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cachmeifucan
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Do they need 60 votes in the Senate for this. They are also trying to add amnesty in with the infrastructure bill.
Not sure. Everything is pretty much a simple majority unless it's filibustered.
Old Man Jingles
Rat out of a cage
Makes sense though ... show the extreme left they tried and also showed the left that there is no buy in on that bit of insanity.
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Old Man Jingles
Rat out of a cage
Democrats plan to add 4 justices to give them majority of Supreme Court
Democrats are preparing to unveil legislation that would add four seats to the US Supreme Court. The bill, first reported by the Intercept, is expected to be introduced in both the House and Senate…
nypost.com
Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey, a co-sponsor of the bill, told the Journal that adding justices “will shore up the public’s confidence in the court and its legitimacy in the public’s eyes.”
Also backing the measure are House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler (NY-10th District) Subcommittee Chair Hank Johnson (GA-4th District), and freshman New York Rep. Mondaire Jones. Nadler’s office wouldn’t confirm or deny the proposal to The Post.
Congress altered the number of justices on the court several times over the 19th Century from a low of five to a high of 10.
The number was fixed at nine shortly after the Civil War.
In the 1930s, President Franklin D. Roosevelt unsuccessfully sought to expand the court after conservative justices ruled against some of his New Deal policies.
Wally
BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns
So much for unity.Democrats plan to add 4 justices to give them majority of Supreme Court
Democrats are preparing to unveil legislation that would add four seats to the US Supreme Court. The bill, first reported by the Intercept, is expected to be introduced in both the House and Senate…
Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey, a co-sponsor of the bill, told the Journal that adding justices “will shore up the public’s confidence in the court and its legitimacy in the public’s eyes.”
Also backing the measure are House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler (NY-10th District) Subcommittee Chair Hank Johnson (GA-4th District), and freshman New York Rep. Mondaire Jones. Nadler’s office wouldn’t confirm or deny the proposal to The Post.
Congress altered the number of justices on the court several times over the 19th Century from a low of five to a high of 10.
The number was fixed at nine shortly after the Civil War.
In the 1930s, President Franklin D. Roosevelt unsuccessfully sought to expand the court after conservative justices ruled against some of his New Deal policies.
I wonder if Sleepy Joe has a clue about this?
This kind of game of cat and mouse will have no winners.
So the dems pack the court. Then the next time republicans have control, they pack the court. Then the dems again. Then the repubs again. Eventually we have 1023 Supreme Court justices, unless people pull their heads out of their asses right now.
No worries! Moderate Joe would never go along with it.
And besides, even @It will be fine doesn't want to see court packing happen.
DriveInDriveOut
Inordinately Right
Doubt the Democrat proposal will go anywhere.
It's purpose is to threaten the current conservatives on the supreme court, the same way Roosevelt did.
It's purpose is to threaten the current conservatives on the supreme court, the same way Roosevelt did.
Pretty sure if they can get it done it'll happen.
It will be fine
Well-Known Member
Joe has said he’s not a fan of adding justices. He announced a commission to look at the structure of the courts. That’s basically corporate speak to pretend you’re taking an issue seriously. This proposal has no chance of passing the Senate. I have no problem with keeping attention on the fact that Mitch destroyed any sense of legitimacy the court had.
cachmeifucan
Well-Known Member
2 names matter krysten sinema from AZ and joe manchin from WV.
In the meantime if they get 4 liberal justices then anything they push through Congress that's radical enough to be challenged in court will ultimately be rubber stamped by SCOTUS. Expect trying to get two new states to come soon.
So what's the political angle for Democrats in even doing this then? Seems like a great way for them to lose House and Senate seats.
El Correcto
god is dead
I’ve always given the hard left props on having a
ing spine. When they are handed power they run with it, political consequences be damned. The right could learn from these people.
DriveInDriveOut
Inordinately Right
Nice try rewriting history left winger.
El Correcto
god is dead
He might not be a fan of it, but he will have no problem rubber stamping his handler’s agenda.
El Correcto
god is dead
2013
www.politifact.com
2014
www.wsj.com
Lol these people are such lying scumbags.
Is Barack Obama trying to 'pack' the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals?
In the Rose Garden on June 4, 2013, President Barack Obama named three nominees to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C
www.politifact.com
Why Democrats Packed the Court
The new liberal D.C. Circuit intervenes in a big ObamaCare case, just as the White House hoped, writes the Wall Street Journal in an editorial.
www.wsj.com
Lol these people are such lying scumbags.
