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VA_Jill

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Reply to The Mouth (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 16, 2020, 01:35 PM

Oct 2020

if you're a Republican. The Supreme Court, as originally constituted in 1789, had SIX justices. In 1801, a lame-duck session of Congress, led by John Adams, it was changed back to five. Then Jefferson changed it to seven, and in 1837 Andrew Jackson decided to make it 9. It can be changed at any time by a 2/3 vote of the House and Senate. Note that all increases have been made by Democrats. This probably increases the Repugnican animus and opposition. Too bad, so sad.

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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