u/TrevorBOB9

Sanity-check me, are Democrats serious about packing the SCOTUS?

Dem politicians like Ruben Gallego, Ro Khanna, and Rashida Tlaib have called for expanding the court, impeaching justices, imposing unconstitutional term limits, etc. This is a recurring theme whenever there's a decision the left doesn't like (Roe, Callais, the Virginia State court rejecting the gerrymander on procedural issues, etc.).

But goodness knows Republican politicians run their mouths a lot more when they're not in control of Congress, too. So, to my progressive brothers and sisters, are they serious about this? And separate from that, how do you feel about it?

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u/TrevorBOB9 — 11 hours ago

A Private Call Reveals Democrats’ Desperation Over Tossing of Map

>The most dramatic idea they discussed — which would involve an unusual gambit to replace the entire state Supreme Court, with a goal of reinstating their gerrymandered map — drew mixed reactions on the call, said the people, and it was not clear that it would even be viable, or palatable to Gov. Abigail Spanberger and Democrats in the Virginia General Assembly.

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u/TrevorBOB9 — 3 days ago

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." - C. S. Lewis

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u/TrevorBOB9 — 9 days ago

>“We do expect whatever operation you run to have it run fairly, and that means you hire Hoosiers and you at least hire U.S. citizens, and you do not try to exploit cheap labor from people who shouldn’t be here in the first place.”

-Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita

u/TrevorBOB9 — 13 days ago

Yesterday we had commenters saying stuff like this doesn’t happen, that democrats are “split” about it, and also that it’s only an “extremist” position. It’s clearly true, so hopefully we can get more Democrats on the right side of the split and de-radicalize institutions like the Vermont Principals’ Association that do this.

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u/TrevorBOB9 — 14 days ago