How to take back the Supreme Court

[rateyes]

1. Elect a Democratic President
2. Elect a Democratic Majority in Congress--especially the Senate
3. Have the new President appoint at least two more members to the Supreme Court. The Constitution allows this.

It's time.

[HereSince1628]

1. 4. Add more judges to the court. 5. Have them appointed by a leftist president

[rateyes]

2. Yeah. That's what I meant. nt

[Vincardog]

3. Do one and two. Then offer all the Bushalini appointees the option.

1 step down for health reasons
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Have the new President appoint at least two more members to the Supreme Court including the new Chief Justice Cheach Martin.

[jkshaw]

4. This sounds great, if possible

President Roosevelt tried to pack the court in the thirties and it didn't work. Of course, he tried to add NINE new justices, bringing the number up to eighteen. He'd had it with the Supreme Court stonewalling him at every turn. But I thought we were stuck with nine, period.

Anyone who knows chapter and verse about adding two more? Could a Democratic Congress pass legislation that allows for an extra two justices?

[LiberalFighter]

6. We have NOT had 9 justices since 1788

[jkshaw]

10. Is this a joke?

Have you counted our present justices lately?

[LiberalFighter]

12. The SC has not consisted of 9 justices during all of its time.

[JAYJDF]

5. This is just unbelievable. SCOTUS overturning a previous ruling

This could go on forever! Dems in charge change back. Repuks in charge change back.

[Frogger]

7. Unbelievable?

Why? It happens all the time. Not saying it's good, or that the case was decided right. Just that it happens.

[Nederland]

8. Not going to happen

There is a reason that political parties don't do this even though the Constitution allows it. Just think about it, if it were that easy the Bush Administration would have done it years ago, perhaps in the wake of 9/11 when Bush's popularity was sky high.

[Bitwit1234]

9. I can't understand these rulings

The supreme court is supposed to be the highest court in the land. Now when a case it taken to the supreme court and a ruling is made, I don't understand how 10 years down the road the same subject in a case comes up and the new court makes an entirely new ruling. I thought once a ruling was made it was made.

[MonkeyFunk]

11. Not gonna happen

nor should it.

We have the supreme court we deserve. Packing it would fail, and it would backfire horribly.

Elections have consequences - one of them is the supreme court. People who believed there was no difference between the two parties have exactly the court they deserve.

[leftofthedial]

13. or, 3. find the five Dec 12 2000 bush v gore justices

guilty of the treason they committed

4. execute them

5. appoint actual jurists to replace them