Why won't Biden answer the "court packing" question?

Reps pack your way, Dems pack our way.

Boulder or bolder?

And it should be "boulder". "Bolder" is an adjective: more bold. A boulder is a big rock.


(I live just outside of Boulder, CO where we have--or did until the pandemic--a yearly 10k called the "Bolder Boulder." )

I wrote that rant on my phone using Swype, and I tend towards typos when texting while mad — lol

Did you write that?

Bravo!


(....and I agree that it should be "boulder.)

Part of me always wished I could grow up to be a speech writer lol

Nothing has happened. Support from the people will only come when they realize what they are losing by doing nothing. That is unfortunate. The demand to do this MUST come from the people or else the Supreme Court as an independent body will be lost forever in a sea of expansions as various different ideologies win power.

Both of our candidates have blown gift opportunities to remind voters what happened in 2016 and why it makes Barrett’s confirmation unacceptable. Not only that, Barrett herself went on the record during the Garland non-process to say that his nomination represented a shift in the balance of power of the Court, making it all the more unacceptable (her words) in an election year.

Instead of making these points, our ticket is somehow convinced that talking about Abraham Lincoln in 1864 is a better way to go. Ok.

packed with more judges like the wingnuts Dump/Turtle have been ramming in.

imo, so there'd be less time for him to be in the hot seat.

But, Trump and Pence don’t get to ask the questions. They are the ones that keep bringing this up. And their blithering insistence for their question to be answered hints at their desperation.

It’s a bogus question, with no foundation in reality. Kind of a straw man...they bring up some out of context issue, imply something underhanded, and use any answer to hit at their opponent. They’re trying to get the Democratic candidate to produce a sound bite they can use in their dwindling ad buys.

Courts have ALREADY been packed by Mitch McConnell, Donald Trump and Senate Republicans who have spent the last three years packing our courts, including the US Supreme Court, with dangerous extremists in lifetime appointments.

Mitch McConnell, Senate Republicans, Trump and Pence are PROJECTING their own dirty court-packing operation, which they've been carrying out for THREE YEARS, onto Democrats. Republicans have appointed THREE extremist USSC justices in as many years:

ONE was a STOLEN seat from Merrick Garland who wasn't even given the respect of meetings with Republican senators or a confirmation hearing;
Yet another seat was given up under a dirty backroom deal (Kennedy) with Donald Trump;
And the third is being RAMMED through (in a form of judicial rape) against the deathbed wishes of a beloved deceased justice and against Republicans' own rules from 2016 when Mitch McConnell refused to confirm Merrick Garland leaving the court with only 8 justices for a YEAR.

Democrats may have to restore & rebalance the courts due to REPUBLICAN court-packing that they THEMSELVES have carried out for the past THREE YEARS. Republicans should stop projecting their court-packing guilt onto Democrats. Democrats didn't pack the courts, REPUBLICANS have.

Democrats have an obligation to restore integrity and balance to our court system so that it isn't crushed under the weight of the dump truck of extremist nominees confirmed by Republicans in the past three years.

Republicans packed our courts, especially the Supreme Court. Now, Democrats have an obligation to UNpack it so that our justice system works as intended.

"You'll just have to wait and see."

It works for Trump. Everyone shuts up and pretends to believe him, and then never asks him about it again.

I was gonna say, "We'll see what happens."

Before the election, say no.
After the election, say yes.

Then say, elections have consequences.

I assure you I will follow Republican precedent!

It would require legislation to alter the composition of the SC.

I don’t know why they don’t clarify the exact process.

So his answer should be IF Congress passes it, I will give it consideration.

Judgeship.

I’m sure he will reply when the time is right.

I saw him groping for something more polically universal
I mean FDR lost a lot of Democrats as well as Republicans when he proudly stated he would pack the court in 1937, iirc. It should have seemed reasonable, they kept finding New Deal legislation problematic and/or unconstitutional. Biden knows his history. Besides he couldn’t get a whole sentence out due to Donnie Numbnuts throwing a fit.
I’d recommend Joe saying, “Actually Trump has packed the court, we are going to expand it a bit to achieve EQUALITY.” Not traveling regularly in Joe’s circle he hasn’t heard that yet from me just ye

I'm an author, but not a famous one. I've published a couple of things years ago, and I'm currently querying (unsuccessfully) a novel about guns in America.

I've always dreamed about being a speechwriter or similar.

So, thank you. Reading your post made my night.

Trump is stepping all over their messaging, so it's not getting a lot of oxygen on this. However on the chance that it does come down to having to give an answer, they need to have something ready.

He wouldn't call it that, but ...

So no, time to full-court press when we win.

Do we need to talk about it? Maybe not. There is much to do before Jan. 2021

What is really needed is term limits as well as a larger court, so the replacement of any one justice is not as big a matter. The court should (IMHO) reflect the make-up of the country, about 1/3 progressive, 1/3 original constructionist, and 1/3 moderate.

Let's let the people speak on November 3rd, and we'll take it up accordingly. MMM-kay?

that I need to know more about and see how conditions in the USA unfold before deciding to follow that course of action.

However, insert your very good 4 paragraphs before an absolute yes.

May sound weasel but better than a premature statement.

Heard the clip on either CNN or MSNBC today. He said if he answered now, that's all reporters would write about. His campaign wants to lose focus on covid and Trump.