Posted on 10/10/2020 4:34:57 PM PDT by Kaslin
Former Vice President Joe Biden on Friday said Americans don't deserve to know whether or not he would attempt to pack the Supreme Court should he win the White House next month. He doubled down on that statement on Saturday when a reporter asked why he doesn't make his stance on the High Court known.
"The only court packing going on right now is going on with Republicans packing the court right now. It's not constitutional what they're doing. We need to focus on what's happening right now," Biden said before coughing. "The fact is the only packing going on is this court being packed by the Republicans after voting has already begun. I'm going to stay focused on it so we don’t take our eyes off the ball here."
Biden is again asked why voters don’t deserve to know his views on court packing. He responds: “The only court packing going on right now is going on with Republicans packing the court right now ... I’m going to stay focused on it so we don’t take our eyes off the ball here." pic.twitter.com/E9H5rIXMX2— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) October 10, 2020
What Biden said is absolutely false.
Republicans are not packing the Supreme Court by nominating – and potentially confirming – Judge Amy Coney Barrett. What they're doing is filling a Supreme Court vacancy that was left when Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died.
The Supreme Court has traditionally been nine justices although the Congress has the power to change the number of justices that is on the court. Anytime they don't like something that's taking place, Democrats have threatened to widen the number of justices that the court has, essentially making the high court liberal-leaning.
It happened last year when the Supreme Court was contemplating hearing New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. New York City, a case that challenged the city's ban on gun owners from transporting their lawfully purchased firearms outside city limits. When the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association filed their lawsuit, gun control advocates in the state decided to remove the ban out of fear of losing in court. A handful of Democrats wrote an amicus curiae brief telling the Supreme Court not to take up the case because it's political in nature. The Democrats also threatened to pack the court with progressive justices if they move forward with the case. In response, 56 Republican Senators sent a letter to SCOTUS, telling them not to be intimidated by Democrats' empty-handed threats.
And guess what? We're back to Democrats wanting to pack the court if Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed because RBG isn't being replaced by another liberal justice.
Americans have a right to know whether or not Biden believes in this kind of vindictive behavior.
I suppose we can’t expect any news outlet to follow up with the question, “Mr. Biden, exactly what are the Republicans doing that is unconstitutional? Can you please explain? Your supporters want to know.”
You tagline says it all. We are living in an Orwellian world on steroids.
There is a difference between playing by the rules then winning and playing by changing the rules to win.
None of then do and sadly thier followers know nothing about it either and they believe what ever they say and repeat it and fight you on it
I’m sure his boyfriend Chris Wallace will be on tv tomorrow saying Joe is right and President Trump is a racist.
His debate with Palin showed he knew nothing about the Constitution. He declared the language of the Constitution was clear was that the VP’s powers were entirely executive to negate her discussion about the VP’s role presiding over the Senate. In reality, the VP’s executive powers are only those being executed on behalf of the President...under the President’s authority.
L8r
“You voters are nothing but dog-faced pony soldiers!!!! You don’t need to know anything except to vote for ME!!!! Four or five times vote for ME!!!!!!”....Joe Biden...
Actually, changing the number of justices on SCOTUS is not unconstitutional either, although doing so in the way they are proposing would be devastating to the nation. Furthermore, I would expect some truly unconstitutional changes to follow in that case.
Voting for Joe Birdbrain would be like playing Russian roulette with a six shooter loaded with six rounds.
Modern democrats are not required to know anything about the Constitution, nor read it, if they can read.
He won’t tell us, so stay focused and vote for Trump. Early, but not more than once.
He served as Vice President to the Kenyanesian Usurper, the Constitution is irrelevant to Joe.
His supporters are as clueless as he is.
Maybe the independents will pay attention to his ignorance of the way the government he wants to lead works.
Joe Biden...stupid as f*ck.
There is no court packing going on.
Presidents get to appoint their choices to scotus. Always have. Always constitutuonal.
Packing the court is something entirely different to libtards. Packing is what FDR tried and got shot down by both parties.
Pete Buttegieg (sp?) weighed in on the subject and said he was all in favor of fudge packing!
See: Deroy Murdock: A 'Ginsburg Amendment' pledge would unite GOP, split Democrats, Fox News, Leroy Murdock, October 7, 2020.
Imagine if Republicans would begin vigorously pushing that today. That would then trigger public discussion about SCOTUS, the number of justices, how that is currently not in the Constitution, what the Constitutional authority is granted to the President re the Supreme Court, get the Dems to aver publicly that they want more seats, etc. It would eviscerate the Dems.
Please, America, don’t elect Joe and the Hoe!
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