Article

2020-06-12 Home Front: Politix

Liberal Groups Endorse Plan to Expand Supreme Court to 11

[BREITBART] Several prominent ~~Red Guards~~ liberal groups are joining the push by some Democrats to expand the Supreme Court to eleven justices, a move designed to eliminate the Court’s current 5-4 conservative majority.

An open letter signed by several organizations backs a plan to expand the Court to eleven members:

The activist conservatives who control the Supreme Court are poised to trample existing rights, from reproductive freedom to LGBTQ rights — and to block any significant progressive legislation in the future on urgent crises from climate change to health care to gun safety. The Supreme Court threatens to make it virtually impossible for progressives to enact the progressive policies supported by a clear majority of Americans. This problem won’t go away on its own.

...

The fastest, most effective way to reverse the Republican theft of the Supreme Court and make the court representative of all Americans is to enact legislation increasing the size of the Court by at least two seats, and to quickly fill those seats with justices who will safeguard our democracy.

Posted by Fred 2020-06-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 Let's do that. And Trump can appoint another couple of conservatives by the time his tenure in office ends in another 9 years.

Posted by gorb 2020-06-12 00:40|| 2020-06-12 00:40|| Front Page Top

#2 They're always recycling stuff from the Thirties.

Posted by charger 2020-06-12 02:40|| 2020-06-12 02:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Is there a plan to expand the electoral college enough for Illary to win?

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-06-12 05:23|| 2020-06-12 05:23|| Front Page Top

#4 Chief Justice Roberts is a waste.

Posted by Clem 2020-06-12 05:25|| 2020-06-12 05:25|| Front Page Top

#5 /\ Yes, in a league with FBI Director Christopher Wray, Senator Chuck Schumer, and a half-dozen or so retired general officers... you pick.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-06-12 06:56|| 2020-06-12 06:56|| Front Page Top

#6 Hoo boy. Talk about people re-arraigning stuff thet they don't know about.
Supreme Court justices do not merely sit on the supreme court; they also head up the US Cicuit Court system, to wit:
For the District of Columbia Circuit - John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice
For the First Circuit - Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice (Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island)
For the Second Circuit - Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice (Connecticut, New York, Vermont)
For the Third Circuit - Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Associate Justice (Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virgin Island)
For the Fourth Circuit - John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice (Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia)
For the Fifth Circuit - Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Associate Justice (Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)
For the Sixth Circuit - Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice (Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee)
For the Seventh Circuit - Brett M. Kavanaugh, Associate Justice (Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin)
For the Eighth Circuit - Neil M. Gorsuch, Associate Justice (Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
For the Ninth Circuit - Elena Kagan, Associate Justice (Alaska, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Nevada, Northern Mariana Islands, Washington)
For the Tenth Circuit - Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice (Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming)
For the Eleventh Circuit - Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice (Alabama, Florida, Georgia)
For the Federal Circuit - John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice.

Note that some sit in more than one circuit chair, in an attempt to divvy up the workload.

But then I'm fairly sure that screwing up all of this nationwide is not a real concern to our earstwhile political betters. Not a bug, a feature.

Posted by ed in texas 2020-06-12 13:48|| 2020-06-12 13:48|| Front Page Top

#7 Liberals want to expand SCOTUS to 11? Good idea. DJT has at least 2-3 more terms to appoint justices to fill out the 11 members.

Posted by JohnQC 2020-06-12 16:01|| 2020-06-12 16:01|| Front Page Top

09:43 Mullah Richard
09:27 Warthog
09:11 Mercutio
09:07 AlmostAnonymous5839
08:52 Matt
08:24 Matt
08:20 SteveS
07:43 Procopius2k
07:42 BrerRabbit
07:42 Procopius2k
07:39 Procopius2k
07:36 Procopius2k
07:35 Procopius2k
07:34 trailing wife
07:31 Procopius2k
07:30 NN2N1
07:22 NN2N1
07:18 trailing wife
07:14 Richard Aubrey
07:10 NN2N1
07:09 Besoeker
07:03 NN2N1
06:58 NN2N1
06:58 Besoeker