Congress can expand the SCOTUS

[Ombligo]

During a debate last year, Biden said that he was opposed to adding additional justices to the court if Democrats were to win the presidency.

“I would not get into court packing. We add three justices. Next time around, we lose control, they add three justices. We begin to lose any credibility the court has at all,” he said.

Another reason to respect the man, he places the country before the party.

[Lemon Drop]

Hard won civil rights are not permanent, I think people forget that. They can be taken away. And that is exactly what today's GOP wants to do, and their vehicle is the federal courts. Nothing has been more important to Mitch McConnell, Keven McCarthy, Tom Cotton and others than packing the federal courts. That's the main reason they put up with Trump's BS. They hope the SCOTUS with a majority of die-hard conservatives who will roll back civil rights (including voting rights) and individual rights in favor of socially regressive views and corporations.

These types of changes are not just an inconvenience, they literally cost lives.

Expanding the court is a political tool that nobody thought they'd need to use, but if we end up with a Trump horror show like Amy Coney Barrett on the court, I say go for it. Lives depend on it.

[btfc]

Agreed. The potential harm to our nation could last for decades.

[Lemon Drop]

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During a debate last year, Biden said that he was opposed to adding additional justices to the court if Democrats were to win the presidency.

“I would not get into court packing. We add three justices. Next time around, we lose control, they add three justices. We begin to lose any credibility the court has at all,” he said.

Another reason to respect the man, he places the country before the party.
He's a straight white man with economic privilege. He's at zero risk from a conservative SCOTUS, there's nothing easier than that bland, meaningless opinion.

It makes me respect him far, far less. This is not about "party," it's about life and dignity for millions of Americans.

I want a fighter. Show us you've got it Joe.

[PeterB]

LD, there's what he says, and what he does. The position is very different from the top, and he well knows it. No question in my mind that if (when!) he becomes President, he will nominate honest, fair judges who will respect the Constitution, should the opportunity present itself.

And there are worse shîtshöws than Amy Coney Barrett (who is awful to begin with). For example, Tom Cotton, who has openly vowed to overturn Roe v Wade.

[$tevie]

Oh, god, then this will go on forever and in a century there will be 160 justices on the Supreme Court. I pray to God there is a less precedent-shattering, branch-destroying solution.

[btfc]

Expanding the court would be the new nuclear option; it should only be done is absolutely necessary. Biden has the potential to craft some semblance of cross aisle consensus. Hopefully there are some reasonable, responsible voices on both sides who will try to see it happen. Step 1, get that S.O.B. out of the White House!

[deckeda]

You have to work to continually FIX the Congress. What does SCOTUS first say when presented with a case? "Well, um, see there IS this law ..."

Make the laws sane. Fix them one by one so that the Justice system doesn't have to step in like a nanny and continually course-correct. Stop wishing for the easy way out. That's today's Republican Party, courting voters by SCOTUS promises.

[Speedy]

If FDR couldn’t do it, Biden won’t be able to either. It’s just bad policy.

Justice Thomas won’t retire until he becomes the longest serving justice. It will be his only claim to fame.

[vision63]

Speedy wrote:
If FDR couldn’t do it, Biden won’t be able to either. It’s just bad policy.

Justice Thomas won’t retire until he becomes the longest serving justice. It will be his only claim to fame.

The successor to Thurgood Marshall. A massive travesty and insult to the architect of the Civil Rights Movement.