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Midnight Writer

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8. The more Judges on the Supreme Court, the better.

Reply to ultralite001 (Original post)

Fri Jun 24, 2022, 02:31 PM

Jun 2022

It is insane that one or two appointments can change the course of the entire nation.

Why can't there be 100 Judges, diluting the impact that a few radical appointments can have on the Courts?

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Four ways to expand the US Supreme Court... [View all] ultralite001 Jun 2022 OP

K&R, ... and each one of the is going to be done if GZP gets control of Congress and WH uponit7771 Jun 2022 #1

What odds do any of these ideas have? BSdetect Jun 2022 #2

Majority of House and Senate, signed by the president. NYC Liberal Jun 2022 #4

And the Filibuster? nt leftieNanner Jun 2022 #5

Obviously there's that. I was just answering the question of the process. NYC Liberal Jun 2022 #9

Ah. I understand your point. leftieNanner Jun 2022 #10

Therein lies the rub... ultralite001 Jun 2022 #12

Add 6 liberals. Meadowoak Jun 2022 #3

Easy to say, hard to do, with only 48 reliable senate votes. nt JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2022 #7

Maybe after November, we will have more. Meadowoak Jun 2022 #15

From your keyboard to Dog's motherboard. nt JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2022 #17

This is the sort ForgedCrank Jun 2022 #6

The more Judges on the Supreme Court, the better. Midnight Writer Jun 2022 #8

+1 Meadowoak Jun 2022 #16

Actually 5 The Grand Illuminist Jun 2022 #11

Seems a long way to go... ultralite001 Jun 2022 #13

Maybe not after this. The Grand Illuminist Jun 2022 #14