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AncientAndy

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16. Is she going to introduce a bill for court expansion..

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Thu Dec 16, 2021, 08:04 AM

Dec 2021

or just write op-ed’s and tweets about it? Given the urgency she expresses, you’d think she would have the bill written already. When does she plan on bringing this bill to a vote in the Senate?

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Elizabeth Warren: "Expand the Supreme Court" [View all] brooklynite Dec 2021 OP

Setting a precedent is the problem. Omnipresent Dec 2021 #1

LOL! W_HAMILTON Dec 2021 #5

Exactly! Omnipresent Dec 2021 #17

YES. 58Sunliner Dec 2021 #2

15 seats minimum, 21 seats would be better- with 10 year term limits. Fiendish Thingy Dec 2021 #3

The court needs to be expanded standingtall Dec 2021 #4

True maybe Tickle Dec 2021 #12

Certainly wish trump hadn't appointed 3 white wingers to Court, but not sure expanding Court is Hoyt Dec 2021 #6

Expand the Court to 15 and have 9 serve on a rotational basis. That way, you can't alwaysinasnit Dec 2021 #7

The part first you can do; the second you can't without a Constitutional Amendment. brooklynite Dec 2021 #8

Wishful thinking on my part. alwaysinasnit Dec 2021 #9

Making persuasive, well-reasoned noise about it is phase one. crickets Dec 2021 #10

Wow...why didn't someone consider that before? Oh wait, it has been talked about for months and Demsrule86 Dec 2021 #11

Long before than even Polybius Dec 2021 #14

I doubt they could get 40 Senate votes for it right now madville Dec 2021 #13

Keep saying it. gldstwmn Dec 2021 #15

Is she going to introduce a bill for court expansion.. AncientAndy Dec 2021 #16

The SC should have more justices but also be rethought Buckeyeblue Dec 2021 #18

15, 5D, 5R, 5non partisan IbogaProject Dec 2021 #19