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Spiritual_Chaos said:

What does "packing the court" mean?

Spiritual_Chaos said:

What does "packing the court" mean?

Adding seats to the SC.  In this case Biden would add three seats so that there would be 12 justices.  The reason being that the court is lopsided with 6 conservatives and 3 liberals.  It makes total sense.

Gern Blansten said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

What does "packing the court" mean?

Adding seats to the SC.  In this case Biden would add three seats so that there would be 12 justices.  The reason being that the court is lopsided with 6 conservatives and 3 liberals.  It makes total sense.

the court in no way reflects the electorate or the prevailing opinions of the majority of americans.

it is kind of stupid that replacing justices all depends on when they die and what political party holds the white house and the senate.

biden needs to add 4 justices to make it 13. make these republicans pay and pay dearly for the last 16 years.

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Gern Blansten said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

What does "packing the court" mean?

Adding seats to the SC.  In this case Biden would add three seats so that there would be 12 justices.  The reason being that the court is lopsided with 6 conservatives and 3 liberals.  It makes total sense.

gimmesometruth27 said:

Gern Blansten said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

What does "packing the court" mean?

Adding seats to the SC.  In this case Biden would add three seats so that there would be 12 justices.  The reason being that the court is lopsided with 6 conservatives and 3 liberals.  It makes total sense.

the court in no way reflects the electorate or the prevailing opinions of the majority of americans.

it is kind of stupid that replacing justices all depends on when they die and what political party holds the white house and the senate.

biden needs to add 4 justices to make it 13. make these republicans pay and pay dearly for the last 16 years.

This sounds, to an outsider who hasn't thought about judges in his entire life, like changing the rules to monopoly mid-game.

Would you say the same, if there was 6 liberal judges on the court?

Conservatives could certainly make that argument.

It is newsworthy now because of the GOP stealing Garland's seat.  At the same time that Garland was nominated it is likely that Ginsburg was considering stepping down but did not due to the GOP reaction to the open seat. 

PLUS...McConnell in the Senate blocked numerous other federal judges from being placed under Obama.

It's tit for tat right now.

And that's part of the problem. If rank choice voting and/or open primaries were a thing I wouldn't be a registered Democrat. The party on the national level is feckless. 

Tit for tat is the least they should be doing right now - if they get all three branches they need to step on some fucking throats. But of course they won't.

gimmesometruth27 said:

Gern Blansten said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

What does "packing the court" mean?

Adding seats to the SC.  In this case Biden would add three seats so that there would be 12 justices.  The reason being that the court is lopsided with 6 conservatives and 3 liberals.  It makes total sense.

the court in no way reflects the electorate or the prevailing opinions of the majority of americans.

it is kind of stupid that replacing justices all depends on when they die and what political party holds the white house and the senate.

biden needs to add 4 justices to make it 13. make these republicans pay and pay dearly for the last 16 years.

Spiritual_Chaos said:

https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1318580883167825925?s=20

that's amazing

Craig Silverman: The other day it was a false claim about Biden owning a home he sold many years ago. Today, Eric Trump shares an obviously photoshopped pic of two rappers in Trump hats. Things will continue to get dumber.

The Great Divider is just so Presidential when he says things like this:

Donald Trump revved up a rally crowd in battleground Arizona by declaring CNN hosts "dumb bastards" for the amount of coronavirus coverage on the cable network.

He opened his first of two Monday campaign events in the state by declaring, as he reportedly did on a call with campaign staff earlier, the American people are "over" the virus – even as it spreads anew in most states.

“They're getting tired of the pandemic, aren't we? You turn on CNN. That's all they cover,” he said to boos. “Covid, covid, pandemic. Covid, covid, covid. They're trying to talk people out of voting.”

“People aren't buying it, CNN, you dumb bastards,” as the president again downplayed the virus – and got a loud cheer.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/dumb-b-trump-lays-cnn-200124570.html