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(55,120 posts) Thu Jun 30, 2022, 11:36 AM Jun 2022

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You know how you look to certain people to help keep you from panicking? [View all]

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The Supreme Court has gone rogue. We are in a full-blown Constitutional crisis. Congress must act. And we must pressure Congress to act, while it still can. #TheMajority
8:19 AM · Jun 30, 2022

Expanding the Supreme Court has to be done. It's the absolute most important thing right now.

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You know how you look to certain people to help keep you from panicking? [View all] Nevilledog Jun 2022 OP

Expansion to 13, plus 2 alternates Tetrachloride Jun 2022 #1

Expansion to 13 bottomofthehill Jun 2022 #2

Good suggestion - I like this FakeNoose Jun 2022 #3

I like that, b.o.t.h. Lucid Dreamer Jun 2022 #4

To help prevent gaming it I would suggest the lottery LiberalFighter Jun 2022 #59

You might say there's precedent for 13 - soldierant Jun 2022 #57

Yes, that is where my 13.came from. bottomofthehill Jun 2022 #61

Thanks. The way I think about this soldierant Jul 2022 #75

Absolutely. There is a logic bottomofthehill Jul 2022 #76

I like the way you think - soldierant Jul 2022 #78

Maybe we should reduce the Court to three wryter2000 Jun 2022 #5

Jackson, Sotomayor, and Kagan milestogo Jun 2022 #7

We could let Roberts stick around wryter2000 Jun 2022 #8

We could let him stick around to make coffee and bring in lunch. milestogo Jun 2022 #9

Works for me wryter2000 Jun 2022 #10

That gave me a much-needed laugh! yardwork Jun 2022 #22

Well, he's no longer the chief justice. rubbersole Jun 2022 #23

Maybe Thomas is. calimary Jun 2022 #25

He is special. SergeStorms Jun 2022 #49

?? milestogo Jun 2022 #29

Alito doesn't have the title wryter2000 Jun 2022 #42

I like this idea :) suncat Jun 2022 #51

All WOMEN. Yes, far superior to what we have now. liberalla Jun 2022 #11

more relevant than ever... markie Jun 2022 #37

What about our newest justice sworn in today? wnylib Jun 2022 #18

Jackson was the first one I mentioned. milestogo Jun 2022 #30

Oops. I am so used to it as Brown Jackson wnylib Jun 2022 #47

LOL! RBG did say "when there are 9 [women on the court]," soldierant Jul 2022 #74

Peacefully, of course TheRealNorth Jun 2022 #13

Of course wryter2000 Jun 2022 #41

This has been discussed and there's a hell of a sticky wicket sir pball Jun 2022 #56

We're just playing wryter2000 Jul 2022 #65

I'd like to see every President get to pick one Supreme Court Justice per year. Midnight Writer Jun 2022 #6

I say replace 1 justice every POTUS term. CaptainTruth Jun 2022 #27

I agreed with adding 4 justices a long time ago, and I was called a radical. gab13by13 Jun 2022 #12

We need to make DC a state. nt SunSeeker Jun 2022 #17

Guam and Puerto Rico also... Vdizzle Jun 2022 #19

Yes! No more taxation without representation! SunSeeker Jun 2022 #55

Then Congress would have to UNincorporate DC. ancianita Jun 2022 #38

So? What's your point? nt SunSeeker Jun 2022 #54

The point: It's not in the same territory-state process as PR or VI. ancianita Jun 2022 #58

I didn't say it was. But that's not the sticking point anyway. SunSeeker Jul 2022 #64

21 low population states have fewer people than California OMGWTF Jul 2022 #72

Oh it is definitely very undemocratic. SunSeeker Jul 2022 #73

Immediately!!! SheltieLover Jun 2022 #14

Unfortunately, Biden opposes expansion. Nt Fiendish Thingy Jun 2022 #15

:) Well, positions can change as situations evolve. Hortensis Jun 2022 #35

Evolution of positions usually takes time. progressoid Jun 2022 #43

:) Funny how evolution can speed up and slow down. In this case, Hortensis Jun 2022 #44

Biden has shown that he is moveable on subjects such at these. W_HAMILTON Jun 2022 #45

Yes. Not just passively either, working with our congressional leaders Hortensis Jun 2022 #46

+1, on this issue MAGA will expand the courts the millisecond they get a chance uponit7771 Jul 2022 #77

Likely because he knows it is pointless. LiberalFighter Jun 2022 #60

Ain't gonna happen until at least next January. Wednesdays Jun 2022 #16

Time to impeach the entire SCOTUS... ultralite001 Jun 2022 #20

What? ShazzieB Jul 2022 #69

The radical conservatives (how's THAT for an oxymoron?) on the Supreme Court are having a feeding LaMouffette Jun 2022 #21

Just remember.... Delmette2.0 Jun 2022 #24

Yep. What goes around comes around. calimary Jun 2022 #26

Dobbs can be declared "wrongly decided" by a future court. CaptainTruth Jun 2022 #28

But that also means that if we can expand the court, so can they. Rabrrrrrr Jul 2022 #70

Trump tried to overthrow the government. He is a traitor. Everything he did Roisin Ni Fiachra Jun 2022 #31

If the 3 he appointed NJCher Jul 2022 #66

If justice prevailed, that would happen. Dark n Stormy Knight Jul 2022 #68

Recommended. H2O Man Jun 2022 #32

Had MF45 "won," instituted martial law & declared victory January 6... Kid Berwyn Jun 2022 #33

Yes, yes, and yes. Magoo48 Jun 2022 #34

Itm, Repub politicians are scared bad at SCOTUS's extremist elimination of rights Hortensis Jun 2022 #36

+1 ancianita Jun 2022 #39

But, aren't we supposed to "lay-back, relax and enjoy it"? czarjak Jun 2022 #40

"WHILE IT STILL CAN". ... Now‼️ live love laugh Jun 2022 #48

Rogue is the exact word. They are like a rabid dog tearing apart whatever they encounter. Pepsidog Jun 2022 #50

Rt💕🤷‍♂️TY! Cha Jun 2022 #52

Heather Cox Richardson is definitely one of my top experts I listen to as well Arazi Jun 2022 #53

Nevilledog...... Upthevibe Jun 2022 #62

This message was self-deleted by its author Upthevibe Jun 2022 #63

2 words... Mitch McConnell. Duppers Jul 2022 #67

I don't care who does it or how Marthe48 Jul 2022 #71