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FBaggins

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16. Don't be silly

Reply to ancianita (Reply #15)

Wed Mar 24, 2021, 04:06 PM

Mar 2021

If this is the largest justification for court reform... there isn't much justification.

This is easy enough to deal with.

The bulk of the recent "shadow docket" concerns were over the volume of requests from the prior administration (whether for a quick review of some lower court telling Trump that he couldn't do something or to expedite death penalty cases).

So all Biden has to do is not make such requests.

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Just read a Reuters article that has me incredibly upset: Supreme Court Shadow Docket [View all] BComplex Mar 2021 OP

God! There is so much underhanded crap going on. brush Mar 2021 #1

This scares the snot out of me. It's so far out in left field. Rachel Maddow needs to look BComplex Mar 2021 #2

Wow , thanks for sharing RANDYWILDMAN Mar 2021 #3

True that! It is very dark stuff, and it has far reaching implications. BComplex Mar 2021 #4

Beyond frightening! FM123 Mar 2021 #5

Thanks, FM123! I forgot to post the link! Just added it to OP. BComplex Mar 2021 #6

Congress can fix this... farmbo Mar 2021 #7

This is all new to me and frightening. SharonClark Mar 2021 #8

It took me a good hour after I read it to wrap my mind around it. This is nasty stuff. BComplex Mar 2021 #10

Time to uncorrupt this Supremely Corrupted Reich Of The U.S. Time for 15 Justices. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2021 #9

time to pack the Court. nt barbtries Mar 2021 #11

Looks like it's past time, doesn't it? BComplex Mar 2021 #12

you're right. barbtries Mar 2021 #14

Here's more about it from the American Bar Association Journal. ancianita Mar 2021 #13

Thanks for this info. That's really scary, ancianity. This has been going on even worse than BComplex Mar 2021 #19

Which creates a number of reasons why it can't just "not be used" by Biden. This requires ancianita Mar 2021 #21

SCOTUS has just handed Democrats' their biggest BFD justification for court reform. ancianita Mar 2021 #15

Don't be silly FBaggins Mar 2021 #16

Okay, I won't. But if it's been used for decades, it's a problem of process. ancianita Mar 2021 #18

It's not just Biden that gets to make requests, Frodo. It's atty. generals, governors, etc., BComplex Mar 2021 #20

So? FBaggins Mar 2021 #23

The House Judiciary subcommittee had a hearing on this in Feb. CaptainTruth Mar 2021 #17

Kicking blm Mar 2021 #22

K & R bookmarked FakeNoose Mar 2021 #24