Also sounds like a good justification for Biden to increase the number of Justices.
Statement could go like this:
“There are not enough sitting justices to adjudicate important issues before the court as demonstrated by the recent actions of honorable recusals. Therefore I calling for the addition of new seats on the court to supplement the body so it can carry out its important work as a check on Legislative and Executive branches of our government, just as the framers intended. We will begin confirmation hearings for new justices next week”
It’s one of the few promises Biden will make that he actually intends to follow through with if he wins, but he won’t, not with how much people are struggling economically.
To be fair it was my main reason for voting for him. I wanted government to go back to boring and the clown show to be over. I assume a lot of people felt the same way I did. Was kinda hoping he could fix at least one major problem as well, still waiting for that to happen
I voted for him too, in full knowledge he wouldn’t do anything he promised.
I thought that, maybe, a cultural win against fascism might stem the tide, but I was wrong. Biden is just as useless as every other Democrat we’ve elected since LBJ.
Also sounds like a good justification for Biden to increase the number of Justices.
Biden has had ample reason to seat additional justices, particularly in the wake of the ACB nomination. But he’s far too friendly with the US Senate to try such a thing.
If you want someone willing to break ranks on this question, you’re ultimately going to need to wait for a governor. If DeSantis had a shot in hell of being president and taking a Senate majority in the process, I could see him trying to pack the court out of spite after losing a few court cases. If a guy like Sanders was a governor and not a Senate buddy-buddy with Schumer and Graham, maybe he would have tried it (but even then I wouldn’t bet on it). I could absolutely see Trump pulling this shit if someone whispered it into his ear at the right moment, but he’d fumble the bag without McConnell sheepdogging the candidate through.
Also sounds like a good justification for Biden to increase the number of Justices.
Statement could go like this:
“There are not enough sitting justices to adjudicate important issues before the court as demonstrated by the recent actions of honorable recusals. Therefore I calling for the addition of new seats on the court to supplement the body so it can carry out its important work as a check on Legislative and Executive branches of our government, just as the framers intended. We will begin confirmation hearings for new justices next week”
Joe Biden to donors during the election campaign
It’s one of the few promises Biden will make that he actually intends to follow through with if he wins, but he won’t, not with how much people are struggling economically.
To be fair it was my main reason for voting for him. I wanted government to go back to boring and the clown show to be over. I assume a lot of people felt the same way I did. Was kinda hoping he could fix at least one major problem as well, still waiting for that to happen
I voted for him too, in full knowledge he wouldn’t do anything he promised.
I thought that, maybe, a cultural win against fascism might stem the tide, but I was wrong. Biden is just as useless as every other Democrat we’ve elected since LBJ.
Biden has had ample reason to seat additional justices, particularly in the wake of the ACB nomination. But he’s far too friendly with the US Senate to try such a thing.
If you want someone willing to break ranks on this question, you’re ultimately going to need to wait for a governor. If DeSantis had a shot in hell of being president and taking a Senate majority in the process, I could see him trying to pack the court out of spite after losing a few court cases. If a guy like Sanders was a governor and not a Senate buddy-buddy with Schumer and Graham, maybe he would have tried it (but even then I wouldn’t bet on it). I could absolutely see Trump pulling this shit if someone whispered it into his ear at the right moment, but he’d fumble the bag without McConnell sheepdogging the candidate through.