Posted on 10/18/2020 5:42:37 PM PDT by RandFan
A progressive push to expand the Supreme Court is running into an unusual buzzsaw: fellow Democrats.
Calls for Democrats to remake the judiciary are ramping up as Republicans appear poised to put Amy Coney Barrett, a sixth conservative justice, on the bench.
It’s a decision that will have decades-long reverberations, progressives warn, unless Democrats make systemic changes to the judiciary next year if they win back the Senate majority and White House in November, something they are feeling increasingly bullish about.
“If Republicans proceed as expected, Democrats will have every right to consider Barrett illegitimate and pursue structural reform to restore ideological balance to the court,” said Brian Fallon, the executive director of the progressive group Demand Justice.
But supporters of court reforms face an uphill climb even if Democrats find themselves with a trifecta next year for the first time since 2010, when they lost the House in a Tea Party wave.
Top Democrats ranging from Democratic nominee Joe Biden to congressional leadership have been noncommittal while at the same time, with an eye on keeping the party united heading into Nov. 3, not ruling it out.
And several rank-and-file Democrats and hopefuls in key races have been cool to the idea even while accusing Republicans of driving the Senate and courts to institutional breaking points by refusing to give Merrick Garland, former President Obama’s final Supreme Court nominee, a hearing or a vote but moving to quickly confirm Barrett.
“There is no active conversation or deliberation about any changes in court composition,” said Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.), the No. 2 Senate Democrat and a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Looks like court packing is not popular...
Amy Barrette’s process is as straightforward as they get.
Barrett joining the court makes it 4.5 to 4.5.
Roberts and Gorsuch are not reliable.
l8r
Election bull. They will do it if they win. Democrats are corrupt scum.
There are 5 others? Who knew?
“...Democrats will have every right to consider Barrett illegitimate ...”
I would like for someone to give me a reasonable explanation of their thinking in this regard.
Total bull stuff!
“Looks like court packing is not popular...”
I read no opposition. This is disinformation campaign.
The Hill LIES.
Dems will certainly pack the court.
“Ideological balance” to the Left means they control everything and balance their boots on our necks.
If they do win the White House and take over the Senate (and keep the House) they will probably go all-out: they always overreach. Under normal conditions that would mean big losses for them in 2022 but they will have further perfected methods of voter fraud, plus will have enfranchised millions of illegal aliens, so they could survive a backlash.
[Under normal conditions that would mean big losses for them in 2022 but they will have further perfected methods of voter fraud, plus will have enfranchised millions of illegal aliens, so they could survive a backlash.]
My opinion is the Republicans did Merrick Garland a favor. since they had the majority they could (hopefully) have put him through a tough confirmation hearing and then voted him down. I assume that would be more humiliating than not getting a hearing at all, which made him a martyr.
Turban Durbin will be the first in line for packing the court.
Liar.
I never heard of Brian Fallon before but he sounds like a colossal a**hole.
I think giving statehood to DC and PR will be unpopular—but they will do if it they can (even if it means fraudulent reporting of the upteenth referendum in Puerto Rico on their status). But as for the House, it is fixed at 435. It went up briefly when Alaska and Hawaii were made states but that was when the 1960 census was just around the corner. The next census won’t be until 2030. Would they give DC one Congressman and PR just one, or give PR more than one and have them all in addition to the 435, or subtract some seats from other states to give Puerto Rico 6 or 7 seats?
4.6 to 4.4, but who’s quibbling?
“supporters of court reforms”
“Reforms”, another word that the Left has attempted to mutilate. A change for the worse is not a “reform”. A better word for that would be “deform”.
Why would we have the son of the first EPA administrator on the court?
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