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Fiendish Thingy

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14. Expand the court to 21 seats

Reply to Marius25 (Original post)

Wed Apr 26, 2023, 12:29 AM

Apr 2023

And make any individual Justice next to irrelevant.

Probably can’t get it done until 2029, when President Whitmer will sign the legislation expanding the court and appointing 12 new progressive justices in her first 100 days.

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What to do about a corrupt, authoritarian Supreme Court? [View all] Marius25 Apr 2023 OP

Pack the court before we chance losing the Senate Stinky The Clown Apr 2023 #1

You need the House to pack the court. Marius25 Apr 2023 #4

Ahhh yes... packing the court. WarGamer Apr 2023 #9

It would require more than that. onenote Apr 2023 #8

The court has already been packed. That's the problem. Mister Ed Apr 2023 #16

I wonder how they like their appropriations? C_U_L8R Apr 2023 #2

And how would that work? onenote Apr 2023 #6

Thanks for the detail. Helpful. C_U_L8R Apr 2023 #10

The GOP wants to keep creating constitutional crises. Irish_Dem Apr 2023 #3

"What to do about a corrupt, authoritarian Supreme Court?" J_William_Ryan Apr 2023 #5

So you're in favor of Congress having greater power over SCOTUS? WarGamer Apr 2023 #7

There is only one thing we can do LostOne4Ever Apr 2023 #11

GREAT plan. multigraincracker Apr 2023 #15

Expand it. orthoclad Apr 2023 #12

28 USC 1 Mike Niendorff Apr 2023 #13

Expand the court to 21 seats Fiendish Thingy Apr 2023 #14

Pass laws zipplewrath Apr 2023 #17

actually they cant, one part of the gov cant change how another part does its job thatdemguy Apr 2023 #19

Hindsight is 20/20, but a good thing to have done would be for the Left elocs Apr 2023 #18