Eric Holder: regarding the Supreme Court

[mysteryowl]

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NEW: @EricHolder says if Republicans rush through another justice it would be an “illegitimate” 6-3 majority and Democrats should respond with court reform that includes adding additional justices to the Supreme Court.




AND, safeguards to keep the court NON-political.

[3Hotdogs]

1. --- and in 2026, Repukes add 6 more. In 2030, Dems add 4 more and

sooner or later, it is a court of 40 or 50 Justices.

[mysteryowl]

3. not with safeguards.

Go back and listen to Mayor Pete's ideas about expanding the court with safeguards.

[rso]

4. Scotus

If along with adding Justices to SCOTUS we also grant statehood to Puerto Rico and DC, we’ll have four additional democratic Senate seats and that will complicate republicans’ efforts to win back the Senate.

[mysteryowl]

5. and we can pass the HR1 voting bill!!

[Yavin4]

7. They are going to pack the court regardless.

The key is also allowing DC and PR to become states which then gives you 4 additional senators.

[mitch96]

10. That works.. also get rid of the electoral college vote.

It's only purpose was to apes low population southern plantation owners..... outdated.
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[Blue Owl]

2. K&R

[FreddyWhite]

6. Thank you Mr. Holder!

[BigmanPigman]

8. Bingo!

The number of justices has changed several times in our history. It has been done and can be done again.

"The number of Justices on the Supreme Court changed six times before settling at the present total of nine in 1869. Since the formation of the Court in 1790, there have been only 17 Chief Justices* and 102 Associate Justices, with Justices serving for an average of 16 years."
https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/institution.aspx#:~:text=The%20number%20of%20Justices%20on,an%20average%20of%2016%20years.

[onetexan]

12. Woooopp!! K&R

Great post BMPM

[dalton99a]

9. Unpack their packing

[Buckeyeblue]

11. I think it's time for a constitutional amendment regarding the SC

I think the role/visibility of the court has changed a great deal in the last 70 years but there has been no constitutional clarification. Maybe there should be a minimum age, an end to for-life appointments, and the size expanded. In 1870 the population was 35 million. In 2020 it is 330 million. While the population is 10 times what it was, I don't think we need 90 SC justices (although it would reduce the significance of each justice). For some reason, the number 21 seems right to me. Small enough to be manageable but big enough that a single replacement should not cause the current political rancor.

I also like a minimum age of 40 and a maximum age of 75. I like a 10 year term on the court with the potential for a 10 year renewal (so 20 year max). And I like for defined nomination/confirmation time frames to be established.

One other thing is that maybe we should require 66% approval in the Senate to prevent extremists. Not sure if this would help or create a roadblock to anyone being confirmed.