Calls for Expanding Supreme Court Take on New Urgency After Texas Abortion Ban

[BeckyDem]

By
Sharon Zhang,
Truthout

Published
September 1, 2021

After a law restricting nearly all abortions went into effect in Texas on Wednesday, progressives began reigniting a call to expand the Supreme Court, saying “millions of lives are at stake.”

The law is the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S., to the point where experts have said that it essentially overturns Roe v. Wade in the state. The law went into effect after the Supreme Court didn’t act in rejecting it, as they were expected to do.

Progressives and Democrats have decried the tacit upholding of the law, ripping into the conservative-dominated Supreme Court for its inaction

Lawmakers like Sen. Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts) and Representatives Jamaal Bowman (D-New York) and Mondaire Jones (D-New York) said that the Supreme Court must be expanded in order to fight against and overturn actions by the right-wing justices to undermine abortion and voting rights.

“By refusing to take action before the clock struck midnight, the far-right Supreme Court effectively overturned Roe v. Wade. This isn’t hypothetical — our fundamental rights are being snatched away from under us. We must #ExpandTheCourt,” wrote Jones.

https://truthout.org/articles/calls-for-expanding-supreme-court-take-on-new-urgency-after-texas-abortion-ban/


( Whatever the remedy, it is overwhelming to think about how much needs to be repaired. )

[CrispyQ]

1. We can't even get election laws passed. How are we going to do this?

Our side dropped the ball 40+ years ago & we've been playing catch-up since.

[JohnSJ]

2. Honestly how will that happen unless we get rid of the filibuster? I fail to understand what some

keep pushing the same refrain on various designs, when the bottom line is remove the filibuster

If the filibuster was removed you could make Roe a law

Unless Manchin, Sinema, and perhaps a few others can be convinced to end the filibuster, we are essentially at a standstill

[dalton99a]

3. "The stench is not that bad"

[BeckyDem]

6. Ain't that the truth.

+1

[Pacifist Patriot]

4. Among other actions, I'm in favor of the # of SC Justices equaling the number of Circuits.

In other words, four more. Sooner rather than later!

[BeckyDem]

5. Me too!