Dems eye increasing the number of Supreme Court Justices

[Faun]

"You don't appoint a Supreme Court Justice you nominate them and the Senate decides rather or not to confirm them."

Why do you dumbshits post about things you clearly know nothing about?? Of course the Constitution states a president appoints replacements....

Article II, Section 2

He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.

The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.​

Th president nominates potential candidates and if the Senate approves of them, the president appoints them.

"The Senate Majority leader also has the power to decide rather or not to give a nominee a hearing was what was done with Merrick Garland purely political no question"

No one is denying the Senate Majority Leader has that power. The argument is that he abused that power to prevent a Liberal justice from being added to the Supreme Court. Which that same Senate Majority Leader now says he won't do if trump is faced with the exact same circumstances Obama faced. In other words, the excuses he gave back in 2016.... a president shouldn't get to appoint replacements during an election year ... and ... the people should get to decide which president nominates replacements ... was all just a lie.

So why shouldn't Democrats return the favor now and abuse any power granted them by the people and the Constitution; to return the favor...?

"Lets not forget the Democrats were willing to consider doing the same thing during the Presidency of both George H.W. Bush and George W Bush if they would have followed through we will never no as no seat opened up on the court during an election year during their Presidenicy."

That's utter bullshit. What Republicans did was to deny a duly elected sitting president his Constitutional power to appoint a replacement for nearly an entire year of his presidency.

No Democrat ever suggested that with Bush. What Biden did suggest was to delay, not deny, confirmation hearings until after the election should a seat have opened within a few months, not a year, prior to the election.

Read your own link, he NOMINATES and then IF the Senate Agrees he appoints your own link says so.

Dumbfuck, where did I ever say otherwise?

You argued with someone saying that it is in this quoted string.

Dayum, you're fucking stupid.

This is what I said...

Th president nominates potential candidates and if the Senate approves of them, the president appoints them.​

... what part of that does your deformed brain inform you is inconsistent with the Constitution?

Which part of the Senate must approve them don't you understand. Lame duck Obama wasn't gonna get approval for any nomination, but at least the GOP didn't use Character Assassination like the Dems did with Kav.................Which was a disgrace to watch.

"Which part of the Senate must approve them don't you understand."

Dumbfuck, what part of that did I get wrong...?

"Th president nominates potential candidates and if the Senate approves of them, the president appoints them." ~ Faun​

 

[Faun]

Dems know what they are doing

Nothing says you have to have nine judges. Republicans were fine with having eight

Since when? And the GOP was good with 8 during a Presidential election year.

If 8 is OK, then 15 would be OK

Quit deluding yourself. The number stays at 9. USSC appointments do not happen in a Presidential election year and should not, no matter which party is in the White House at that point in time.

McConnell now says he would confirm a trump nominee next year should a seat open. So no, the number need not stay at 9. Let Democrats add 2 more if they get full control of the Congress in 2021 and we get a Democrat president. Make the court 6-5 in favor of Liberals.

At least you are honest that your side would do that if given the power. Anything to take power and force your cap and tax and Green Mean Money making machine policies down everyone's throat. Happening in Oregon right now.

"At least you are honest that your side would do that if given the power."

Of course I do, we're no different than the right in that regard.

 

[Faun]

Where does the Constitution state there has to be 9 members on that bench?

LOL... it doesn't say that, you just may wish it did if trump wants to add 2 more seats.

Trump doesn't get to add seats. He needs the Congress to do that.

Why are dems wanting to give Trump more seats to fill?

I didn't say they are. Reading is fundamental.

You can't comprehend what you wrote, or the basis of this thread? lol

You poor thing. I wrote Trump can't add seats to the Supreme Court without the support of the Congress and your deformed brain translates that into thinking I said Democrats want to support that endeavor.

You must be mentally retarded.

 

[eagle7_31]

Since when? And the GOP was good with 8 during a Presidential election year.

If 8 is OK, then 15 would be OK

Quit deluding yourself. The number stays at 9. USSC appointments do not happen in a Presidential election year and should not, no matter which party is in the White House at that point in time.

McConnell now says he would confirm a trump nominee next year should a seat open. So no, the number need not stay at 9. Let Democrats add 2 more if they get full control of the Congress in 2021 and we get a Democrat president. Make the court 6-5 in favor of Liberals.

At least you are honest that your side would do that if given the power. Anything to take power and force your cap and tax and Green Mean Money making machine policies down everyone's throat. Happening in Oregon right now.

"At least you are honest that your side would do that if given the power."

Of course I do, we're no different than the right in that regard.

FDR tried that in 1937 and it blew up in the dems faces. LOL

 

[22lcidw]

I am betting on the Blackjack option. We will use playing cards to set a number with 21 being the optimum. We can rename the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court Casino and Buffet. We can comp repeat decisions and have valet parking for the high rollers.

 

[Faun]

Democratic Candidates are now pushing the idea to their base that they will either increase the number of Justices in the Supreme Court or put in term limit requirements on the ones there now.

Imagine that.........They lose and want power so bad that they would try what FDR tried to get their way. LOL

Not gonna happen, but their base will eat it up.

2020 Democrats eye dramatic increase in Supreme Court justices: 'All options are on the table'

It's become the hot new topic on the 2020 presidential campaign trail: several Democratic contenders are talking up plans to overhaul the Supreme Court, with some offering proposals to add up to 10 more members.

Candidates including Sens.Cory Booker, D-N.J., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., have all signaled an openness to overhauling the court if they become president. And progressive groups are putting their money behind the message, an effort to tap into lingering liberal anger over President Trump's two nominees confirmed to the high court.

Democrats are criminals.
They can't play by the rules so they try to change them when they lose.

Says a supporter of the party who refused to even interview Merrick Garland who should be sitting on the SC now. That was a "change in the rules" I'm guessing you approved of, didn't you, Bucko?

The Constitution doesn't establish or set number of Supreme Court justices. Originally, there were 6 Justices. The number of justices changes 6 times before the current 9 was established in 1869.

So, unlike refusing to interview Obama's nomination, changing the number of justices, isn't changing the rules.

Seems reasonable to add justices
Those who support our Constitution realize there is no set number of Justices
The Constitution allows the Senate to refuse to consider a nomination, it also allows the Senate to add Justices if needed

I think we should add 3 seats today and let Trump fill them.
After all....this is an attempt to rig the court next time a Democrat wins the WH, so why not do it now?

Yes, he should try that. You really are dumb enough to think the House is gonna pass that.

 

[Faun]

If 8 is OK, then 15 would be OK

Quit deluding yourself. The number stays at 9. USSC appointments do not happen in a Presidential election year and should not, no matter which party is in the White House at that point in time.

McConnell now says he would confirm a trump nominee next year should a seat open. So no, the number need not stay at 9. Let Democrats add 2 more if they get full control of the Congress in 2021 and we get a Democrat president. Make the court 6-5 in favor of Liberals.

At least you are honest that your side would do that if given the power. Anything to take power and force your cap and tax and Green Mean Money making machine policies down everyone's throat. Happening in Oregon right now.

"At least you are honest that your side would do that if given the power."

Of course I do, we're no different than the right in that regard.

FDR tried that in 1937 and it blew up in the dems faces. LOL

So? That doesn't mean it will "blow up" in the next Democrat president's face. Especially given the stunt McConnell pulled. Should Democrats win the Executive branch and both chambers of Congress, I can see them supporting such a stunt themselves of adding a few seats to fill with Liberal justices, who would then be on the bench for life.

 

[eagle7_31]

Quit deluding yourself. The number stays at 9. USSC appointments do not happen in a Presidential election year and should not, no matter which party is in the White House at that point in time.

McConnell now says he would confirm a trump nominee next year should a seat open. So no, the number need not stay at 9. Let Democrats add 2 more if they get full control of the Congress in 2021 and we get a Democrat president. Make the court 6-5 in favor of Liberals.

At least you are honest that your side would do that if given the power. Anything to take power and force your cap and tax and Green Mean Money making machine policies down everyone's throat. Happening in Oregon right now.

"At least you are honest that your side would do that if given the power."

Of course I do, we're no different than the right in that regard.

FDR tried that in 1937 and it blew up in the dems faces. LOL

So? That doesn't mean it will "blow up" in the next Democrat president's face. Especially given the stunt McConnell pulled. Should Democrats win the Executive branch and both chambers of Congress, I can see them supporting such a stunt themselves of adding a few seats to fill with Liberal justices, who would then be on the bench for life.

They can try it. Given the present state of the dem party I wish them the absolute worst starting with Antifa, AOC, etc.

 

[justinacolmena]

Democratic contenders are talking up plans to overhaul the Supreme Court, with some offering proposals to add up to 10 more members.

That's not the problem, and adding more George Washington Law School frat boys to sit on the bench at the high court will not fix it.

There are over 100 U.S. district courthouses, and no amount of appeals and no one supreme court can fix, stop, or even slow down the sheer quantities of base judicial drivel, constitutional ignorance, and gangster-driven left-wing political activism pumped out from the bench by those lower courts on a daily basis.

 

[Faun]

McConnell now says he would confirm a trump nominee next year should a seat open. So no, the number need not stay at 9. Let Democrats add 2 more if they get full control of the Congress in 2021 and we get a Democrat president. Make the court 6-5 in favor of Liberals.

At least you are honest that your side would do that if given the power. Anything to take power and force your cap and tax and Green Mean Money making machine policies down everyone's throat. Happening in Oregon right now.

"At least you are honest that your side would do that if given the power."

Of course I do, we're no different than the right in that regard.

FDR tried that in 1937 and it blew up in the dems faces. LOL

So? That doesn't mean it will "blow up" in the next Democrat president's face. Especially given the stunt McConnell pulled. Should Democrats win the Executive branch and both chambers of Congress, I can see them supporting such a stunt themselves of adding a few seats to fill with Liberal justices, who would then be on the bench for life.

They can try it. Given the present state of the dem party I wish them the absolute worst starting with Antifa, AOC, etc.

I still can't get an answer from anyone on the right for why Democrats shouldn't add seats to the Supreme Court after McConnell refused to confirm anybody Obama picked under the guise of it being an election year; which he now says he would do for trump.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Not gonna happen,

Of course, if the democrats control both houses of Congress, it could happen.

 

[mikegriffith1]

Basically, liberals want to do away with the Constitution so that they can impose on us what European liberals have imposed on England, Spain, Greece, Italy, etc., etc.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Basically, liberals want to do away with the Constitution so that they can impose on us what European liberals have imposed on England, Spain, Greece, Italy, etc., etc.

Inappropriate, dumb response. The constitution has nothing to do with this.

 

[Faun]

Basically, liberals want to do away with the Constitution so that they can impose on us what European liberals have imposed on England, Spain, Greece, Italy, etc., etc.

Oh? In the context of this thread, exactly how do you see Liberals wanting to do away with the Constitution?

 

[rightwinger]

Quit deluding yourself. The number stays at 9. USSC appointments do not happen in a Presidential election year and should not, no matter which party is in the White House at that point in time.

McConnell now says he would confirm a trump nominee next year should a seat open. So no, the number need not stay at 9. Let Democrats add 2 more if they get full control of the Congress in 2021 and we get a Democrat president. Make the court 6-5 in favor of Liberals.

At least you are honest that your side would do that if given the power. Anything to take power and force your cap and tax and Green Mean Money making machine policies down everyone's throat. Happening in Oregon right now.

"At least you are honest that your side would do that if given the power."

Of course I do, we're no different than the right in that regard.

FDR tried that in 1937 and it blew up in the dems faces. LOL

So? That doesn't mean it will "blow up" in the next Democrat president's face. Especially given the stunt McConnell pulled. Should Democrats win the Executive branch and both chambers of Congress, I can see them supporting such a stunt themselves of adding a few seats to fill with Liberal justices, who would then be on the bench for life.

McConnell has made SCOTUS appointments purely political

Anything you can get away with is fair game

 

[rightwinger]

Basically, liberals want to do away with the Constitution so that they can impose on us what European liberals have imposed on England, Spain, Greece, Italy, etc., etc.

What part of the Constitution are you talking about?