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Showing Original Post only (View all)Simple. If Turtle pushes through a nominee, we expand the court. [View all]
if he goes back on his word, then we can expand the court. He would violate a norm that he established.
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Maybe filibustering, but the rules keep changing. And we would have to keep it up...
TreasonousBastard
Sep 2020
#21
I believe that requires a Constitutions amendment, and it just isn't going to happen
still_one
Sep 2020
#3
Thank-you. Then we MUST we both houses of Congress, and get rid of the filibuster
still_one
Sep 2020
#15
Absolutely. Remember that McConnell's reason for not letting Garland come up for a vote.
OAITW r.2.0
Sep 2020
#8
We should expand the court, or reform it in some way, whether they fill the seat or not.
StevieM
Sep 2020
#31
Democrats MUST kill the filibuster and expand the court to reverse the damage
dalton99a
Sep 2020
#32