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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 07:19 PM
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Obama could add more seats to the USSC --
the Constitution does not specify how many justices the court may have.

Too bad the lame fuckwits we have for "leaders", and I mean all of them, would never attempt to do this. Unless Exxon had a really, really good staff attorney who wanted a lifetime gig.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 07:20 PM
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1. Roosevelt tried that. It didn't work.
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ChairmanAgnostic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 07:20 PM
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2. I'd pay a quarter to see that!
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Codeine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 07:24 PM
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3. It takes legislation to do that.
He can't just change it by fiat. FDR tried to create more seats in 1937 with his "court packing plan."

He did not succeed.
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