If there is ever another gop president, you can bet a year's salary that they will expand SCOTUS. (Reply #4)

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C Moon (11,216 posts)

4. If there is ever another gop president, you can bet a year's salary that they will expand SCOTUS.

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99 replies	Author	Time	Post
Biden doesn't support expanding the Supreme Court, White House says [View all]	Jose Garcia	Jun 2022	OP
I didn't read	Delphinus	Jun 2022	#1
Any word from Dem leadership	d_b	Jun 2022	#6
We don't have enough votes to add to SCOTUS...and I doubt Biden would tip his hand before	Demsrule86	Jun 2022	#7
Exactly right. Biden would not tip his hand.	ancianita	Jun 2022	#17
Hi ancianita...thanks!	Demsrule86	Jun 2022	#48
...	ancianita	Jun 2022	#49
This message was self-deleted by its author	Chin music	Jun 2022	#25
Not always.	TwilightZone	Jun 2022	#26
This message was self-deleted by its author	Chin music	Jun 2022	#30
+1000	Demsrule86	Jun 2022	#44
That's a lovely & common narrative, but...	NullTuples	Jun 2022	#83
But we don't always vote Democratic in every election...some vote third party which is the same	Demsrule86	Jun 2022	#47
This message was self-deleted by its author	Chin music	Jun 2022	#51
Go back and read Jack Pine Radicals, or old twitter post...see all those who were refusing to	Demsrule86	Jun 2022	#75
We did vote for Gore in 2000	Farmer-Rick	Jun 2022	#60
Don't start with me... (LOL) I am in a very bad mood...the margin was so small that regardless of	Demsrule86	Jun 2022	#73
No, Gore did win	Farmer-Rick	Jun 2022	#80
It should be what happens...but even after 16, I still here the same shit about earning votes...	Demsrule86	Jun 2022	#95
This message was self-deleted by its author	Chin music	Jun 2022	#97
Agree..President Biden will have to come around or not only are going to lose freedoms, we will	PortTack	Jun 2022	#28
He shouldn't announce it though before the midterm.	Demsrule86	Jun 2022	#45
Agree!	PortTack	Jun 2022	#62
Thank you.	Demsrule86	Jun 2022	#72
Right, he should wait to see what the 1st branch numbers look like.	ancianita	Jun 2022	#63
And we are not giving them an issue to beat us up over.	Demsrule86	Jun 2022	#71
I can promise you, as disgusted as I am over the Dems failure to even be able	PatrickforB	Jun 2022	#68
We shall see.	Demsrule86	Jun 2022	#70
Of course.	tavernier	Jun 2022	#94
i thought Biden WAS in favor of expanding the court. WHY THE CHANGE.	Trueblue1968	Jun 2022	#43
We have a midterm...he should not say a damn word about it before the midterm...why help	Demsrule86	Jun 2022	#46
THIS 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻	LenaBaby61	Jun 2022	#52
Would it not just be a back and forth?	shawn703	Jun 2022	#2
That's my worry as well.	Raven123	Jun 2022	#5
I'm guessing that's the main reason he doesn't support expansion.	highplainsdem	Jun 2022	#8
It's not going to happen anyway, but maybe that would be a good thing.	NYC Liberal	Jun 2022	#58
I have to disagree. We need as many SC Justices as there are Federal Judiciary Districts. n/t	TygrBright	Jun 2022	#3
That is my thought too.	LiberalFighter	Jun 2022	#16
Absolutely right. This country IS underrepresented on SCOTUS. 13 JUSTICES FOR 13 FEDERAL DISTRICTS	ancianita	Jun 2022	#18
Exactly!!!	FM123	Jun 2022	#23
And even those districts need to be revisited because of population shifts.	Lonestarblue	Jun 2022	#21
If there is ever another gop president, you can bet a year's salary that they will expand SCOTUS.	C Moon	Jun 2022	#4
And nuke the filibuster as first order of business.	speak easy	Jun 2022	#81
Not a chance	Zeitghost	Jun 2022	#98
You are assuming we will still have a democracy.	speak easy	Jun 2022	#99
So we will have 6 kings & queen free to rule this country for the foreseeable future, future not	yaesu	Jun 2022	#9
Just abolish the Supreme Court.	Meadowoak	Jun 2022	#10
Reconsider!	Anon-C	Jun 2022	#11
.	BootinUp	Jun 2022	#12
Supreme court justices	modochartaigh	Jun 2022	#57
I like the idea of	Mr.Bill	Jun 2022	#13
then he best be in favor of impeaching purgerers and	mopinko	Jun 2022	#14
Love Joe, but don't agree.	Joinfortmill	Jun 2022	#15
No changes	Timewas	Jun 2022	#19
Pack a dozen more before the midterms!	Lil Liberal Laura	Jun 2022	#20
How?	Polybius	Jun 2022	#24
It's the kind of thing you'd only get behind if you knew you had the votes and we don't	bucolic_frolic	Jun 2022	#22
Sadly true..... we're wasting energy talking about this right now	groundloop	Jun 2022	#37
THIS "SUPREME COURT" IS ILLEGITIMATE	orangecrush	Jun 2022	#27
Regardless of his reasoning,	slightlv	Jun 2022	#29
+1	Hiawatha Pete	Jun 2022	#54
+1 n/t	area51	Jun 2022	#56
+100000000000	Karma13612	Jun 2022	#76
Wow... I was almost afraid to open up the replies.	slightlv	Jun 2022	#79
So true!!	Karma13612	Jun 2022	#91
FDR and LBJ had supermajorities and a sane Republican Party. LBJ got civil rights legislation passed	betsuni	Jun 2022	#93
Democrats don't have 50 votes for court expansion and are unlikely to have 50 votes...	PoliticAverse	Jun 2022	#31
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"Sleepy Joe"?	orangecrush	Jun 2022	#34
The President is governing like the moderate that he is.	old guy	Jun 2022	#35
So true, so sad	Dorn	Jun 2022	#74
It always was and will always be a horrible idea.	Oneironaut	Jun 2022	#36
People can get pissed all they want	Cheezoholic	Jun 2022	#38
And why we continue to lose....	Grins	Jun 2022	#39
Another part of why we lose is because we don't stand behind our President and our elected officials	C Moon	Jun 2022	#41
I love Joe Biden. But I DON'T love THIS!	calimary	Jun 2022	#40
How can he fix this	Cheezoholic	Jun 2022	#42
Unfortunately, there is no fixing what was broken to begin with.	minstrel76	Jun 2022	#50
How many rights will we lose before he changes his mind about this?	Roisin Ni Fiachra	Jun 2022	#53
Maybe Floating the idea	pressbox69	Jun 2022	#55
I understand and agree	Karma13612	Jun 2022	#77
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Gee, Joe, I'd be interested to know what your plan is, then.	malthaussen	Jun 2022	#61
Then I will support a Democrat who DOES support expanding the Court	AllyCat	Jun 2022	#64
This has the same success rate to that when.....	The Grand Illuminist	Jun 2022	#65
Thomas, Alito and Roberts are elderly. Their days are numbered...	VarryOn	Jun 2022	#66
Roberts is a very young "elderly" at 67 though	Polybius	Jun 2022	#84
I was deeply saddened and disappointed when Biden said he 'still respects' the Supreme	PatrickforB	Jun 2022	#67
Expand the court my ass / Make them elected by the people	Dorn	Jun 2022	#69
That was not a categorical 'no'	bucolic_frolic	Jun 2022	#78
Biden is also Catholic...just sayin n/t	AntiFascist	Jun 2022	#82
and Biden's voting records in Congress was pro choice	JohnSJ	Jun 2022	#86
and where has that gotten us now? n/t	AntiFascist	Jun 2022	#87
If you are blaming Biden for the overturning of Roe, you are conveniently ignoring the fact that	JohnSJ	Jun 2022	#90
Until we have a real majority, (Mancyand Sinema), it means very little. GOTV in large numbers in	JohnSJ	Jun 2022	#85
Hopefully a head fake	IbogaProject	Jun 2022	#88
Does he have any say in the matter?	eallen	Jun 2022	#89
No he doesn't. Congress controls the size of the SCOTUS.	Raster	Jun 2022	#92
Lol... nope	FBaggins	Jun 2022	#96

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