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If you want to know why we *have* to fix the unethical damage that the GOP has caused the Supreme Court - by undermining the Constitution in a way the Founders never imagined (that being, using confirmation process to block one party from placing nominees) go back to 2016.../1
...yes, dont forget, the same GOP that now says they must rush a SCOTUS nominee because reasons said, four years ago, that they would SHRINK the court to block a democrat from naming a Justice. And these assholes want to whine about possible packings?.../2 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/clinton-wins-gop-say-no-9-supreme-court
...they were going to UNPACK - leave a court with 50-50 - just to keep a seat open. And make no mistake, we would have shrunk to a 6 member court by now (assuming Kennedy didn't leave.) And the GOP think tanks argued SCOTUS should DIE rather than let.../3 https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/the-senate-should-refuse-confirm-all-of-hillary-clintons-judicial-nominees
...a dem nominate a justice. Yes, it was that bad. @ChuckGrassley declared it was horrible for LOWER courts to have dem nominees, & THOSE courts should shrink.
So something has to be done to fix this because ONE party is without integrity or ethics.../4 https://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/nov/01/republican-senators-oppose-clinton-supreme-court-nominee
So something has to be done to fix this because ONE party is without integrity or ethics.../4 https://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/nov/01/republican-senators-oppose-clinton-supreme-court-nominee
...so when they rant and rave about possible solutions that could depoliticize the court, such as expanding it to 27 justices that operate like lower appears courts with rotating justices hearing different cases, tell them to go fuck themselves. They will willing to kill...
....SCOTUS if they couldn't control it. How could anyone NOT expect that they would say "oh this time is different" if Trump had a chance to nominate someone new now if they were willing to destroy it? They are liars, they are without principle, and SCOTUS has to be fixed...
...with that firmly in mind. As usual, the democrats have to be the adults in the room, not by shifting partisan garbage to their advantage, but by depoliticizing the court completely. So as I said: 27 justices. 13 selected by GOP, 13 by Dems, 1 mutually agreed. Standards....
...are established: Nominees have to have 5 years on an appeals court and participated in ZERO partisan events. Current ones on court stay. If GOP offers a list that fits that requirement, a dem president nominates them. If they have at least a B rating from ABA, they have a....
...straight up vote after an FBI background check. If they do NOT get at least a B, they are subjected to an entire hearing to find out why. Since 9 will hear each case - rotating out of a banc of 27 - no single nominee will make a difference. Any reversal of precedent goes...
...automatically to the full 27 justices for final confirmation. That way, we dont have one or two people deciding what happens to this country, and the GOP can go fuck itself for having created this situation. Finally, for future nominees, a law is adopted in which the....
...president can sue the senate for refusing to follow through on its constitutional duty to confirm or reject. This still has a couple of loopholes that the GOP will try to skate through, but the damage their anticonstitutional, anti-American behavior will have is minimized....
...bottom line: Seriously, conservatives pulling your hair out over possible packing: Go fuck yourselves. You were literally willing to kill or cripple the Court for partisan advantage. Now the adults have to take over and save this country from your unprincipled behavior.
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