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[–] [email protected] 191 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Knowing the Democrats, they would probably get the expansion then fail to confirm any judges, allowing Trump to fill every seat.

[–] [email protected] 68 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Or get them confirmed, then trump comes in and add 100 justices.

And if elections still exist, the next democrat adds 200 justices.

Eventually, supreme court becomes larger than congress.

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[–] Fedizen 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

this would be the proper way to break norms. Do things where congress would have to spend every day appointing new justices unless they agree to reform a stupid constitutional provision

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Fuck it, make it 335 million.

Every decision goes to a referendum.

[–] MrVilliam 11 points 2 days ago

But that would take power from the wealthy few and distribute it to the people, and that's evil leftist communist Marxist fascist socialist atheist woke double plus ungood poopy mind virus trans CRT, uhh, Venezuelan conspiracy and the Clintons and Obama will enforce gay agenda to kidnap your kids, uhh, agenda. Thinking is hard, so strong daddy trump will do my thinking for me.

/s in case it wasn't obvious enough.

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie 68 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Sure, why not? I feel incredibly under represented knowing 9 unelected people get to decide for hundreds of millions.

[–] Draces 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Right? And more justices means more frequent turnover which means less wild swings when the ancients die. More people that need to be bribed to compromise too

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie 10 points 2 days ago

It's always appalling to me what people will sell the American people out for. Like look at Clarence Thomas. This guy could quit the court, work in the private sector and make bank on his name alone. Instead he sells out millions of people for an RV and some fancy vacations. Da fuck is wrong with people?

[–] RagingRobot 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

We can all be on the supreme Court!

[–] errer 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

End-around the electoral college: if we’re ALL on the Supreme Court, then a simple majority can select presidents

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

See you there

Sincerely, your fellow supreme court member, Justice [ERROR: Name Corrupted - SupremeCourt.exe has crashed due to excessive size]

[–] UsernameHere 5 points 2 days ago (5 children)

They way apathy is being sowed for democrats there is no chance we will have anyone but GOP in power.

[–] BigBenis 11 points 2 days ago (4 children)

The seeds of apathy were sowed a decade ago when they stopped fighting for what their voters actually wanted and instead ran solely on being the better alternative to an authoritarian dick bag for simply being establishment politicians. Those seeds have taken root and sprouted now that voters have seen the Dems' are incapable of getting over their own hubris.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago (32 children)

Apathy doesn't get sown, enthusiasm does. Apathy is the default and it's the job of a politician to inspire.

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[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie 4 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Dems should really do something about that. This is hindsight but seems to me like they should have tried a bit harder to win the only election that will matter moving forward.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I weep for the timeline where Bernie won the 2020 primary.

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie 6 points 2 days ago

It's OK bb. I want to live in your fantasy, too.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Nah the dems would fill every seat. They'd still give republicans a majority to reach over the aisle

[–] njm1314 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Didn't the Democrats just confirm a bunch of judges recently?

[–] pjwestin 1 points 1 day ago

Yes, but they cut a deal with the Republicans, who were stalling them with procedural maneuvers that were forcing them to stay late at night, and of course, it's a bad deal. They got seven district court judges approved in exchange for abandoning the appointment of 4 appeals court judges. Appeals court judges are much more powerful, so this wasn't a great move, but now they don't have to stay up past their bedtimes, and they might even get to go on Christmas vacation early.

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