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In reply to the discussion: How big of a Senate majority do we need to expand the SCOTUS? [View all]Autumn
(45,815 posts)64. Who has the power to bring this bill up and pass it?
Johnson? Not gonna happen. Jefferies? He can't bring bills up to vote. Joe? He is against it? I don't see any other powerful people in the administration or other institutions talking about it. To me that's nobody. Sorry you don't like my wording, you can ignore it.
Autumn (45,079 posts)
44. Joe doesn't support expanding the court. He's said that. So some Dems might like the idea
Fri Apr 26, 2024, 11:27 AM
and one bill was written to expand it and that bill has just sat there. That 60 votes needed are as hard to get as a unicorn is to catch. And no one will support doing away with the filibuster so it's not going to happen. There seems to be no will to do what has to be done. Look at the people who have the actual power to advance a court expansion and tell me which one's are for it.
44. Joe doesn't support expanding the court. He's said that. So some Dems might like the idea
Fri Apr 26, 2024, 11:27 AM
and one bill was written to expand it and that bill has just sat there. That 60 votes needed are as hard to get as a unicorn is to catch. And no one will support doing away with the filibuster so it's not going to happen. There seems to be no will to do what has to be done. Look at the people who have the actual power to advance a court expansion and tell me which one's are for it.
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Not expanding it since 1869 is a good reason to expand it along with the number of cases filed.
LiberalFighter
Apr 2024
#55
The fact that you're angry doesn't mean that Democrats want to pack the Court
brooklynite
Apr 2024
#8
Name an elected official at any level who advocates expanding the number of SC Justices.
brooklynite
Apr 2024
#25
The fact that you're not angry doesn't mean that Republicans did not pack the Court.
speak easy
Apr 2024
#47
Joe doesn't support expanding the court. He's said that. So some Dems might like the idea
Autumn
Apr 2024
#44
The court changed six times before settling at the present total of nine in 1869.
Autumn
Apr 2024
#41
Expanding the court would be a terrible thing for Democrats to do. We would lose future elections for decades!
beaglelover
Apr 2024
#36
No it doesn't. He probably thought it was pointless when he didn't have the votes to make it happen.
LiberalFighter
Apr 2024
#61