Law Elizabeth Warren wants trump to add more Supreme Court seats

[cincymma79]

In Op-Ed, Senator Warren Calls for Supreme Court Expansion to Protect Democracy and Restore Independent Judiciary | U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts

The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts

www.warren.senate.gov

United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) published an op-ed today in the Boston Globe calling for the Supreme Court to be expanded by four or more seats to protect America’s democracy and restore faith in an independent judiciary committed to the rule of law.

Senator Warren also announced that she will cosponsor the Judiciary Act of 2021, which would add four seats to the Supreme Court to restore balance, integrity, and independence to the extremist Court

I agree with her. Trump should add and appoint more members to keep us safe

 

[Hog-train]

Translation: we have a minority position in the Supreme Court so let's add more seats.

 

[Witchhunt]

One for every tribe.

 

[Source]

Translation: we have a minority position in the Supreme Court so let's add more seats.

The article is from 2021.

 

[cincymma79]

The article is from 2021.

Is she wrong now or was she wrong then

 

[Rational Poster]

Talk about a self own

 

[Sweater of AV]

No adding seats at any time.

That being said, the thread title should be:

"When things are going so poorly that I'm living in Biden's 2021."

 

[Source]

Is she wrong now or was she wrong then

I don’t agree with packing the court then or now. Can you say the same thing? How do you feel about term limits for justices?

 

[cincymma79]

I don’t agree with packing the court then or now. Can you say the same thing? How do you feel about term limits for justices?

20 years is what I’d do with a magic wand

 

[Hog-train]

The article is from 2021.

Trump had already added 3 Conservative Justices by 2020 giving the court a conservative bent.

 

[Richmma80]

We'll have a conservative supreme court in our lifetime

 

[ricc505]

I don’t agree with packing the court then or now. Can you say the same thing? How do you feel about term limits for justices?

Yes. I agree fully that packing the court by any side is always wrong.

 

[Crazy Source]

A 6-3 conservative majority doesn't reflect America, but we are stuck with it. I think the DEMs should be just as aggressive as the other side when it comes to the courts. If that means packing the SCOTUS when they are able I am all for it. It's not like they play by the rules. Looking at you McConnell.

 

[LangfordBarrow]

Is she wrong now or was she wrong then

Your thread title is misleading.

 

[LangfordBarrow]

Trump had already added 3 Conservative Justices by 2020 giving the court a conservative bent.

If you recall one seat should have been an Obama pick.

 

[Hog-train]

If you recall one seat should have been an Obama pick.

Yes the Democrats really dropped the ball on that one and allowed the Republicans to stall.

 

[Crazy Source]

Yes the Democrats really dropped the ball on that one and allowed the Republicans to stall.

That would have been extremely difficult and most likely would have failed.

"To bypass the Judiciary Committee, Democrats would have needed to take a procedural step to discharge the nomination to the full Senate. However, this required the Senate to be in executive session, which Republicans could easily block"

 

[BFoe]

Not in favor of this at all. There are other and better SCOTUS reforms that need to be made, adding justices isn’t the best way to address it.

 

[Crazy Source]

Not in favor of this at all. There are other and better SCOTUS reforms that need to be made, adding justices isn’t the best way to address it.

Two that come to mind are keeping them from being able to be bribed and making them recuse themselves when there is a conflict. However, as I've said, a 6-3 conservative majority does not reflect the will of the people. Without addressing that, many of us are stuck with this for our lifetimes.

 

[BFoe]

Two that come to mind are keeping them from being able to be bribed and making them recuse themselves when there is a conflict. However, as I've said, a 6-3 conservative majority does not reflect the will of the people. Without addressing that, many of us are stuck with this for our lifetimes.

Yeah, I think Congess needs to pass a Code of Ethics for SCOTUS so that we have something clearly enforceable. I also like the idea of making all federal justices default SCOTUS justices, with a random combination of 9 to be drawn for either each case, or maybe each term.