Posted on 01/27/2021 11:27:31 AM PST by Red Badger
Biden Launches Commission On Supreme Court Reform
Joe Biden has quietly launched a commission on “reforming” the Supreme Court, potentially dropping a partisan bomb onto Congress at the same time he’s pleading for “unity and healing.” Politico reports that it will supposedly be bipartisan, but there’s only party demanding changes to the top court’s structure.
Republicans will fight tooth and nail to stop any such bill from passing. It might come down to a filibuster fight in which Joe Manchin might finally have to decide whether he’s going to represent West Virginia or Chuck Schumer. This kind of radical overreach will definitely get voters’ attention in the midterms.
The commission will be housed under the purview of the White House Counsel’s office and filled out with the behind-the-scenes help of the Biden campaign’s lawyer Bob Bauer. Its specific mandate is still being decided. But, in a signal that the commission is indeed moving ahead, some members have already been selected, according to multiple people familiar with the discussions.
Among those who will be on the commission are Cristina Rodríguez, a professor at Yale Law School and a former deputy assistant attorney general in the Obama Department of Justice, who has been tapped to co-chair the commission. Caroline Fredrickson, the former president of the American Constitution Society, and Jack Goldsmith, a Harvard Law School professor and a former deputy assistant attorney general in the Bush Department of Justice, will also serve on the commission, those familiar with discussions said.
Fredrickson has hinted that she is intellectually supportive of ideas like court expansion. In 2019, she said in an interview with Eric Lesh, the executive director of the LGBT Bar Association and Foundation of Greater New York: “I often point out to people who aren’t lawyers that the Supreme Court is not defined as ‘nine person body’ in the Constitution.”
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https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/27/biden-supreme-court-reform-463126
Poor little Johnny.
He could have prevented this by taking the Texas case.
But no, he sacrificed America on his altar of Trunp hatred.
Poor, poor Johnny, Soon to be just another face in the crowd.
They won’t need manchin when they have several defectors waiting to save the day...romney, sasse, murkowski, toomy, mcconnel, graham......etc
Hiden is quickly pushing Patriots to a fighting war.
Because they probably cheated in the mid-term 2018 election as well.
Remember all those congressional seats that had the R up all night and then as time went on the D candidate pulled it out?
The Supreme Court had its chance to save the Union but it punted.
Mitch actually believed the Dems would be fair. They are going to blow past him so fast he won’t even know what happened. I hope he’s happy he worked so hard to get rid of Trump.
He will go down in history as the fool who helped destroy the best country on earth.
We only have 45 apparently, not enough to carry a vote or oppose.
Doddering fool at that. At least he can laugh all the way to the bank, of China.
I still think there are several uniformed low information voters who will be the most surprised when these commies turn on them.
They first came for the gun owners but I did not object because I did not own a gun......then they came for me and there was no one left to defend my cause.
The term useful idiots apply. I know several.
liberals form a coast to coast American Costa Nostra
Gotta handed to the dirty nasty evil POS demonKKKrats...they HAVE KILLER Instincts! While our representatives cower under the table and take the scraps from POS globalist liberal elitist communist 🐀 rats!! #Takeourpartyback
BAWHAHAHAAA!!😂 Amy, roberts Kavanaugh and etc chose unwisely by not hearing trumps voter fraud case! I am laughing so hard I am glad they’ll be getting what’s coming to them!!
But,but..Biden said he “wasn’t a fan” of court packing during the election! Ahhh,
Oh well he’ll sign anything for a afternoon pudding cup.
Learned a new word . . . thank you. I think you are right. A big difference in liberals and conservatives is that liberals are organized to do their dirty deeds and conservatives are not.
There Are No Guardrails On The Left
[full text FR thread]America is entering a terrible period in its history at an accelerating pace, now that the Left has taken control of all the critical reins of power in the government, the mainstream media, social media, and big tech. Unfortunately, history teaches with laser clarity that there are no guardrails restraining the behavior of the Left when it is so empowered.
[rest at FR link]
Peter Buttigieg looks forward to packing the court..
“Target Rich Environment”..
I like your thinking, I really do.
And we can all reach our ruling decisions using our own brand of Dominion-like decision software.
If Hillary (ptooey!) had won in 2016 and filled the last three vacancies, nobody would be talking about this.
The midterms? With the Dems given free rein on election fraud?
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