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Thread: Here We Go: Biden Establishes Commission to Study Court Packing, Other SCOTUS 'Reform

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    We knew this was coming. Biden sold this as something he would work with Republicans on, but I'm sure it will end up with the left just ramming what they want through on their own.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    The Commission will come back and advise Joe* to stack all of the federal courts.
    Of course the commission will. Biden wouldn’t have made this move without knowing where they will go, but there’s a lot of opposition to this even among Democrats.
    Last edited by Tahuyaman; 04-09-2021 at 05:01 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MisterVeritis View Post
    No, no, no. We need to be working on it all the time, day in and day out until we reach 34 states.

    Take a look at the progress map. https://conventionofstates.com/

    While I agree we should be working on it all the time. That still doesnt mean we would be able to do anything now. Or this year.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    The GOP has many of the statehouse and districts will be redrawn. We can get to the 34.
    Not this year.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MMC View Post
    While I agree we should be working on it all the time. That still doesnt mean we would be able to do anything now. Or this year.
    With friends like you who needs enemies?
    Call your state legislators and insist they approve the Article V convention of States to propose amendments.


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    Quote Originally Posted by pjohns View Post
    Although the US Constitution does not set the number of justices on the Supreme Court at its current number of nine--it has actually been other numbers (especially in the early part of the nineteenth century)--it has been set at nine ever since 1869. To upend that now (and for purely political reasons, at that) is to show no respect whatsoever for long-established norms.

    It is also to invite retaliation--the political equivalent of an arms race--in which the next Republican president expands the number again; then the next Democratic president does so; then the next Republican president does so; ad infinitum.

    Is this really what we should desire?
    Ginsberg was good with 9. If Joey starts it.....that is just how it will work.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MisterVeritis View Post
    With friends like you who needs enemies?
    Sun Tzu.....know thy enemy well. And its clear that our enemy will still hold enough states to prevent Article 5 from affecting anything Joey is doing this year.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MMC View Post
    Sun Tzu.....know thy enemy well. And its clear that our enemy will still hold enough states to prevent Article 5 from affecting anything Joey is doing this year.
    I have had enough of you today.
    Call your state legislators and insist they approve the Article V convention of States to propose amendments.


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    Quote Originally Posted by MisterVeritis View Post
    I have had enough of you today.
    Your own map shows that it cannot be achieved this year. That is whats called Reality. Accept that fact.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pjohns View Post
    It is also to invite retaliation--the political equivalent of an arms race--in which the next Republican president expands the number again; then the next Democratic president does so; then the next Republican president does so; ad infinitum.
    Is this really what we should desire?
    Everything the left is doing is designed to make it so that they will never lose their majority again. Whether they can accomplish this or not is debatable (It's a significant threat), but they don't intend to have to worry about Republicans taking over and changing the SC numbers again. Remember Biden's comment "I don't even know if there will be a Republican party in 2024, do you?".

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