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TheRealNorth

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1. My guess of what would happen if we tried to increase the size of the Supreme Court....

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Original post)

Fri Jul 1, 2022, 07:54 PM

Jul 2022

Some rightwing group like the Federalist Society would challenge it - there would be an injunction until the Supreme Court decided, and they would eventually rule that it was unconstitutional because they can.

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When, not if, the SC decides the way they will on the NC elections case, can anyone [View all] Eliot Rosewater Jul 2022 OP

My guess of what would happen if we tried to increase the size of the Supreme Court.... TheRealNorth Jul 2022 #1

So nothing... Eliot Rosewater Jul 2022 #3

Congress can make that law unreviewable, if they so desire In It to Win It Jul 2022 #9

You are not wrong. I am completely terrified. We are in dangerous territory. PA_jen Jul 2022 #2

I honestly think it ends with federal troops in the Confederate States again maxrandb Jul 2022 #4

That would be best case, it would be civil war but a limited version. Eliot Rosewater Jul 2022 #5

Game over. d_b Jul 2022 #6

I can't say what I think we should do. Elessar Zappa Jul 2022 #7

...and a broken Congress is the only remedy In It to Win It Jul 2022 #8