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Amishman

(5,551 posts)

18. needs to be some continuity and checks

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #16)

Tue May 12, 2020, 01:05 PM

May 2020

otherwise we wouldn't have three branches of government with separation of duties; instead we'd just pick a political party and let them decide the rest.

stacking the courts is a red line for me. I will not support it. Picking the best candidates for openings is fine, that is not abusing the system to usurp power. expanding and stacking the courts to seize power is just as fascist as the republicans voter suppression.

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5-4; 5-4... [View all] dajoki May 2020 OP

Are they deciding today? GusFring May 2020 #1

No. They won't until summer. Drunken Irishman May 2020 #2

no jberryhill May 2020 #3

Carey Dune is already better than Douglas fucking Letter. GusFring May 2020 #4

In many cases, after a landslide we can get some tough laws through that would be hard to overturn Bernardo de La Paz May 2020 #5

You CANNOT pass a Federal Law requiring tax returns to run for President... brooklynite May 2020 #10

I thought several states tried to require a tax return and those laws were thrown out SoonerPride May 2020 #13

They were thrown out by STATE Courts... brooklynite May 2020 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author Eliot Rosewater May 2020 #6

If that happens, the supreme court will be torn to pieces by the news media and the people. shockey80 May 2020 #7

Yeah, wont matter. Media will pay little attention to it like they do all the Eliot Rosewater May 2020 #8

And? Miguelito Loveless May 2020 #23

Question to those more learned than I, PRETZEL May 2020 #9

I think you make a good point. How good is a Supreme Court if they make their decisions Maraya1969 May 2020 #12

Very little in most cases qazplm135 May 2020 #19

Democrats must expand the court, or we will be under their veto power forever. dalton99a May 2020 #11

yes, we must ensure one party rule Amishman May 2020 #14

A functional government that reflects the will of the majority of voters dalton99a May 2020 #16

needs to be some continuity and checks Amishman May 2020 #18

They are already stacked. dems adding to scotus would be merely a correcting Fullduplexxx May 2020 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author Amishman May 2020 #20

Exactly. The Supreme Court is not some sacred temple of law and equity dalton99a May 2020 #25

Perhaps the poster should have made clear that we need to "unstack" the courts. The GOP has... Tarheel_Dem May 2020 #26

+1, uponit7771 May 2020 #22

Well, I agree. Yeehah May 2020 #21

The legitimacy of the Roberts Court BlueIdaho May 2020 #24