Dems eye increasing the number of Supreme Court Justices

[bigrebnc1775]

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

 

[80zephyr]

If democrats get power again they will raze this country to the ground then burn the rubble. The courts will become political kangaroo courts worse than they are now. The police will be counselors and nursemaids. The military will be dissolved. The borders will be fully open and the Alarics of the world will come for the spoils.

That's what democrats are offering. All for your own good of course.

What is wrong with stacking the courts with your ideology?

You do realize that for years the court leaned left? When it FINALLY leans right the liberals want to change the rules so they can gain power again. Did the conservatives call for stacking the court during the leftist majority?

Mark

 

[rightwinger]

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

 

[rightwinger]

If democrats get power again they will raze this country to the ground then burn the rubble. The courts will become political kangaroo courts worse than they are now. The police will be counselors and nursemaids. The military will be dissolved. The borders will be fully open and the Alarics of the world will come for the spoils.

That's what democrats are offering. All for your own good of course.

What is wrong with stacking the courts with your ideology?

You do realize that for years the court leaned left? When it FINALLY leans right the liberals want to change the rules so they can gain power again. Did the conservatives call for stacking the court during the leftist majority?

Mark

The court has not leaned left in 45 years

 

[rightwinger]

Once the Dems take the Senate, they need to raise the number of Justices to 15 and then pass legislation establishing 15 as the number of Justices

 

[Wyatt earp]

Once the Dems take the Senate, they need to raise the number of Justices to 15 and then pass legislation establishing 15 as the number of Justices

And when the conservatives take power they will raise it to 95

 

[Wyatt earp]

If democrats get power again they will raze this country to the ground then burn the rubble. The courts will become political kangaroo courts worse than they are now. The police will be counselors and nursemaids. The military will be dissolved. The borders will be fully open and the Alarics of the world will come for the spoils.

That's what democrats are offering. All for your own good of course.

What is wrong with stacking the courts with your ideology?

You do realize that for years the court leaned left? When it FINALLY leans right the liberals want to change the rules so they can gain power again. Did the conservatives call for stacking the court during the leftist majority?

Mark

The court has not leaned left in 45 years

Exactly so what's your problem abortion still not legal yet?


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[mudwhistle]

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?

 

[mudwhistle]

Once the Dems take the Senate, they need to raise the number of Justices to 15 and then pass legislation establishing 15 as the number of Justices

Why not raise it to 1000?

 

[Wyatt earp]

Once the Dems take the Senate, they need to raise the number of Justices to 15 and then pass legislation establishing 15 as the number of Justices

Why not raise it to 1000?

1 million?

 

[rightwinger]

Once the Dems take the Senate, they need to raise the number of Justices to 15 and then pass legislation establishing 15 as the number of Justices

And when the conservatives take power they will raise it to 95

Dems just need to pass legislation setting the number at 15

 

[rightwinger]

Republicans stole a SCOTUS seat and have been stocking the courts with young conservatives. All this because they know they will not be able to control elected offices for long

Increasing the number of judges seems reasonable

 

[Dragonlady]

Republicans stole a SCOTUS seat and have been stocking the courts with young conservatives. All this because they know they will not be able to control elected offices for long

Increasing the number of judges seems reasonable

Given the number of unqualified dolts they're ramming through, I suspect that a lot of these judges are going to find themselves in very hot water in the near future. Corruption always has a way of coming back to bite you in the ass.

 

[rightwinger]

Republicans stole a SCOTUS seat and have been stocking the courts with young conservatives. All this because they know they will not be able to control elected offices for long

Increasing the number of judges seems reasonable

Given the number of unqualified dolts they're ramming through, I suspect that a lot of these judges are going to find themselves in very hot water in the near future. Corruption always has a way of coming back to bite you in the ass.

They have a lifetime appointment
They will be inept judges for the rest of their lives

 

[mudwhistle]

Once the Dems take the Senate, they need to raise the number of Justices to 15 and then pass legislation establishing 15 as the number of Justices

And when the conservatives take power they will raise it to 95

Dems just need to pass legislation setting the number at 15

Pass it today.
I'm good with that.

 

[mudwhistle]

Republicans stole a SCOTUS seat and have been stocking the courts with young conservatives. All this because they know they will not be able to control elected offices for long

Increasing the number of judges seems reasonable

Given the number of unqualified dolts they're ramming through, I suspect that a lot of these judges are going to find themselves in very hot water in the near future. Corruption always has a way of coming back to bite you in the ass.

Corruption meaning following the Constitution and stuff instead of ruling from the bench like you want.

 

[Dragonlady]

Republicans stole a SCOTUS seat and have been stocking the courts with young conservatives. All this because they know they will not be able to control elected offices for long

Increasing the number of judges seems reasonable

Given the number of unqualified dolts they're ramming through, I suspect that a lot of these judges are going to find themselves in very hot water in the near future. Corruption always has a way of coming back to bite you in the ass.

They have a lifetime appointment
They will be inept judges for the rest of their lives

Not entirely. There are ways of removing the corrupt and the incompetent. The Founding Fathers foresaw someone like Trump coming to power, but they assumed that the Constitution and checks and balances would prevent this from happening. They never envisioned a toady like McConnell having control of the Senate.

 

[justoffal]

1836??

Baseball wasn't even invented yet.

WTF?

JO

 

[22lcidw]

Republicans stole a SCOTUS seat and have been stocking the courts with young conservatives. All this because they know they will not be able to control elected offices for long

Increasing the number of judges seems reasonable

Given the number of unqualified dolts they're ramming through, I suspect that a lot of these judges are going to find themselves in very hot water in the near future. Corruption always has a way of coming back to bite you in the ass.

They have a lifetime appointment
They will be inept judges for the rest of their lives

Not entirely. There are ways of removing the corrupt and the incompetent. The Founding Fathers foresaw someone like Trump coming to power, but they assumed that the Constitution and checks and balances would prevent this from happening. They never envisioned a toady like McConnell having control of the Senate.

The founding fathers told you about fiat currency and high taxes. Everything you are is based on the constitution being usurped. You will never get 100% of the population agreeing with you.That is dangerous. Dangerous because stuff happens in world and human events that change things. A whole system based on paying people off by using high taxes. You see other nations of the world failing and falling down. We are one of the final nations in the line of people investing for safety as to why we have not suffered. And added to that you want the nation to die and the globalism to expand.

 

[rightwinger]

Republicans stole a SCOTUS seat and have been stocking the courts with young conservatives. All this because they know they will not be able to control elected offices for long

Increasing the number of judges seems reasonable

Given the number of unqualified dolts they're ramming through, I suspect that a lot of these judges are going to find themselves in very hot water in the near future. Corruption always has a way of coming back to bite you in the ass.

They have a lifetime appointment
They will be inept judges for the rest of their lives

Not entirely. There are ways of removing the corrupt and the incompetent. The Founding Fathers foresaw someone like Trump coming to power, but they assumed that the Constitution and checks and balances would prevent this from happening. They never envisioned a toady like McConnell having control of the Senate.

McConnell sees his sole function to be stocking the courts with young conservatives