FLASHBACK: Watch Joe Biden Call Packing the Supreme Court ‘A Bonehead Idea,’ ‘A Terrible, Terrible Mistake’

[excalibur]

I wonder how much play this will get on the MSM?

On Friday, President Joe Biden announced creation of a commission to explore expanding the Supreme Court (“Court Packing”), which would allow him to appoint additional justices and shift the balance of the Court – but, he didn’t always think this was a good idea.

When Republican Ronald Reagan was president in 1983, then-Senator Joe Biden (D-Delaware) declared the concept of court-packing a “bonehead idea” and a “terrible, terrible mistake.”




It wasn’t just a “bonehead idea,” Sen. Biden argued, “It was a terrible, terrible mistake” because it would threatened the independence of “the most significant body in the country”:

“President Roosevelt clearly had the right to send to the United States Senate, the United States Congress, a proposal to pack the Court. It was totally within his right to do that: he violated no law, he was legalistically, absolutely correct – but, it was a bonehead idea.

“It was a terrible, terrible mistake to make.

“And, it put in question, for an entire decade, the independence of the most significant body – including the Congress, in my view – the most significant body in this country: the Supreme Court of the United States of America.”

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[Justin Richardson]

That was almost 40 years ago. Biden isn't the same guy as he was in 1983. The Democrats have got to him, and he is just a puppet to their cause and reason. The Democrats have always pulled the strings to anyone just to go along with their ideology.

Karma sucks at times!

 

[rightwinger]

Biden does not support packing the court.
He said so before he was elected

 

[rightwinger]

Bipartisan commission

President Biden will today issue an executive order forming the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States, comprised of a bipartisan group of experts on the Court and the Court reform debate,” said a statement released today by the White House.

“The topics it will examine include the genesis of the reform debate; the Court’s role in the Constitutional system; the length of service and turnover of justices on the Court; the membership and size of the Court; and the Court’s case selection, rules, and practices,” said the White House.

 

[toobfreak]

Watch Joe Biden Call Packing the Supreme Court ‘A Bonehead Idea,’

No thanks. I have no desire to watch another politician lie out of the side of his mouth again. We had Trump for four years. He bragged and said some odd things, etc., but what he promised was for the most part, pretty much his game plan of what he did.

 

[excalibur]

Biden does not support packing the court.
He said so before he was elected

LOL

Your very next post contains this:

the membership and size of the Court​

 

[ZZ PUPPS]

It all depends on if you're the packer or the packee.

 

[rightwinger]

Biden does not support packing the court.
He said so before he was elected

LOL

Your very next post contains this:

the membership and size of the Court​

Biden is creating a bipartisan commission to examine all aspects of the Court which includes size.
If the commission comes back with recommendations ....they will be considered

 

[22lcidw]

Biden does not support packing the court.
He said so before he was elected

Biden is a hack. We want Putin to win now.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

I wonder how much play this will get on the MSM?

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On Friday, President Joe Biden announced creation of a commission to explore expanding the Supreme Court (“Court Packing”), which would allow him to appoint additional justices and shift the balance of the Court – but, he didn’t always think this was a good idea.​

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When Republican Ronald Reagan was president in 1983, then-Senator Joe Biden (D-Delaware) declared the concept of court-packing a “bonehead idea” and a “terrible, terrible mistake.”​

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It wasn’t just a “bonehead idea,” Sen. Biden argued, “It was a terrible, terrible mistake” because it would threatened the independence of “the most significant body in the country”:​

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“President Roosevelt clearly had the right to send to the United States Senate, the United States Congress, a proposal to pack the Court. It was totally within his right to do that: he violated no law, he was legalistically, absolutely correct – but, it was a bonehead idea.

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“It was a terrible, terrible mistake to make.

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“And, it put in question, for an entire decade, the independence of the most significant body – including the Congress, in my view – the most significant body in this country: the Supreme Court of the United States of America.”

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Like many politicians, Joe spent his life saying things that would keep his career afloat dependent upon the attitude of the times, whether he actually believed them or not.

Consider the recent campaign, and the current reality.

 

[excalibur]

Biden is creating a bipartisan commission to examine all aspects of the Court which includes size.
If the commission comes back with recommendations ....they will be considered

You claimed he wasn't for court-packing yet his "commission" has as one of its reasons the very same thing. If he really opposed it then it wouldn't be part of the charge for their consideration.

 

[rightwinger]

Biden is creating a bipartisan commission to examine all aspects of the Court which includes size.
If the commission comes back with recommendations ....they will be considered

You claimed he wasn't for court-packing yet his "commission" has as one of its reasons the very same thing. If he really opposed it then it wouldn't be part of the charge for their consideration.

I claimed Biden has stated he opposes Court Packing.

When asked about Court Packing during the election, Biden said he opposed it but was willing to appoint a bipartisan commission to examine all aspects of Supreme Court functions.

That is what he just did

 

[Moonglow]

Starting tomorrow Biden will expand the number of supreme court justices and appoint the new ones directly without senate approval.

 

[rightwinger]

USMB Conservatives

Do you support term limits for judges instead of lifetime appointments?

 

[Synthaholic]

He's not go pack the court. He's going to expand the court.

 

[Synthaholic]

Starting tomorrow Biden will expand the number of supreme court justices and appoint the new ones directly without senate approval.

I hear he's considering his son Hunter.

 

[Synthaholic]

Biden does not support packing the court.
He said so before he was elected

Biden is a hack. We want Putin to win now.

Fuck you asshole.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

The Dims do NOT want to pack the court.

Ok, now that I have your attention...............

The Dims want to counter the recent more recent seated conservative justices, by increasing the # of seated justices with their own picks.

In other words, they haven't been able to legitimately get their people seated, so they want to change the rules in order to get them seated.

It's like a gambler whose foe has a royal flush, so he seeks to rewrite the rules to show that a pair of Jacks and 9's is now the supreme hand. And by the way, that's just what the gambler just happens to have.

 

[Crepitus]

I wonder how much play this will get on the MSM?

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On Friday, President Joe Biden announced creation of a commission to explore expanding the Supreme Court (“Court Packing”), which would allow him to appoint additional justices and shift the balance of the Court – but, he didn’t always think this was a good idea.​

​

When Republican Ronald Reagan was president in 1983, then-Senator Joe Biden (D-Delaware) declared the concept of court-packing a “bonehead idea” and a “terrible, terrible mistake.”​

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It wasn’t just a “bonehead idea,” Sen. Biden argued, “It was a terrible, terrible mistake” because it would threatened the independence of “the most significant body in the country”:​

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“President Roosevelt clearly had the right to send to the United States Senate, the United States Congress, a proposal to pack the Court. It was totally within his right to do that: he violated no law, he was legalistically, absolutely correct – but, it was a bonehead idea.

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“It was a terrible, terrible mistake to make.

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“And, it put in question, for an entire decade, the independence of the most significant body – including the Congress, in my view – the most significant body in this country: the Supreme Court of the United States of America.”

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It's still a bad idea, however the alternative is letting a perjurious rapist and a religious whack-job decide issues crucial to our country.

 

[Dreadnaught1968]

USMB Conservatives

Do you support term limits for judges instead of lifetime appointments?

Only as long as term limits for congress critters are enacted first.