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greblach

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8. The Democratic Party needs to respond

Reply to SharonClark (Original post)

Thu Oct 15, 2020, 07:19 PM

Oct 2020

And by responding, I mean Unpacking the court by adding justices to the Supreme Court, and adding 110 to the lower courts to make up for McConnell's shenanigans...and I would call it the McConnell rule...

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Ari Berman's tweet to Moscow Mitch about court packing... [View all] SharonClark Oct 2020 OP

CORRECT Skittles Oct 2020 #1

K & R . . . Iliyah Oct 2020 #2

"court packing" means *ADDING* justices to SCOTUS The Mouth Oct 2020 #3

Words DO have meaning. BadgerMom Oct 2020 #6

We should call it "Rebalancing" the courts The Mouth Oct 2020 #7

I like "rebalancing." BadgerMom Oct 2020 #13

You have to use terminology that Americans can understand. not_the_one Oct 2020 #16

B-I-N-G-O! n/t mazzarro Oct 2020 #17

Precisely. "Packing" was not used merely about adding to the court... JHB Oct 2020 #20

No. It. Isn't. The Mouth Oct 2020 #25

Yes. It. Is. JHB Oct 2020 #44

OK, can you please cite? The Mouth Oct 2020 #45

No amendment required ashling Oct 2020 #29

RESTORING balance Grasswire2 Oct 2020 #33

How about "unfucking the courts"? maxrandb Oct 2020 #35

Actually, "court expansion" means exclusively adding justices. Pacifist Patriot Oct 2020 #27

The second meaning is like 'gerrymandering' The Mouth Oct 2020 #31

The difference is... Pacifist Patriot Oct 2020 #34

Words have meanings The Mouth Oct 2020 #36

ok Pacifist Patriot Oct 2020 #41

Let's just agree to call what THEY'RE doing Court Fucking. RobertDevereaux Oct 2020 #28

Only VA_Jill Oct 2020 #42

They have been butthurt since Bork The Mouth Oct 2020 #43

Aw hell VA_Jill Oct 2020 #46

We won't cheat like Repubs to accomplish our goals, but we do need tough actions. Lonestarblue Oct 2020 #4

The Repubs already removed the filibuster for the Supreme Court greblach Oct 2020 #9

It's not cheating The Mouth Oct 2020 #37

Oh, we've not seen court packing... paleotn Oct 2020 #5

The Democratic Party needs to respond greblach Oct 2020 #8

Unpacking. Perfect word for it! lagomorph777 Oct 2020 #23

Very true. warmfeet Oct 2020 #10

Indeed. And so will I. So will I. AleksS Oct 2020 #12

What I think they'll do is go after Wickard V Filburn The Mouth Oct 2020 #32

I'll be on the phone and writing. BadgerMom Oct 2020 #14

There is an alternative to enlarging SCOTUS-- lastlib Oct 2020 #30

At minimum we should add Merrick Garland rainy Oct 2020 #11

Merrick and 3 liberals. lagomorph777 Oct 2020 #24

K&R Blue Owl Oct 2020 #15

And one of those 110 Obama judgeships Mitch blocked, M. filled w Judge Handmaiden stuffmatters Oct 2020 #18

And, I want an investigation into why Kennedy suddenly decided to retire nt stopwastingmymoney Oct 2020 #19

Barrett, if confirm, will be TWO seats stolen. djacq Oct 2020 #21

Absolutely. dalton99a Oct 2020 #22

They only call it "court-packing" when Dems try to nominate/confirm a judge to the bench. Texin Oct 2020 #26

I think we could sell this pretty easily jmowreader Oct 2020 #38

le ouch. AllaN01Bear Oct 2020 #39

A demented 6-3 court...... lame54 Oct 2020 #40