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We need to flip the house and pass the senate’s bill to expand the court. Screw these extremists.
13 federal circuits.
There should be 13 Supreme Court justices.
Each justice could be responsible as “executive” of their circuit.
12 associate justices for the 1st through 12th circuit.
The chief justice is assigned the Federal Appeals Circuit.
It makes way too much sense.
Your statement is the extremist view.
NO U
You can’t change the number of justices on the Supreme Court.
Except that you can.
And they did. Eight times.
1789 - six justices
1801 - reduced to five justices
1802 - restored to six justices
1807 - seven justices
1836 - nine justices
1863 - ten justices
1866 - nine justices
1867 - eight justices
1869 - nine justices
The fuck are you talking about?
It's kind of weird to think using the legislative process as the founders did is extreme.
And in four years just expand the court. And in four years just expand the court. What is your end game
I reiterate: It's kind of weird to think using the legislative process as the founders did is extreme. Why do I say that? Because the founders organized the Supreme Court via legislation.
If in four years a Republican-controlled House, Senate, and Executive branch want to expand the court via legislation, then that's their prerogative. And if four years after that, a Democrat-controlled House, Senate, and Executive branch want to do it again, that's fine.
There's nothing magical or mystical about nine members. Other developed countries have much larger Supreme Courts, which dilutes the ability of any one administration to shape it.
Until we come up with a way to uncorrupt the courts, sure. Currently, the SCOTUS is illegitimate.
Edgy take.
It's really not, compared to destroying the existing system.
Your trolling sucks, bro.
TIL expansion is destruction.
Indeed.
Just using the legislative process to do what has been done before.
“Your desire to push out the thugs grinding our government’s ability to grow and change to a halt is an extremest view” sure is a weirdo take, isn’t it?