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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRED LINE: Confirm a Justice During A Lame Duck Session, And We'll Stack The Court When We're In.
Not a threat. A simple quid pro quo warning. If Republicans confirm a SCOTUS Justice during a lame duck session after the election, Democrats are free to stack the SCOTUS by adding THREE MORE Justices. Don't like that idea? GOOD! Then just don't do what YOU'RE planning to do. It's that simple.
No more playing by Marquis of Queensbury boxing rules while the opposition is knee-capping us with a baseball bat with nails in it.
If you're gonna fight dirty, so can we. As follows:
1. If you appoint another SCOTUS Justice during a lame duck, we'll add three more Justices to the SCOTUS after we're sworn in.
2. If you gerrymander the House districts, f--ck with the USPS, and f--ck with the Census; we'll make Puerto Rico and Washington D.C. into STATES. That's four more Democratic Senators against your 50 gerrymandered House Representatives.
That's what's on the table.
(R.I.P. RBG. Thank you for hanging on so long, for our benefit. We owe you a debt of gratitude.)
jorgevlorgan
(8,232 posts)MatthewG.
(362 posts)Biden and every future Democratic contender needs to say that if this gets rammed through, theyll expand the court as soon as they get a Democratic Senate.
This needs to be official party line. NOW. Make it a normative and mainstream Position through repetition.
FBaggins
(26,697 posts)When most who make it have been saying to pack the court next year for months now.