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Mitch stole a SC seat from Obama and broke all the Rules to give Trump all his judges I'd urge the Dems to pack the court and get rid of the filibuster.
Chucky get it done
The democrats set a new prescedent in doing EVERYTHING, even if illegal or unethical, possible to stop a nomination in the Kavanaugh hearings.
Now the democrats demand "fairness"?
Trump has shown the dems, unlike RINOs before him, that he will fight back against liberal intimidation and dirty tricks with the very same tactics.
It is refreshing to have a POTUS who is not afraid to use democrat tricks against them.
The circumstances aren’t identical since Trump is not at his term limit.
He most certainly would be if he is not re-elected. You are splitting hairs by insinuating that it’s only because Obama could not be re-elected due to term limits. If that’s the case, why did none of the Repub senators reference that fact when they came out against allowing a hearing in 2016?
I love how libs think - just keep adding more until things are in your favor - forget about the history of the country and how things were originally et up. Now if you said these judges should have term limits - then I agree.
We have had 9 Justices only since the 1860s, still a long time. But, 9 was not the original number and the # of justices is set by law, not enshrined in the Constitution.
Mitch stole a SC seat from Obama and broke all the Rules to give Trump all his judges I'd urge the Dems to pack the court and get rid of the filibuster.
Chucky get it done
If the Demonicrats pack the USSC, the Repubs will overpack it the next time they get the majority...you know that right? This is 3rd world thinking (which fits right in with Dems mentality).
The democrats set a new prescedent in doing EVERYTHING, even if illegal or unethical, possible to stop a nomination in the Kavanaugh hearings.
Now the democrats demand "fairness"?
Trump has shown the dems, unlike RINOs before him, that he will fight back against liberal intimidation and dirty tricks with the very same tactics.
It is refreshing to have a POTUS who is not afraid to use democrat tricks against them.
If you weren’t so blind you would’ve noticed during the hearings kavanaugh showed he doesn’t have the temperament to be a SC judge.
Kavanaugh not being confirmed doesn’t mean there wouldn’t have been a conservative leaning judge appointed, just means it wasn’t kavanaugh and the senate did their job of finding a better fit. There have been a slew of unfit judges appointed lately, ie mcconnels choir boy who’s never taken a case to trial is somehow fit to run them.
Back to the OP: if they push through an appointment and don’t wait till next year absolutely. If they wait, absolutely not.
Let us be clear: the Constitution is utterly silent on how many Justices will be on the Court. It was the Judiciary Act of 1869 that set the number at 9. Congress can, of course, pass a bill to increase the number. FDR tried, but Congress did not agree.
Senator Rubio once spoke of introducing a Constitutional Amendment to fix the number at nine. Nothing happened.
The Congress can, in theory, reduce the number of justices. If they reduce to, say, they cannot fire any sitting justice, but as justices die or retire, no replacement can be made, until 7 is reached.
Thank you for explaining this.
Am I correct in understandingthen that it would take a Congressional vote to expand or reduce the SC seats?
And does that have to be only a simple majority vote?
And would comgress have to overturn the Judiciary Act first?
Thanks
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