Court Packing? It's Already Happening at the State Level

[Qutzupalotl]

Court Packing? It’s Already Happening at the State Level

In recent years, Republican-led legislatures have been adding state supreme court seats and working to change nominating rules, aiming to bolster conservative majorities.
BY BILLY CORRIHER | SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

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But norms have eroded even further at the state level. In Florida, Iowa and other states, Republican legislatures have changed the rules for judicial nominating commissions to give governors more control. High-court justices have been threatened with impeachment for issuing rulings that legislatures didn't like.

Some Republican legislatures also have added seats to their states' supreme courts to create new conservative majorities that are still in power today. In 2016, for example, Republicans in Georgia added two seats to the state Supreme Court to create a new conservative majority, giving GOP Gov. Nathan Deal two appointments.

Republicans in Arizona did the same thing that year, adding two high-court seats to allow GOP Gov. Doug Ducey's appointments to create a new conservative majority. Ducey then manipulated the Arizona Constitution's rules for appointing the state's judicial nominating commission in an effort to push the court further to the right.

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https://www.governing.com/now/Court-Packing-Its-Already-Happening-at-the-State-Level.html?AMP&__twitter_impression=true

[Greybnk48]

1. To quote Takai, we need to UNPACK these radical kangaroo courts

chock full of people who are, and were deemed, unfit to sit on a court.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

2. K&R