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slightlv

(4,225 posts)
58. We don' t have to "pack the courts"
Tue Jun 11, 2024, 06:40 PM
Jun 2024

we DO have to make it more representative of the United States. Obviously, with all the decisions they've entered so far that have people screaming, it is NOT representative!

In addition, it is so far out of whack with the number of circuits we have, we absolutely need to have more SCOTUS judges just for fair representation of each circuit. That's not packing the court. That's logical and practical. That was even mentioned by the Commission Biden set up at the beginning of his term. Just because he didn't want to touch the courts (the one thing I really DO ding him on), it doesn't make it null and void. It makes it a mistake and WRONG.

And don't give me the crap about more democrats. We NEVER have enough Democrats, it seems. That's always the answer whenever we bring up anything that needs to be changed. Any one of us who was screaming about the courts and what they were going to do to women and minorities years ago has heard the same damn refrain over and over and over again. We're just not listening to it anymore. I'm sorry if that seems harsh... but I'm a woman; my SS is less because of the fact in the work world I inhabited from the 70's through the early 2000's, women were paid thousands less per year for the exact same work the guy next to me was doing... and I was a hell of a lot better at it. I lived during the time when women did not have the right to a damned credit card in their name. My grandmother fought for the right to vote. If the damned Magat squeaky wheel gets noticed and acted upon, well, we ain't gonna shut up now. We are many. Hell, we might even be Legion, and the world can't do without us. Just try it.

They need to stop accepting more lawsuits they can handle. jimfields33 Jun 2024 #1
They have done less work than in teh past. Old Crank Jun 2024 #10
And still not able to keep up. Sad. jimfields33 Jun 2024 #17
Nice job if you can get it, 'eh? calimary Jun 2024 #51
And not accept ludicrous give the convicted felon immunity ones. GreenWave Jun 2024 #2
I can't wait to see how they rule that gab13by13 Jun 2024 #3
Anybody who is not in favor of expanding this court beyond these corrupt partisan activists is pretty obtuse. Goodheart Jun 2024 #4
I wish we would have a house and senate with COURAGE to start impeaching the republican appointed justices for BComplex Jun 2024 #6
Outlaw the Voting Rights Act?? wnylib Jun 2024 #11
oops! I meant put the voting rights act back to it's original form, not the way the court has BComplex Jun 2024 #20
Guess I'm just obtuse, because I don't support packing the Court. I do support voting for Democrats Silent Type Jun 2024 #7
You keep telling yourself that until they take women's voting rights away. Then they have a permanent majority. onecaliberal Jun 2024 #9
Packing the Court ain't gonna stop that, sorry. We lost the most important election in our lifetime by not showing Silent Type Jun 2024 #12
Making the court representative of america is not packing the court. If they don't have the votes, it's stops onecaliberal Jun 2024 #13
Hey, I understand the anger. But packing the Court is a pipe dream. If you somehow suceed, I'll celebrate. Silent Type Jun 2024 #18
I don't understand. You'll celebrate something you're opposed to? Goodheart Jun 2024 #22
Have a good day. Silent Type Jun 2024 #23
We don' t have to "pack the courts" slightlv Jun 2024 #58
Please let me know when someone in an official capacity proposes that. Until then, I'll continue skeptical. Silent Type Jun 2024 #59
Umm...Hilary won the popular vote by a huge majority. It was just a few states where not enough people BComplex Jun 2024 #21
Unfortunately, we have the Electoral College. Popular vote doesn't elect our Prez. Doubt that is going to change either. Silent Type Jun 2024 #24
It's not just the EC. It's the Senate. Algernon Moncrieff Jun 2024 #32
Agree, but there is no chance of it changing within the next 4 decades or so. Silent Type Jun 2024 #34
... littlemissmartypants Jun 2024 #49
Which really stinks! Prof. Toru Tanaka Jun 2024 #43
Totally agree. But, there is little chance it will change. Silent Type Jun 2024 #46
Proudly obtuse Nasruddin Jun 2024 #25
I am all for term limits on the Supreme Court. Prof. Toru Tanaka Jun 2024 #44
We have nine justices because there were once nine circuit courts. There are now 12 circuit courts; ergo ... OMGWTF Jun 2024 #29
I think there should be enough justices that two or three Bettie Jun 2024 #41
That's an advantage I hadn't even considered Goodheart Jun 2024 #47
Makes me so angry DownriverDem Jun 2024 #5
buy who and what et tu Jun 2024 #8
What do they have planned for the homeless? KS Toronado Jun 2024 #14
Prison? budkin Jun 2024 #37
Some probably wouldn't mind it. Xolodno Jun 2024 #57
Prison or camps Bettie Jun 2024 #42
Slave labor might be correct, they been saying "The South shall rise again" KS Toronado Jun 2024 #48
Prisons and slave labor,... magicarpet Jun 2024 #54
There were some other decisions in 2014. mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 #15
In 1963, USSC decided on 377 cases. So far this year, 31 OnlinePoker Jun 2024 #16
It takes longer to spin up decision whole cloth out of thin air TheKentuckian Jun 2024 #36
Every single decision will help their master Farmer-Rick Jun 2024 #19
I heard the recorded conversation with Alito's wife. Arne Jun 2024 #28
It's time to just ignore them MsLeopard Jun 2024 #26
To some extent, that is already happening. keep_left Jun 2024 #33
The GOP strategy to take over the court was successful. And the court is wasting no time in Martin68 Jun 2024 #27
KnR Hekate Jun 2024 #30
Now for the long vacation. THis court id disgusting. Paper Roses Jun 2024 #31
I think any justice who was installed by a convicted felon and traitor should be booted out Bayard Jun 2024 #35
There is virtually no likelihood of ever having sufficient TheKentuckian Jun 2024 #38
Two or three of them may wish to retire... returnee Jun 2024 #39
As per Susan Sarandon, this is just the Socialist revolution starting. Oneironaut Jun 2024 #40
K&R UTUSN Jun 2024 #45
We have to alter the SC IbogaProject Jun 2024 #50
What the roque Justices can never plan on is Karma. pwb Jun 2024 #52
Logjam you say. Sounds like a good reason to add six or more justices to the court. Jakes Progress Jun 2024 #53
They are corrupt... Quanto Magnus Jun 2024 #55
Every Democrat or person on the Left who didn't vote for Hillary in the battleground states in '16, elocs Jun 2024 #56
Further Reason for Court Reform Desert Dog Jun 2024 #60
An encapsulated version of how and where SCOTUS is today; explained by Jamie Raskin Good Dog Jun 2024 #61
Nothing will change SARose Jun 2024 #62
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