I agree. The good Lord will have His way...won’t He? I only hope that our Judges in the Supreme Court don’t retire until Obama is out of office. The only thing about this is that it is my understanding that the President can appoint as many Judges as he pleases. Is this your understanding? I have heard that he can appoint 15 if he desires.
Are you of the Catholic Faith? Don’t answer if you don’t want to.......Just curious. I am but not practicing.
The size of the Supreme Court is fixed at 9 Justices, by statute. Unless Congress votes to change that, Obama cannot appoint anyone to the Supreme Court unless there is a vacancy.
What you are probably thinking of is Franklin Roosevelt's proposal to expand the Supreme Court from 9 to 15, which was defeated in Congress.
You said — “I agree. The good Lord will have His way...won’t He? I only hope that our Judges in the Supreme Court don’t retire until Obama is out of office. The only thing about this is that it is my understanding that the President can appoint as many Judges as he pleases. Is this your understanding? I have heard that he can appoint 15 if he desires.”
Well, you can do some reading of the following and see what you come up with...
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/ask-a-historian/19442
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_switch_in_time_that_saved_nine
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And — “Are you of the Catholic Faith? Don’t answer if you don’t want to.......Just curious. I am but not practicing.”
No, a conservative Protestant Evangelical, who is pre-trib, pre-mil and dispensational... I think that about covers it...