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Adenoid_Hynkel

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12. Yup - this should be talk the second Dems take Senate

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Oct 5, 2018, 11:27 PM

Oct 2018

Whether this year or, all but assured in 2020

As soon as McConnell is ousted, Dems should run on this, citing the issues of these last two seats

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Is it time to expand the Supreme Court once again? [View all] kentuck Oct 2018 OP

Probably would not work TheRealNorth Oct 2018 #1

The number of justices is determined by Congress. dalton99a Oct 2018 #9

FDR almost did. NEOBuckeye Oct 2018 #2

Right SCantiGOP Oct 2018 #7

FDR didn't come remotely close to succeeding in his court packing plan onenote Oct 2018 #11

Can trump do this now? Soxfan58 Oct 2018 #30

He doesn't see the necessity. kentuck Oct 2018 #31

Add one? How about add 5, a LGBT, a single mom, a Muslim, etc. Meadowoak Oct 2018 #3

Agree on this. Never understand why calls for diversity are exclusively about race and gender. MadDAsHell Oct 2018 #19

5 Catholics on the court--very unrepresentative spooky3 Oct 2018 #27

Add more and remove some. LiberalFighter Oct 2018 #4

No basis to remove any that will garner 2/3 vote of the Senate brooklynite Oct 2018 #22

Time to put pressure on them to leave. LiberalFighter Oct 2018 #33

Don't think I am in favor of expansion SCantiGOP Oct 2018 #5

Absolutely. First, win back the White House and Congress, dalton99a Oct 2018 #6

And how would we stop the republicans from doing exactly thst onenote Oct 2018 #8

Republicans can wait for their turn. dalton99a Oct 2018 #10

If they wanted to they could do it next week onenote Oct 2018 #13

Let them try. dalton99a Oct 2018 #15

The 1937 plan was a complete failure onenote Oct 2018 #17

Yes, it was. In 1937. kcr Oct 2018 #21

Yup - this should be talk the second Dems take Senate Adenoid_Hynkel Oct 2018 #12

Has to be done brokephibroke Oct 2018 #14

That would entail engaging in procedural war. That's what Republicans do. Garrett78 Oct 2018 #16

The ACA is a bad example of the point it's trying to make. MadDAsHell Oct 2018 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Oct 2018 #18

I've been saying this for awhile Azathoth Oct 2018 #23

Let's just make every person over the age of 18 a Supreme Court Justice hardluck Oct 2018 #24

yes it would be dreadful to do anything shanny Oct 2018 #28

Kick ck4829 Oct 2018 #25

So how many Catholics are there on the court? greymattermom Oct 2018 #26

Do let's wait until we have Democratic control of Congress and MineralMan Oct 2018 #29

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