Posted on 09/23/2020 6:53:48 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
Senate Democrats are tamping down talk of expanding the Supreme Court if Republicans fill the seat held by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Progressive activists and some lawmakers have raised the idea since Ginsburg's death was announced on Friday night, arguing the party needs to be ready to take bold steps if they have the Senate majority and the White House next year while facing a 6-3 conservative court.
The effort would tie together two controversial ideas: nixing the 60-vote legislative filibuster and then passing legislation to add seats to the Supreme Court, which has been set at nine justices since 1869. But several Democratic senators, including senior members of the caucus, are shooting down the idea altogether or warning that debating it now is a distraction from the fight over Ginsburg's seat.
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they decided to do it when they are in power and not give the republicans any ideas...
i think a law limiting the court to 9 would be in order...
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they decided to do it when they are in power and not give the republicans any ideas...
i think a law limiting the court to 9 would be in order...
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When their heads were exploding they were spouting all kinds of threats.
Some TYRANNICAL ideas don’t poll well.......
Maybe the idea of expanding Supreme Court isn’t polling well? Maybe some people on the Democratic side are concerned that the American people are getting the idea the Democrats are a bunch of lunatic radicals for even bringing up this subject?
That’d be great, a non-stop fight over the Court even when there are zero vacancies. The Democrats expand it to eleven to shove through two more Democrat-appointed Justices, the GOP will probably end up expanding it to thirteen and doing the same as soon as they hold the Senate and White House again, and on and on and on.
Internal polling must have been bad for them on this latest scam.
Any law that can be made, can be changed. A constitutional amemdment is needed. Not much chance that could happen under current or forseeable conditions.
FDR couldn’t do it when he tried and he had clear majorities in Congress.
“...They figured out that by threatening to expand the court could also be done by the republicans if they maintain control of the Senate and WH....”
Yeah. These goofy communists are the sharpest tools in the political shed. Not only could the republicans do it if they maintain control, they could give the communists exactly what they want....and do it right now!!!
+1. Beat me to it.
A couple of Democrats realize that. They're not wiser, just better at dirty tactics.
Already exists. See the Judicial Act of 1869.
A Constitutional Amendment, OTOH, would be better.
Polling numbers must be below ground ,LOL
LOL, the Roberts Court will be 5-4 at best with Roberts being even more emboldened to "come out" as the lib he is.
Oh sure they do.
Trumps the one that would say,expanding the court....Okkkkkkkkay......
some body cited one the other day
They’ll still do it.
You can’t put the toothpaste back in the tube, or the cat in the bag....................
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