PELOSI says she does not support the bill to expand the supreme court, and won't bring it to floor

[Nevilledog]

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News: PELOSI says she does not support the bill to expand the supreme court, and won’t bring it to the floor.

says she supports the president’s commission.
8:10 AM · Apr 15, 2021

[gab13by13]

1. My guess is that the votes aren't there,

particularly in the Senate.

[Nevilledog]

2. I think she wants to wait and see what Biden's committee says.

[Hortensis]

14. Exactly. When, if and how the PARTY leadership decides to act it will happen.

This isn't renaming a post office or funding the widening of a state highway. It'd be a major Democratic Party action that would alter the function of the third branch of federal government and the history of our nation.

Pelosi said she backed President Joe Biden’s recent move to create a commission to study possible expansion of the Supreme Court: “I don’t know that that’s a good idea or a bad idea. I think it’s an idea that should be considered.”

"It’s not out of the question," Pelosi said of the broader push.

[MichMan]

15. The House passed plenty of bills last year that died in the Senate

I bet that she doesn't think it would pass in the house

[Freddie]

3. Maybe wait until the RWNJs on the Court do something outrageous

Was actually surprised they didn’t do what The Former Guy wanted last fall.

[gab13by13]

11. There is a bill from Mississippi sitting at the SC,

word has it that Roberts is delaying it until fall if it takes the bill up at all. Outlawing abortion after 15 weeks may not pass this far right court.

[Stinky The Clown]

4. This is what political wisdom looks like

The bill is counterproductive to Biden's task force looking at the Supremes.

Brava, Speaker Pelosi!!!

[thucythucy]

5. She knows her history.

FDR floated the same idea (and for the same reason: the conservative Court was mired in the legal consensus of the 19th century) and faced a tremendous backlash which most likely cost Democrats and liberals seats in both Houses.

Better to wait.

[Grasswire2]

7. that was then. nt

[USALiberal]

6. She is correct! Nt

[Takket]

8. Waiting for the commission is the right thing to do

Not that we don’t already know what the commission is going to say lol

[colsohlibgal]

9. I'm Torn

That an evil dumb aberration like Drumpf appointed 3, one at the very end of his term.....way later than the Merrick Garland nomination that McTurtle stole.......well it stinks.

We play nice and they kick us to the curb.

It just isn’t right or fair.

[NurseJackie]

10. Pelosi, a Democrat, is right. She's smart. She knows what she's doing.

[stillcool]

12. weighing the the pro's and con's before

taking a yes/no position makes sense. Prioritizing makes sense too. Too many balls in the air, you can mess things up. Especially with some members who like to put the brakes on progress.

[crickets]

13. Waiting until after the midterms is a good idea.

That also gives the president’s commission plenty of time for gathering the needed data/arguments, etc.