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iluvtennis

(20,433 posts) Fri Jul 26, 2024, 02:30 AM Jul 26

'We Must Expand the Court:' Sen. Markey, Advocates Call for Adding 4 SCOTUS Seats

Massachusetts Sen. Edward Markey is renewing his push to expand the U.S. Supreme Court by adding four seats, less than a day after President Biden announced his support for reforming the high court.

Speaking in front of the Court building Thursday, the Democratic senator urged Congress to pass the Judiciary Act, a proposal that would create a 13-justice bench. He was joined by Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) and advocates for court reform.

“The illegitimate and ethically challenged far-right majority has fully captured our highest court and plunged it into a crisis of confidence and legitimacy. We must expand the court,” Markey said at the press conference.
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So hope this happens.

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'We Must Expand the Court:' Sen. Markey, Advocates Call for Adding 4 SCOTUS Seats (Original Post) iluvtennis Jul 26 OP

YES!!! It just makes sense to go up to 13 as we have 13 districts. FlyingPiggy Jul 26 #1

Excellent point! Gaytano70 Jul 26 #12

Fingers crossed! Dave Bowman Jul 26 #2

That's the least we should do Hermit-The-Prog Jul 26 #3

Yes but only if we know that we'll have a Dem President kerry-is-my-prez Jul 26 #4

So Joe starts rolling it out on November 7th. ms liberty Jul 26 #10

There's so much going on. - it's like the yorkster Jul 26 #5

Add at least 6 adding 4 is weak Roosevelt wanted to ad 6 standingtall Jul 26 #6

There is no way we could ever get 4 justices passed LostOne4Ever Jul 26 #7

There should be as many justices as federal circuits nuxvomica Jul 26 #8

This is unconstitutional! ... Well, no, it's not, but ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 26 #9

They don't need to block it in the courts until a republican president shows up FBaggins Jul 26 #11

Video Here: Rubyshoo Jul 26 #13

FlyingPiggy

(3,659 posts)

1. YES!!! It just makes sense to go up to 13 as we have 13 districts.

Reply to iluvtennis (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2024, 02:35 AM

Jul 26

Gaytano70

(703 posts)

12. Excellent point!

Reply to FlyingPiggy (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 26, 2024, 05:21 AM

Jul 26

Dave Bowman

(2,985 posts)

2. Fingers crossed!

Reply to iluvtennis (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2024, 02:45 AM

Jul 26

Hermit-The-Prog

(36,123 posts)

3. That's the least we should do

Reply to iluvtennis (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2024, 02:47 AM

Jul 26

I'd be ok with every President nominating 2 per term until the number stabilizes at whatever.

kerry-is-my-prez

(8,652 posts)

4. Yes but only if we know that we'll have a Dem President

Reply to iluvtennis (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2024, 02:57 AM

Jul 26

It would be a nightmare if it happens when there is a Republican in office. All we need is 4 more young Clarence Thomas’s on the court.

ms liberty

(9,463 posts)

10. So Joe starts rolling it out on November 7th.

Reply to kerry-is-my-prez (Reply #4)

Fri Jul 26, 2024, 05:07 AM

Jul 26

yorkster

(2,125 posts)

5. There's so much going on. - it's like the

Reply to iluvtennis (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2024, 03:13 AM

Jul 26

"New" New Deal or the Brand New Deal.

Heady times hopefully leading to better times.

standingtall

(2,857 posts)

6. Add at least 6 adding 4 is weak Roosevelt wanted to ad 6

Reply to iluvtennis (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2024, 03:53 AM

Jul 26

Adding 4 instead of 6. Has going from 6-3 in favor terrible decisions. To just 7-6 in correct decisions. Maybe! We need a bigger cushion
then that.

LostOne4Ever

(9,544 posts)

7. There is no way we could ever get 4 justices passed

Reply to iluvtennis (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2024, 03:56 AM

Jul 26

We would be accused of trying to pack the courts and the Republicans would return the favor in kind the next time they get the presidency and senate.

However we could possibly justify adding 2 judges to make up for the imbalance caused by McConnal stealing Obama’s pick in 2016 (claiming it was too close to the election) and then rushing to replace Ginsburg when she died even closer to the election date.

We could even say we are returning the court to where it should have been when Biden took office and since there would be a 1 seat Republican majority they couldn’t accuse us of packing the courts.

All we would have to do then is wait for a single RW judge to leave the bench to get a liberal majority. Given that the two oldest justices are Republican we wouldn’t have to wait long.

That said, this is all contingent on us getting both the Presidency and the Senate (with a filibuster proof majority) which is a pretty tall order to start with.

nuxvomica

(12,726 posts)

8. There should be as many justices as federal circuits

Reply to iluvtennis (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2024, 04:40 AM

Jul 26

There are thirteen circuits now. During Roosevelt's term, there were only ten so his "court-packing" was harder to justify. Thirteen just makes sense now so that some justices won't have to administer multiple circuits.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,651 posts)

9. This is unconstitutional! ... Well, no, it's not, but ...

Reply to iluvtennis (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2024, 04:48 AM

Jul 26

... the implementation of an expanded court will be challenged in court, then appealed up to the Extreme Court, who will slow-walk any decisions until after the next inauguration. So, if we have a Repug president, or a Repug senate, no liberal judges will get a seat.

It's worth trying though, because if we get Prez Trump and a Repug senate, they will certainly expand the court and add some more Clarence Thomases.

FBaggins

(27,362 posts)

11. They don't need to block it in the courts until a republican president shows up

Reply to JustABozoOnThisBus (Reply #9)

Fri Jul 26, 2024, 05:08 AM

Jul 26

It can't pass the current House or Senate

This plan can only work if Harris wins and brings significant majorities in both chambers (which is unlikely in the Senate). All it serves as this point is as a rallying cry for the election - and a possible embarrassment if we lose.

Rubyshoo

(1,959 posts)

13. Video Here:

Reply to iluvtennis (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2024, 05:28 AM

Jul 26

Link to tweet

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