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Amishman

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10. No, I can't support this

Reply to Stellar (Original post)

Fri Mar 8, 2019, 01:46 PM

Mar 2019

It erases what remains of the independence of the court. It will become standard practice for each party to seize control of the judiciary when they take sufficient power. It guarantees the courts are always a rubber stamp of the ruling party. It sounds tempting with our control a near sure thing after 2020, but the long term ramifications are terrifying.

No, I won't support it at all.

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Reports: FMR. AG Holder says Next Democratic President Should Add Seats to the Supreme Court. [View all] Stellar Mar 2019 OP

This makes sense greymattermom Mar 2019 #1

It's not just a good idea, it's a fair solution... Dennis Donovan Mar 2019 #2

+1. We can't be timid when dealing with ruthless extremists dalton99a Mar 2019 #5

K&R! HAB911 Mar 2019 #3

It's the only way to break the GOP stranglehold on any future Democratic president and Congress dalton99a Mar 2019 #4

Not just at the Supreme Court NewJeffCT Mar 2019 #6

Where are all the critics of this that populated recent threads about this idea? pecosbob Mar 2019 #7

Now see, I thought it was a great idea... Stellar Mar 2019 #9

It's an awful idea. theboss Mar 2019 #12

it would be interesting to watch the right wing heads explode and create whole new... Javaman Mar 2019 #8

No, I can't support this Amishman Mar 2019 #10

been tried - by FDR as a get around KG Mar 2019 #11