Countdown: Supreme Court Refuses ACLU Cas

[gateley]

Run time: 05:08 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSgDE53v0SA   Posted on YouTube: February 20, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: February 21, 2008 By DU Member: gateley Views on DU: 808

 

[Jack Rabbit]

1. As always, KO is the journalist of the end of American freedom

Reporting daily on the erosion of our rights.

[gateley]

2. I'm thinking Jonathan Turley for Supreme Court Justice. Is that doable? nt

[Divine Discontent]

3. sounds good to me... n/t

[Divine Discontent]

4. wow... that's cryptic and powerful what you typed...

it's so sad to watch it happen before our eyes... I pray for change, and for the SCOTUS to be flush with progressives soon...

[muyojoe]

5. I COULD BE WRONG BUT

In my American History class I'm in now, they said the constitution limits the court to 12 justices. It has only been nine for decades because of a agreement to keep it so. In other words if we get a democratic president and congress, we could possibly turn the court around quickly.

[Jack Rabbit]

8. You are half wrong

The Constitution does not specify the number of justices on the Supreme Court. When first constituted, there were five. Prior to the Civil War, the number was ten. Congress, during its snit with Andrew Johnson, abolished a seat rather than let President Johnson appoint a new member. FDR's court packing scheme in the thirties would have resulted in 16 justices sitting on the Court.

[Divine Discontent]

9. there should be 4 more... that'd make sense

the more the better for keeping things from tilting too far one way or another, but for now, an extra 4 would be great to swing things back to where they should be. then maybe Congress could establish 16 is the mandated amount, if that makes sense, sorry if it doesn't.

[StClone]

6. KO: Impeach Scalia

For is collusion with Cheney.

[bulloney]

7. I don't know why, but when they were showing the camera shot of the SCOTUS justices

the theme from The Three Stooges kept popping up in my mind.