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In reply to the discussion: Biden Calls for Reform of Supreme Court [View all]Zeitghost
(3,873 posts)71. Isn't that also true...
Isn't that also true of Kagan?
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Require Supreme Court Nominees to Have At Least 10 Years of Judicial Experience...
TomCADem
Oct 2020
#52
republicans do not need too much ammunition, they will make up what Joe didn't offer
Escurumbele
Oct 2020
#18
K&R, That's a rational adult answer. Been so long since we've had one of those its unbelievable.
uponit7771
Oct 2020
#6
Any talk of amendments is futile, needs 2/3 of congress and 3/4 of state legislatures
Fiendish Thingy
Oct 2020
#13
Exactly right. One for each district has a symmetry and logic that makes the proposed change....
RussellCattle
Oct 2020
#42
Yup. He needs leverage. Reforms that make sense and are instituted immediately are the only other
KPN
Oct 2020
#20
I believe that he is setting up Federal Court, including the SC, up for expansion.
Blue_true
Oct 2020
#72
Republicans must not be allowed to perpetuate minority rule by judicial fiat.
dalton99a
Oct 2020
#11
It's been suggested that instead of increasing the # a 7-2 majority would be needed to over
Thekaspervote
Oct 2020
#16
"of scholars, constitutional scholars, Democrats, Republicans, liberal, conservative..."
Grins
Oct 2020
#22
Biden expresses a reasonable solution. Reasonable solutions work when we are working with other
KPN
Oct 2020
#24
This is the Right Approach - Expanding the Court Shouldn't Be Seen as a Naked Political Move
Indykatie
Oct 2020
#45
I think this is good. Come together in a bipartisan, scholaristic view of the SC.
Buckeyeblue
Oct 2020
#49
If clear and convincing evidence is presented, it becomes a easy decision for even a Republican,
rwsanders
Oct 2020
#57
Then we have to knock out those that vote against one by one. That strategy finally took out a
rwsanders
Oct 2020
#62
If this election really spanks the Republican Party hard and tosses out the old corrupt Senators...
WyattKansas
Oct 2020
#65
Easier to get 67 votes for that if clear and convincing evidence is presented.
rwsanders
Oct 2020
#60