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Laelth

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11. Agreed. The EC is foundational to the republic.

Reply to Demsrule86 (Reply #4)

Sat Sep 19, 2020, 08:16 PM

Sep 2020

I see no way to get low population states to agree to amend the Constitution and eliminate the EC. A Constitutional amendment would be required to do it.

But the SCOTUS? By all means, expand it. It’s overburdened and can’t hear enough cases in its present configuration. I’d be cool with 15, 17, 19, or 21 Supreme Court justices. Think about it. Even if the Republicans took back the Presidency for a term or two, having a much larger number of justices will make it much more difficult (for either party) to actually shift the balance of power on the Court. A larger number will provide for much greater judicial stability.

-Laelth

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To those who worry that adding more SC seats will become a never-ending game of one-upsmanship [View all] intrepidity Sep 2020 OP

Not an issue if everyone votes, GOP can never have WH again or Senate or House if we do Eliot Rosewater Sep 2020 #1

OK, you said in one line what I took several paragraphs to say intrepidity Sep 2020 #3

WAIT everyone LOOK AT WHAT THIS person JUST SAID... Eliot Rosewater Sep 2020 #8

I'm not worried about what if JustAnotherGen Sep 2020 #2

I agree with everything except...no path to changing the EC...and the only way to prevent Demsrule86 Sep 2020 #4

I use those as illustrations of leveling the playing field intrepidity Sep 2020 #9

Agreed. The EC is foundational to the republic. Laelth Sep 2020 #11

And expanding the federal bench, which John Dean I think it was moonscape Sep 2020 #13

Agree JustAnotherGen Sep 2020 #12

Hear, hear!!!!! BigmanPigman Sep 2020 #5

I saw that movie...it NEVER works out well for the ones fighting the genetic creature! Moostache Sep 2020 #6

Expanding the seats on SCOTUS will dilute the power and influence of any single justice Fiendish Thingy Sep 2020 #7

You are correct gristy Sep 2020 #10

Win the election first, though. gulliver Sep 2020 #15

No gimmicks are going to work. Raw voting out of Republicans is the only hope. gulliver Sep 2020 #14

We can make every citizen a SC Justice hardluck Sep 2020 #16