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Zeitghost

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41. Just to be clear

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #39)

Wed Feb 14, 2024, 11:50 AM

Feb 2024

We wake up to another nightmare, Trump is in the WH, McConnell is back in charge in the Senate and you would whole hearetly support giving them another 3, 5, 7 seats on the Supreme Court?

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The Case For Expanding The Supreme Court [View all] Shell_Seas Feb 2024 OP

Unless the Court was 6-3 Liberal justices... then no one except Ted Cruz would advocate expansion. WarGamer Feb 2024 #1

To what rules do you refer? dpibel Feb 2024 #7

Call it the unwritten rule that's kept it at 9 for 155 years... WarGamer Feb 2024 #11

Bending unwritten rules dpibel Feb 2024 #13

Plz see my other post with a question for you WarGamer Feb 2024 #14

I done saw it, boss. dpibel Feb 2024 #16

So it has been expanded edhopper Feb 2024 #25

I feel like everyone should agree that lower courts should be expanded In It to Win It Feb 2024 #29

Here's Your Problem, Sir The Magistrate Feb 2024 #38

Hmmm... I hear ya. Thanks for the thoughts! WarGamer Feb 2024 #44

"influenced by partisan considerations" TwilightZone Feb 2024 #2

You say this as if it's a bad thing dpibel Feb 2024 #10

Honest question... WarGamer Feb 2024 #12

Fun game! dpibel Feb 2024 #15

Honest question: dpibel Feb 2024 #18

Just looking into motivation for the expansion... WarGamer Feb 2024 #31

It's perfectly reasonable to expand the Supreme Court... Think. Again. Feb 2024 #3

Said nobody ever Zeitghost Feb 2024 #9

Damn, Skippy! dpibel Feb 2024 #17

I thought the context of my comments were pretty clear Zeitghost Feb 2024 #19

The Sky Will Falling!!!11!! dpibel Feb 2024 #23

Yep... Think. Again. Feb 2024 #28

10 years from now we'll have thousands on SC. Won't happen. Silent Type Feb 2024 #4

Slippery Slopes! So much fun!! dpibel Feb 2024 #8

Pipe Dreams. Silent Type Feb 2024 #21

A fair assessment dpibel Feb 2024 #22

Not going to happen ripcord Feb 2024 #5

Wrong argument Fiendish Thingy Feb 2024 #6

Would it be part of the party platform Zeitghost Feb 2024 #20

Republicans will never hold Whitehouse! dpibel Feb 2024 #24

Why should that make any difference? Fiendish Thingy Feb 2024 #30

No Zeitghost Feb 2024 #34

I support court expansion and killing the filibuster regardless of who is in power Fiendish Thingy Feb 2024 #39

Just to be clear Zeitghost Feb 2024 #41

They would also need control of congress to pass the expansion law. Fiendish Thingy Feb 2024 #42

Why would they need control of the House Zeitghost Feb 2024 #43

Okay we won one special election, let's not get ahead of ourselves ColinC Feb 2024 #26

It's simple. Too much power in too few hands. yourout Feb 2024 #27

Are you some democracy lunatic? dpibel Feb 2024 #32

A couple months ago, I found a podcast that replays SCOTUS oral hearings... Mark.b2 Feb 2024 #33

I'd be happy with 15. Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2024 #35

Maybe we the number of justices could be more fluid Buckeyeblue Feb 2024 #36

I don't know what the solution is, but in its current form, the SCOTUS ecstatic Feb 2024 #37

Make it 15. dalton99a Feb 2024 #40