• Sybil
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    -159 months ago

    he could have started nominating to expand the court

    • Flying Squid
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      149 months ago

      The president is not a dictator. It doesn’t work like that.

      Also, do you really think presidents should just be able to change the size of SCOTUS whenever they want to? What if Trump gets in and decides to shrink it to only the conservatives?

      • Sybil
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        -89 months ago

        he can nominate 100 people today and make the Senate turn down every one

        • Flying Squid
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          109 months ago

          Which they would. So what would that accomplish?

          • Sybil
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            -69 months ago

            you don’t know that

            • Flying Squid
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              69 months ago

              I know enough about our legislature to know that they would not approve 100 SCOTUS justices. I’m not sure why you think they would allow any president to do that unless they were a rubber stamp legislature, which they are not.

              • Sybil
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                -49 months ago

                they don’t need to approve 100 but letting 6 or 7 through is possible

                • Flying Squid
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                  69 months ago

                  Why would the Senate even let one extra justice through?

                  You would need 51% of them to do that. Which would necessarily either include Manchin and Sinema or two Republicans. If you honestly believe either of those scenarios would result in even increasing the size of SCOTUS to 10 justices, you really don’t understand the U.S. government.

                  • Sybil
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                    -49 months ago

                    of 100 candidates having to go through all the consent hearings, I think they would come to an agreement about a few