If Senate Republicans steal another Supreme Court seat, Democrats absolutely must expand the court

[Poiuyt]

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Whether McConnell can line up all the votes he needs to confirm Trump's nominee remains to be seen. But the bottom line is, there's simply no way a Supreme Court packed with conservative ideologues can coexist with an overwhelmingly diverse and increasingly liberal American public. It simply cannot stand.

If Republicans refuse to follow their own precedent about not filling a Supreme Court seat in a presidential election year, as they appear poised to do, Democrats will have no choice but to expand the court as soon as they are granted the power to do so by the American people.

That could be as soon as November with the potential elevation of former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris to the White House and Democrats reclaiming the Senate majority. As I wrote following the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the high court: "Our elected leaders are the recourse. They have to and can serve as a check on a Supreme Court that’s severed from prevailing public opinion in the same way President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s court-packing threat to a right-leaning Supreme Court did in 1937. Electoral redress isn’t a sure bet, but it’s a fair prospect when the vast majority of Americans agree on the issues, see the threat that is posed to the foundations of our democracy, and engage in the hard work of generational change.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/9/18/1978632/-If-Republicans-fill-Ginsburg-s-seat-a-President-Biden-would-have-no-choice-but-to-expand-the-court

I think it's important that this discussion be brought into the light. Republicans need to know that Democrats can and will fight back against McConnell and his fascism.

[MFM008]

1. Biden will do what he can

even if its difficult he will try.

[montanacowboy]

2. If we don't fight back on this

what credence can be given to us after this? Biden must appoint more justices, we have to neutralize the republican party once and for all. Eleven justices. A real tribute to RBG. Her dying wish was her seat not be filled until after the election. It's the least we can do for her and for the country.

[Thekaspervote]

3. Yes they should!

[Tumbulu]

4. They need to impeach Kavanaugh and whoever gets appointed

Period. They don’t need to expand, they need to get rid of these two. At least.

[JT45242]

5. Amen... should not be hard

What little we know if the minimal background check they did on kavanaugh is this...
1. He mysteriously payed off more than a years salary (over $250,000 in debt with no explanation of an economic windfall that could legally explain it.
2a. It was a bribe -- charge, impeach, and remove him
Or
2b. It is felony tax fraud -- charge, impeach, and remove him

That is even without all the Deutsch bank shenanigans involving Scalia.

[Tumbulu]

6. Thank you! Great list! It is the 2/3 majority part that might be hard......

There sure are plenty of reasons to impeach him, that is for sure!

[myccrider]

7. I worry about the precedent.

Part of me is all in for expanding the court, but won’t that just give the Repubs cover to do the same the next time they have a majority?

Didn’t Mayor Pete have a complex, but fair and stable, proposal for expanding and maintaining balance in the courts? I skimmed his idea back during the primaries but don’t remember the details. I think we need to do something similar if we get control of Congress and the Presidency whether or not McConnell pushes through another rwnj justice.

We need to stop the rampant politicization of our courts!