The Supreme Court Boomerang

[Brainstormy]

Beyond the fact that McConnell's actions and any public airing will energize the Democratic Party and supercharge fundraising (as it did during Kavanaugh hearings) there could be a fix, and an enormous boon to the republic, in expanding the court and doing away with the filibuster. What we need is to focus on TAKING BACK the SENATE! The death of our beloved RBG at this time could turn out to be a timely gift, Trump be damned.

[Statistical]

1. Yes the Republicans have always played to win. Too often Democrats played with a heightened ...

sense of nobility.

Wins matter. Bold action matters. If this horrible event gets Democrats to retake the Senate and then ... ACTUALLY USE THAT POWER TO PUSH FOR REAL PROGRESSIVE CHANGE then something good will come out of it.

Play to win. Win the Senate. Remove the filibuster. Expand the Supreme Court. Open PR & DC to Statehood. Implement the Wyoming Rule. Pass real restrictions on the Office of the Presidency.

[SMC22307]

11. Modern Democrats. Harold L. Ickes of FDR's administration was a warrior.

Republicans are kicking sand in our faces and I'm fucking tired of it.

[C_U_L8R]

2. Never underestimate Republican overreach

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And its glorious ability to blow up in their faces. Yes, they will be more awful than we imagine. Vote them out and we can fix it. Enough. Everything depends on us.

[crickets]

19. I am trying to hold on to this very thought.

Vote, everyone vote them out! Then it's a hard slog to fix it, but it will get done.

[regnaD kciN]

3. Do away with the filibuster, expand the Court, PLUS...

...make D.C., Puerto Rico, and Guam states, and lift the 435-seat cap on House members, breaking the disproportionate power of small states in both the House and the Electoral College.

Not saying we’ll get each and every one of these but, damn it, we need to try.

[greymattermom]

8. With each census, determine the population of the least populated state

and assign Representatives to all other states based on that as a unit of 1. So, if Wyoming has about 500K, and California has about 40 million, that is 80 times as many. California has 53 representatives now. It should have bout 80 by this plan.

[AleksS]

12. I like that. Does it pass constitutional muster?

If it’s legal, then that is what we should do!!!

That, plus DC and PR statehood should keep congress safe for a while.

[Statistical]

15. Yes it is called the Wyoming rule

The constitution sets no size for the House other than it must be at least 100 and every state must have at least 1 rep. Beyond that the size is simply set by statute.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming_Rule

Expanding the house reduces the power of the small states because they get 1 vote no matter what. Expanding the house also means there are more total electoral votes so the influence of the senate in the EV total is less.

[lastlib]

16. Absolutely! In fact, that's how the Constitution was originally set up.

Article I, Sec. 2:

"...The number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative;

but as population grew, that got a bit unwieldy in practice, so Congress capped House membership at 435. That was ninety or so years ago, so I could argue that it's time for an update.

[moose65]

17. It was actually 110 years ago

The last time the size of the House was increased was after the 1910 census. New Mexico, Arizona, Alaska and Hawaii weren't states. The population has tripled since then. Women didn't have the universal right to vote, nor did most African Americans and Native Americans. The size of the House needs to change.

[Wicked Blue]

4. Which Senate races can we donate to

that would give the most bang for the buck?

I'd be grateful to you or anyone who can post a thread about this.

[wryter2000]

7. Some

AZ, ME, NC, CO are our strongest.

[Wicked Blue]

10. THANK YOU!

[lastlib]

13. At this point, I would say Jaime Harrison in South Carolina....

...is the closest race with a chance of flipping. Maybe Ossoff in GA? Hickenlooper in CO, Bullock (MT), Cunningham (NC), Greenfield (IA). Kelly (AZ) and Gideon (ME) seem to have sizeable leads, so less is needed there. I'd love to take down McTurdle (KY), but McGrath doesn't seem to be getting the traction she needs. (Maybe this fight will energize her support?)

Consider also Schumer's Senate Majority PAC, or Indivisible's Payback Project to pool our resources for taking out the most vulnerable and obnoxious Senate GOPhers. 21st Century Dems is a good progressive PAC, but also supports House candidates.

[Thekaspervote]

5. K&R!!

[Hstch05]

6. I went to bed at 2 am

despondent over Justice Ginsburg's death and the upcoming fight.

But then I realized this is going to be what kicks things into overdrive. We will fight. We will win!

[lastlib]

14. I went to bed with the same feeling I had on Nov.8, 2016.....

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kicked in the gut sick. It hasn't gone away. At least this time I have DU to vent with......

[moonscape]

21. Ouch. Surely hope that isn't prescient about 2106! :) n/t

[lastlib]

22. Sorry--fat fingers.....fixed now!

--- --- c'est moi!

What do we want? Time travel!
When do we want it? It's irrelevant!!
---

[moonscape]

23. Oh no! Fixed? Now my post makes no sense :) n/t

[dubyadiprecession]

9. It seems like we have a whole lot more work to do now.

It would have been a lot easier for RBG to just retire during Obama’s first term.
She would have been in her late 70’s then.
I guess she didn’t think as hard about her health and what her untimely death would do to our left wing cause.
I’m hoping for the best outcome in this very stressful filled situation.

[moose65]

18. Hindsight is 20/20

RBG didn't have any idea what would happen to this country after Obama's first term. We can't change the past.

[dubyadiprecession]

20. We can't change the past, but we should be able to learn from it.