
President Trump is expected to nominate one of five women. I say nominate all 5 and watch heads explode.
Perhaps. But we also have RBG's own words, "Nine seems to be a good number, and it's been that way for a long time. [Packing the court], if anything, would make the court appear partisan."
Which would make the court's duties, as stipulated in the Constitution, almost impossible, because nobody would be able to trust that any decision it makes is fair.
For a change?
If we don’t do as they say, they will not do as they said they would, or... er... they will do as they said, or...? Scruwem.
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