Who agrees that NOW it the time to add Supreme Court judges?

[Kittycatkat]

[Bluethroughu]

1. Yesterday.

Stack it up!

[BlueGreenLady]

2. Yes. Agreed. n/t

[VarryOn]

3. After the midterms...

Losing issue.

When Democrats quieted down about it last year, not even all were on board.

[lees1975]

4. Should have happened long before now

recognizing that there are two seats there stolen by the GOP, Biden needs to appoint at least three.

[Kittycatkat]

7. yes!

[markpkessinger]

5. Not only do I agree . . .

. . . but I think it is important to point out that if Democrats DON'T start taking some drastic measures as expanding the Court and eliminating the filibuster, many voters are going to start running out of patience with excuses for not taking action!

[Kittycatkat]

8. Yes! What are we waiting for as we sit and watch our democracy diminish daily?

[gldstwmn]

27. This is exactly what is happening.

We have been on the slippery slope to fascism since that one guy from Texas was appointed president. After that they thought they could get away with anything and mostly did.

[Kittycatkat]

29. Yes, it started well before Trump, but Trump destroyed our levees, and here we are...

[gldstwmn]

39. They've seen their internal polling

and know they are losing Texas. That is why they are enacting all of these crazy laws. We must persevere. We got two Democrats elected to the Senate from Georgia we can make Texas blue again.

[CrackityJones75]

34. How do we eliminate the filibuster?

[peppertree]

45. +1

As much as we need it right now, this idea doesn't stand a chance as long as Manchini and Sinema refuse to be onboard.

[scipan]

62. I would not be adverse

to a little extortion of Manchin and Sinema. They must have some skeletons in their closets. Doing a bad thing for an extremely good outcome...our democracy is in jeopardy if voting rights aren't passed, especially those state laws that allow the legislatures to take over a free and fair election.

[Mary in S. Carolina]

6. If there ever is a time,

it is now. Women are are going to rise up.

[Kittycatkat]

9. And while we're at it we need to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, I thinks it's about time.

[Jakes Progress]

18. If we don't fix the courts, passing ERA would be futile.

In 18 months, whatever good is passed will be tossed out.

[Mary in S. Carolina]

64. Absolutely

[Budi]

10. Had to burn it all down first right?

Hello susan? Ain't heard much from her on todays hellhole.

[monkeyman1]

20. oh wait , I'm concerned ?

[calimary]

35. NO!!!!! I don't want to wait!

We need this fixed NOW!!!!


NOW!!!!!!!!

[d_r]

11. we have wasted time

in making PR and DC states

[Kittycatkat]

14. Yes. We have many avenues but little time.

[BootinUp]

12. Emotions say yes...cold logic says: not yet. The holy hand grenade

must be thrown at the right time.

[Jakes Progress]

19. And that would be after the next republican is installed in Oval?

[ecstatic]

52. We're hanging on to our so-called majority by a thread

Any one of them could die at any moment. Meanwhile our right to vote (and have it count) and women's rights are circling the drain.

[BootinUp]

53. Im not going to walk through the

relevant facts tonight. Maybe later

[Takket]

13. we can't even get all the Democrats behind ensuring their own constituants have the right to vote

There is no way in hell court expansion will ever happen. manchin and sinema will have none of it, and others too i think.

I believe Biden still has a commission "looking into it" but it won't go anywhere.

if women want to protect their rights they are going to need to give us more power in the Senate. That's the message for 2022.

[Fullduplexxx]

15. I know who doesn't.... the people who can make it happen

[Celerity]

16. not enough Senators do (atm) to make it so, so it is a clusterfuck

[Jakes Progress]

17. Who could possibly be so out of touch

that they would think it is not time to fix the republican infected SC?

If we don't do that and reinstate the Voting Rights Act in the next months, we have lost all. Nothing this administration does will matter, because it will all go away in 18 months.

[Kittycatkat]

21. I'm getting my Irish Citizenship just in case I have to move out of the US.

[Skittles]

22. NEVER abandon to fascists

STAY AND FIGHT

[Kittycatkat]

26. Your right. I'm just scared of what this country may look like if...

[CrackityJones75]

38. I used to think that.

I have young kids. Why should they be subjected to this fight? The U.S. is increasingly becoming a dangerous place for them and increasingly becoming a place not suitable to raise my kids in.

[Skittles]

56. so go, and let others do the fighting

that's typically the way it works anyways

[CrackityJones75]

58. How inflammatory.

It is a decision that we all have to make for our own families. I have a daughter who is 14. Roe is falling right before our eyes. I have a son who has basically only known a country run by Trump and the hate he brought with him that persists into a time where a man ending a 20 year war is vilified. I watch how these things are having a real effect on their childhoods versus mine. And yeah, I have to ask the question. Is it fair to them to be raised in this environment simply because they were born in a fucked up time?

It is a massive and heart wrenching decision and frankly your response is insulting. The glibness is offensive. It would be beyond selfish for me to deny them a childhood and a better upbringing. And it isn’t an easy decision to come to. Nor did I say that I have come to that decision fully. I served in the military (and no I am not asking for military fawning) because I believe in this country. But that was before becoming a parent.

[Skittles]

61. it is the truth

I knew that when I served in the military

over and OUT

[Marius25]

54. I'm jealous. I really want to move, but Israel is my only easy option.

I don't have family connections to a place like Ireland.

[monkeyman1]

23. get rid of & start over ! robert's , ol'kegger , the female bible thumper .

[Tadpole Raisin]

24. Can Biden make any executive order regarding SCOTUS?

Could he expand ethics rules to include the Supremes?

Can he mandate retirement age? In guessing not.

We should be able to justify expansion of the court by population increases alone.

There should be only 1 judge for every regional (circuit?) court unless a regional court is small and so one judge might take 2.

If any of this has to go through Congress the republicans will not allow it!

Arrghh!

[gldstwmn]

25. There is no time like the present.

[Ferrets are Cool]

28. K and R

[edhopper]

30. Sure

But it will never happen.
We will never have the votes to do it.

[colsohlibgal]

31. Of Course

The trick will be getting it done.....but we should because of Mitch McConnell’s shenanigans concerning confirming Supremes, he effectively stole 2 seats.....and of course a “man” who had no business being President getting 3 Justices on there.

[Kittycatkat]

32. oh good god, that happened

[lagomorph777]

33. Add four, as quickly as possible.

Even if one of them has to be Manchin.

[kyburbonkid]

40. I agree...

The tyranny of the minority needs to stop... Just add more to weaken the corrupted logic and influence of the feeble ones.

[Kittycatkat]

46. Yes, the electoral college must go! 1 person 1 vote.

[herding cats]

36. Fact is, we failed to elect a highly qualified Democrat in 2016

We screwed up, despite multiple people warning us of the repercussions of our apathy, and foolishness. The potential decimation of the SC was front and center back then, even if it fell on too many deaf ears. Now we're reaping what we sowed, as we were warned we would.

There's not an easy fix here, sadly. Not that I don't wish there was. We broke it and the only way to fix it is by getting out there and voting for the most electable Democrats on every ticket. I doubt we will, we're way too salty for serious pragmatism, but that's how we work to repair this damage down the road. There's no quick triage of our self inflicted wounds. There will be no immediate expansion of the SC. There is no quick fix here, the numbers do not exist for such.

We lost in the 2020 census, too. Gerrymandering will be brutal, and some will be overturned, but not as much as previously due to the courts. Republicans who didn't even like Trump knew this when they voted for him.

[budkin]

37. Yea but it's never happening

You think Manchin and Sinema would agree to that?

[usaf-vet]

41. We NEED to a way to balance the lopsided SC that McTurtle and the GOP have stacked.

Playing checkers while the GOP has been playing by a set of rules that they bend to fit the need of the day.

If we don't balance the court now, it is highly likely; we won't get a chance ever to bring it back into equilibrium.

[moondust]

42. Moscow Mitch deserves it!

Time to teach him a good hard lesson for his crooked, unAmerican behavior.

[ColinC]

43. Yep

[Corgigal]

44. Yes,

I asked my son who has a bachelors in history. Does it ever work out when the minority rules the majority, he thought about it and said no.

[Mr. Evil]

47. It's way past time to get down and dirty with republicans.

They've passed highly restrictive voter suppression laws in several states.
They've passed that horrific anti-abortion law in Texas (with other states soon to follow).
They revel in hypocrisy.
They pass laws overnight to repress safety measures during a deadly pandemic.
They break laws with impunity and flaunt their corruption.

The time has come for all of us to not shame them for they have none but, to shame their benefactors. All the corporations that contribute to these depraved people must be shamed. They must be boycotted relentlessly. Divest from them (if by chance you are invested in them). The time has come to get ruthless with these monsters. If we don't then next year when they decide that they've won all the elections, regardless of the actual vote counts, we will be seriously fucked.

The SCOTUS must be expanded!

[AngryOldDem]

48. Academic argument.

Maybe when the true consequences of not voting — or voting against one’s best interests — become real, people will wake up.

How many SC justices are enough? When cases are decided by quorum?

Hate to say it, but with Kavanaugh and Barrett — especially Barrett — Roe’s days may be numbered.

[Kittycatkat]

49. We have 2 rapist's on the supreme court legislating women's bodies. This here is some sick shit!

[roamer65]

50. I was there after Merrick Garland.

[ecstatic]

51. With the members we have now?

manchin and sinema are complicit. They won't even vote to protect basic voting rights in this country. Do you think they give a shit about rightwing Supreme Court rulings?

[calimary]

55. Me! HERE! RIGHT HERE!!! ME!!!

[HAB911]

57. Vote YES. Vote often

[Prichards115]

59. yep

add 4 seats

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

60. Me. nt

[Blue Owl]

63. Fuck Mitch McConnell and his hypocrisy

[Poiuyt]

65. There definitely needs to be reform in the Supreme Court

I think I've heard some ideas that would make it better without increasing the size, but I don't recall what they were.

[LiberalFighter]

66. There should be at least one for each circuit court. 13

[Calista241]

67. We can't even get all Dems behind a $15 minimum wage.

What makes anyone think we can get political power behind remaking our judiciary?