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Since when does either side care about the "right thing" to do lol. It's all about grabbing power when the opportunity presents itself. Pack the fucking court.
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I actually think a lot of people do…and polling suggests with not packing courts, I’m in the majority
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Packing the court is the worst idea for government reform I've ever seen proposed. |
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Further politicizing the SP is the wrong move. Court packing in the past has been a failure
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Previous changes weren't normally done for political or policy reasons, this proposal specifically would be for political reasons. If you expand the court for an administrative reason (need to to handle a larger workload) that is one thing, if you expand the court in order to get your policies enacted that is a different animal entirely. These current proposals are for the later and would destroy the court.
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When we used to play nice and fair - everything was fine. Now we don't. Your side has no respect for the institution anymore and then you ask us to play nice? You reap what you sow.
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We're already looking at a kangaroo court whether you agree or disagree - packing it would only make it official.
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Let’s change laws because we are authoritarian fascists
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Now it's 6-3 - unless you are saying there is twice as many conservatives in this country as liberals there is 0% chance any liberal policy that isn't established by precedent (and even that is not a sure thing anymore) will be entertained.
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Liberals controlled the Court from the 50s thru 70s - didn't see Conservatives demanding the destruction of the court. |
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Remind me again what important decisions were handed down during that time that showed a clear and obvious contempt for established law and/or precedent?
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We've had 9 justices since 1869. Let's not act like it's always been in fluctuation.
If you're just going to pack the court then just get rid of it. Get rid of congress too. Then just keep importing voters and democrats can have their king forever.
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