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To: wny

That raises an interesting question, and frankly I have no idea what the answer would be.

Let’s presume Biden were to win and expand the court to 16 justices.

Then sometime a year or two later the 38th. state votes to ratify.

Does the Court immediately go back down to nine? Or are the additional justices grandfathered in? And if it does go back to nine who decides which seven justices get the heave-ho?

Interesting and I have no idea on any of it.


5 posted on 10/22/2020 8:49:55 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
Then sometime a year or two later the 38th. state votes to ratify.

You seriously think there are 67 votes in the Senate and 291 votes in the House to send this to the States?

30 posted on 10/22/2020 1:51:19 PM PDT by Jim Noble
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To: Buckeye McFrog
The Supreme Court briefly grew to 10 Justices in 1863. In 1866, the Court was reduced to nine seats. One Justice had died and the vacancy was never filled.

-PJ

36 posted on 10/22/2020 4:36:40 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Freedom of the press is the People's right to publish, not CNN's right to the 1st question.)
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