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These Leftists Want Democrats To Pack The Supreme Court Once Trump Is Gone
Daily Caller ^ | 06/28/2018 | Peter Hasson

Posted on 06/28/2018 2:00:27 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Liberal justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer are 85 and 79-years-old, respectively, so it’s not unforeseeable that Trump could get to fill two more seats before he leaves the White House, potentially guaranteeing a conservative majority on the court for decades to come.


Now some liberals argue Democrats should simply expand the number of court seats — and then immediately fill the new ones with left-wing jurists — as soon as they take back control of Congress and the White House.


The Constitution doesn’t require a set number of seats on the court and leaves that power to Congress, which hasn’t altered the size of the Supreme Court since last setting it at nine in 1869.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2024; constitution; obstructionofjustice; pejisluta; scotus
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To: Zhang Fei
That would take a constitutional amendment, so you'd better get started.
21 posted on 06/28/2018 2:34:21 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

In past, I have proposed a solution to several problems, which are:

1) Far too many appellate court cases are sent to the SCOTUS every year, which can only hear a tiny fraction of them. This creates a severe bottleneck. And many of these cases are “crap” cases that should never have entered the federal court system in the first place. But the SCOTUS still accepts them, bumping out legitimate cases.

2) The 17th Amendment, the direct election of senators, was profoundly anti-federalist, turning senators into “free agents” who do not have to act on behalf of their states, who lost a huge amount of power to the national government.

3) District court judges have been asserting control over national policy, which is intolerable, and was even mentioned by Justice Thomas as a major problem.

My solution to these problems is to create a 2nd Court of the United States, *not* of federal judges, but two judges appointed by state legislatures, to terms like their two senators. Resembling the original US senate, they would not determine “constitutionality” of laws, which is what federal judges do, but instead determine “jurisdiction” of court cases.

So when the US courts of appeals send their about 30,000 cases a year to the SCOTUS, the job of this 2nd Court would be to cull those cases that are not *clearly* in federal and constitutional jurisdiction.

If 51 of these 100 state judges ordered a case to be returned to the state, as a state, *not* federal case, it would no longer be sent to the SCOTUS.

And because these judges would be appointed or removed by their state legislature, they would have to be responsive to their state, or when their term was up, they would be replaced.


22 posted on 06/28/2018 2:35:57 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Liberals have become moralistic, dogmatic, sententious, self-righteous, pinch-faced prudes.)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Congress would have to agree to add new justices. FDR’s court-packing was constitutional but thwarted for a time; then he got new liberal appointments with William O. Douglas and the former Klansman Hugo Black of AL.


23 posted on 06/28/2018 2:37:34 PM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Taking a page from FDR who made the court 15. It backfired on him, iirc


24 posted on 06/28/2018 2:38:52 PM PDT by llevrok (Established 1950.)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Leftists will never be in power in this country again, ever.


25 posted on 06/28/2018 2:40:22 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Islam is Satan's finest work.)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

“as soon as they take back control of Congress and the White House. “

Let’s hope, this will be “never”


26 posted on 06/28/2018 2:44:50 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: mrsmel

It becomes like a political ponzi scheme. The only way to deal with a bad situation is to make it worse.


27 posted on 06/28/2018 2:47:44 PM PDT by KyCats
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Commenters here on this thread seem to think that this can’t happen. They need to remember that this is exactly what Obama did to the DC Appeals Court. It is the reason that Harry Reed got rid of the filibuster rule on judicial appointments. Obama did it and those judges are still there and Trump and the Republicans have let them get away with it. Also, the ONLY reason that FDR was blocked is that some of his own party helped to stop his actions. Do you really think that there would be enough Dems to stop a Dem president from doing this?? NO, this packing of SCOTUS is a real possibility and a Dem President would be under a LOT of pressure to do this tactic.


28 posted on 06/28/2018 2:53:37 PM PDT by DeweyCA
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To: KyCats

Yes, for us to up the ante if they do it, but where does that lead? A meaningless, toothless SC, probably.


29 posted on 06/28/2018 3:04:37 PM PDT by mrsmel (I wonÂ’t be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Well, they just gave Trump this idea. So what’s to stop him from doing it now?


30 posted on 06/28/2018 3:18:32 PM PDT by Real Cynic No More
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To: Repeal 16-17

Even FDR’s VP was against his packing.

Most certainly, that would not be the case, should the ‘Rats get back POTUS and Sinate at the same time.


31 posted on 06/28/2018 3:27:39 PM PDT by C210N (Republicans sign check fronts; 'Rats sign check backs.)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

So, are the Democrats thinking of the pillow strategy?


32 posted on 06/28/2018 3:33:02 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Cultural Marxism is the new cult of the Left.)
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To: jonrick46

If it worked once, it will probably work five times as well.


33 posted on 06/28/2018 3:36:50 PM PDT by C210N (Republicans sign check fronts; 'Rats sign check backs.)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
Trump should UP the court to 11 now while he can since the RATS are already talking about it if/when they get back in power
34 posted on 06/28/2018 3:47:40 PM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: DeweyCA
There is a lot more leftist hate out there since 2016. Facist mobs (who call themselves "anti-fascist") getting away with violence and intimidation. Harassment of POTUS cabinet members. Too many people believe the media's lies because they think "news" shows are supposed to look like what the corporate media puts on the screen.
If a Dem potus and senate took power, I am not sure there is enough sanity to stop an attempt to pack scotus.
35 posted on 06/28/2018 3:47:53 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Breyer and Ginzzzzzzzzzburg will be gone during Trump’s term. Two more picks.
Too bad, commies.


36 posted on 06/28/2018 3:53:43 PM PDT by beethovenfan (I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
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To: beethovenfan

Note how the Dims are the ones who always want to destroy the Constitution. They are absolutely lawless in every way.


37 posted on 06/28/2018 4:05:28 PM PDT by Arkansas Toothpick
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To: Rurudyne

That is my understanding, as well.


38 posted on 06/28/2018 4:21:39 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

Alternate idea: Congress has the power(article 3, section 2) through legislation, to define what jurisdiction lower courts have. Just pass a law that no Court inferior to the Supreme Court has jurisdiction over the constitutionality of Presidential actions, or on acts of Congress. This would eliminate low level judges thinking they can overrule whatever they please.


39 posted on 06/28/2018 4:34:42 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Socialists want YOUR wealth redistributed, never THEIRS!)
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To: DannyTN

a switch in time saves 9.


40 posted on 06/28/2018 4:36:22 PM PDT by rolling_stone (Hang em high)
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