Posted on 10/12/2020 10:18:46 AM PDT by Red Badger
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough asked Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer on Monday why the Democrats couldnt complete the work of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) and add a couple of justices to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Why cant Democrats Constitutionally finish what FDR started back over 80 years ago and add a couple of justices in response to Republican radicalism? Scarborough asked Schumer on MSNBCs Morning Joe.
Roosevelt threatened to enlarge the Supreme Court when the body initially opposed his New Deal legislation.
Its Constitutional. And by [Senate Majority Leader] Mitch McConnells standard, you would be in your right to do that, correct? Scarborough asked. (RELATED: Democrats Threaten To Pack The Court If Republicans Nominate A Replacement For Ginsburg This Year)
Scarborough and Schumer were discussing the decision by President Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Senate to move forward with the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to fill the vacant seat on the court following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Scarborough suggested that Republican Kentucky Sen. McConnell was being hypocritical in supporting Barretts nomination when he refused to consider former President Barack Obamas last nominee, Merrick Garland. Scarborough said at the time that McConnell was wrong to block Garlands confirmation.
Schumer agreed with Scarborough: We would certainly be in the Constitutional right to do it, while accusing Barrett of planning to take away Americans health care and to repeal Roe V. Wade, the landmark court decision that legalized abortion in the United States.
The Democratic New York senator suggested that 71% of Americans are opposed to that repeal while also suggesting that confirming Barrett could turn the court into something that would get rid of all labor unions [and] make America a right-to-work state
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said Friday that he didnt believe voters deserved to know what his position is on potentially packing the court.
Despite frequent queries, the former vice president has repeatedly refused to state his position, suggesting the issue of packing the court is a Republican distraction and that he doesnt want to play the presidents game. (RELATED: Here Are 7 Times Biden And Harris Have Refused To Say Where They Stand On Court Packing)
Although Democratic Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono called court packing long overdue court reform, Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin has opposed the policy.
Brazil has 11, Costa Rica has 22, El Salvador has 15.
We would essentially and officially become a BANANA REPUBLIC................................
https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Government/Judicial-branch
I voted for him.
TWICE!
But not in the same election....................
They can’t finish FDR’s stuff for the reason my dad told me. FDR was a closet communist and Americans don’t like commies.
Trump should add 20 SCOTUS justices now.
Joe, SAY HER NAME: Lori Klausutis
Packing the Supreme Court is probably easier said than done
Exhibit A: You're not a demonicRat.
He never had his own moral code but he does have a genius for vomiting up the beliefs of his paycheck signer.
Evidently...
Brazil has 11, Costa Rica has 22, El Salvador has 15.
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Norway is small and not a Banana Republic. They have 20.
Okay, and Lute Fisk Republic...................
Norway is small and not a Banana Republic. They have 20.
And a population of 5.5 million people, so about the population of Minnesota., another banana republic. We have 9 for a population of 350 million.
“...finish what FDR started...”
Okay, but I don’t think Japanese-Americans are going to like internment.
On the other hand, Joe, why can't Republicans (after Trump wins)?
Democrats are apparently already on board.
President Trump should attempt to pack the court now. That will cause the Dims to call it unconstitutional. Problem solved.
That would be one of the great events of all time!
I married a Norwegian.
Every year on Sytendde Mai, MIL made lutefisk in a specially-vented room in the basement. FIL got the single serving, topped w/a litle Norwegian flag.
It’s an excuse for cream sauce and Aquavit. It also smells like death.
None of the progs (DFL) in Minneapolis would touch the *stuff*.
Agree! I cannot believe he used to be a republican???? like an invasion of the body snatchers case study
IIRC, he came from a district where if you wanted to be elected to Congress you had to be an R. He claimed to be a Newt Contract With America kind of pubbie. Clearly, it was all an act to get him into the Washington game.
Yeah...
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