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Representative Doug Collins (R-GA), who will be running to be Georgia's next US Senator in November, is introducing a constitutional amendment that would mandate a 10 year delay to any legislation that added justices to the Supreme Court.
Representative Doug Collins is preparing to introduce a constitutional amendment to block potential attempts to add justices to the Supreme Court as some Democrats eye adding seats should President Trump’s upcoming nominee be confirmed.
The amendment would block “court packing,” or adding justices to the Supreme Court, for 10 years after any bill is passed to enlarge the court, a measure Collins said aims to “take the political emotion of the moment out of the way.”
“The proposed amendment—really, it should be a bipartisan issue,” the Georgia Republican said. “We should not have decisions like packing the court to be based on emotional or political decisions. The reason we did it is because it seems like the Democrats, every time they don’t get what they want, they want to change the rules.”
Honestly, I do not understand why he is trying to approach it this way. If he was to propose a constitutional amendment permanently setting the number of justices at 9, as rare as ratified constitutional amendments are, that might just pass. But this ten year delay business is too clever by half. It is understandable what his thinking is. But why not just end this discussion once and for all and permanently set the number at 9.
Even if the Democrats were to win control of the Senate in November, they are not likely to pack the courts. It is a nice red-meat promise for their rabidly foaming at the mouth supporters. But they are not likely to actually do it. In any case, that moment will be here and gone before any constitutional amendment gets ratified.
The Democrats would never agree to not burn the whole system to the ground, so this'll go nowhere but it should make for good political ads when they refuse to consider it.
The Democrats would never agree to not burn the whole system to the ground, so this'll go nowhere but it should make for good political ads when they refuse to consider it.
The Dems will just counter with the Republicans hypocrisy on SC juges
Let the American people choose era wait no let the Senate chose.
In a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll, released Thursday, only 32 percent of Americans backed expanding the number of justices in the U.S. Supreme Court. Thirty-nine percent of voters surveyed opposed the idea, while 29 percent said they weren't sure if the bench should be expanded. Democrats were more in favor of the move, with 48 percent in support. Only 20 percent of Republicans surveyed agreed with the proposal.
The process to amend the Constitution has been made deliberately cumbersome to avoid frivolous amendments. Here is the process in summary:
"Article V of the Constitution prescribes how an amendment can become a part of the Constitution. While there are two ways, only one has ever been used. All 27 Amendments have been ratified after two-thirds of the House and Senate approve of the proposal and send it to the states for a vote. Then, three-fourths of the states must affirm the proposed Amendment.
The other method of passing an amendment requires a Constitutional Convention to be called by two-thirds of the legislatures of the States. That Convention can propose as many amendments as it deems necessary. Those amendments must be approved by three-fourths of the states."
Neither the Collins proposal nor the one Democrats want in terms of restricting the term of Supreme Court justices to 18 years is likely to pass.
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