HOUSE AND SENATE DEMOCRATS PLAN BILL TO ADD FOUR JUSTICES TO SUPREME COURT

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  1. 61falcon

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    Very cavalier of them, adding 4 more justices would add at least a MILLION DOLLARS to the annual supreme court budget.
     
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    Maybe, but his time spent as Trump's flunky will taint some of his legacy.
     
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    The Democrats have historically evolved within the same party. Their opponents have historically dissolved one party and made another.
     
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    Dude, we are like 28 trillion dollars in debt, what the hell is another million?

    I mean ****, Trump spent more than that golfing per year.
     
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    I don't think so. MM used Trump to get his judges, justices and tax cut.
     
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    It would be nice if the GOP became two parties. The wingers could stick with the GOP, the left wingers could stick with the DNC and those that have not sold their soul to one party or another can join the 3rd party.
     
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    Easy, each of them says "I'll be resigning my seat at the end of this term."
     
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    Pelosi has already rejected it. They would not even get 50 votes for it. They know doing so means the precedent is set to expand when in power. The GOP would triple it for good measure. This won’t go anywhere.

    On a side note, both sides and their groups would ignore court orders after expansion for cheating. Good luck with gun control when the other armed side has decided you cheated your win by expanding the court. I would not want a confiscate gun job position. That would suck.
     
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    What we can see is that the Democrats know that the majority of the people in a Gallop Poll recently said they don't want additional justices. 66% said they want the court to remain with 9 justices and only 34% said they wanted the Democrats to pack the court. Not the Republicans. So, what happened today was the beginning of the Democrat's playbook to get the public to shift their current stance on this issue. They have a bill starting up in Congress to talk to the public about. They have a Biden Commission to talk to the public about. They have their other political party, the leftwing media to also push this narrative for them. They are making sure anything they can show racism with and climate change they will cause rioting in the streets as well. They will will also use Donald Trump Derangement Syndrome as well. Their ultimate goal is Communism. End the filibuster to end two houses of Congress. Essentially, the Senate will be just another majority rule House. Packing the Supreme Court will nullify the lower court appointees of Donald Trump (TDS). It will also allow the clear sailing of destroying the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. The end result is Communism. The results of Communism will be the deaths of millions of conservatives as Bill Ayres preached in the 70's with the Weather Underground. Saul Alinsky's dreams are finally with reach of the leftist communist radicals of the 60's and 70's.
    Keep watching and listening to the 3 key tenants of the Democrats push for Communism: Attack Trump; use Racism in everything; spread lies concerning climate change. Once the people are softened up and leaning towards court packing and ending the filibuster, the holdouts in the Senate on these issues will come around. And, the 2022 election will work out for the Democrats. Republicans, Americans, and freedom loving citizens, are you paying attention?
     
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    We shall see.
     
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    The two party system will be the death of this country
     
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    So long as we have single member districts we will have a two-party system.
     
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    And how do you get them to do that if they do not want to ?
     
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    SCOTUS needs to have a odd number so it would have to be either 2 or 4 added.

    Personally I prefer they tie the number to the number of federal district circuit courts.
     
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    Correct, they used other methods to do so. Both are constitutional
     
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    No

    My position needs no defense.

    If you are an independent I am a space shuttle.
     
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    I guess that makes you pouting that Democrats are smarter than all the Republicans, by that same metric. Correct. Since everything is a game, why not.

    Your team acted unethically so now Democrats will correct that. Don’t be mad :/
     
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    There’s no rule in the Constitution stating how many there should be. Obviously the four they would plan on installing would lean in their favor which would not give an appearance of equalization. This is a power grab clearly. They want control over all three branches of government. Anyone who can’t see that has fallen for their bs or supports it. To claim it’s an attempt at saving our democracy is a smoke screen.
     
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    It all serves to blow the hell out of the theory that justice is blind??? It is apparently really either tilted left or right.
     
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    So Mr. Space Shuttle you admit that if Trump or any Republican was President you would not support expanding the court and that it has nothing to do with reforming the court. It is just a political power grab.
     
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    Anyone who argues otherwise is lying to you.
     
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    He just admitted that it is not about making the court more efficient or more able to properly handle cases or function better for the country or anything but a blatant power grab because there is a Democrat president.
     
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    I thought it was to make it more equal? If we just need an odd number we already have that.
     
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    Actuallly it's been what has sustained us for so long and not create the multiparty parilmentarian systems we she in other countries where they constantly have to reform their governments.
     
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    There has never been a national vote on anything in this country. You have never voted "with the country" on anything.
     

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