"A Packed Supreme Court" if Joe Biden is Re-Elected???

[no_hypocrisy]

Chris Christie on Morning Joe just now.

I wanna know how.

Even if Clarence Thomas retires (or dies) before Jan. 2030, that's it. We're still stuck with a 5-4 split and not in our favor. Alito's good for the next presidential term. So's Roberts. Trump selected Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, Comey-Barrett to sit for decades.

A packed U.S. Supreme Court? In my dreams . . . . .

[RandySF]

1. My personal wet dream.

[634-5789]

2. Let's not forget Alito.

Or, some 'accidental' situation. Hope springs eternal for a return to an actual liberal SCOTUS.

[maxrandb]

3. Don't threaten me with a good time Crispy Cream

[SalamanderSleeps]

4. The red state mafia are going to have a conniption no matter what we do.

So, fuck them.

It's time to repair the court and be done with it.

They are going to threaten "Second Amendment Remedies" anyway.

I don't see where expanding the court has any kind of downside.

We have had 9 Justice's since 1869 when our population was only about 40 million people.

It's time to give the court the additional resources, and integrity, that it will need to handle the challenging times ahead.

[paleotn]

9. Exactly. They're perpetually pissed and hysterical anyway.

We need to stop worrying about their reaction and do what needs to be done.

[wnylib]

29. Only possible if we get a strong majority in Congress.

[paleotn]

33. Not beyond the realm of possibilities this go around.

[wnylib]

36. I sure hope so. But we need more than hope.

We need to work to make it happen.

[Lonestarblue]

14. The entire federal court system needs to be overhauled.

Start with term limits, probably legal if termed-out judges are rotated to lesser courts or assigned as senior judges who fill in when others must recuse themselves. They still have lifetime appointments, just not as active judges. I think many would choose to leave instead of sitting around with few cases, which would be good.

Then evaluate the work loads for all circuits and the total population covered by each circuit. I think we’d find that population growth has shifted to the South, with those circuits now covering more people. Then re-group the states within each circuit for a better population balance. We would also have a better ideological balance if circuits were made up of states from north to south rather than all south or all north. Next, add four new justices to the Supreme Court to have the Court with one justice for each of the circuits.

And last, but certainly not least, establish ethics rules with clear punishments for violations, including declaring any free trips or other largesse from donors deemed as acceptable as income on which justices must pay taxes.

Our courts are currently a mess, including the SC. But f course we can do nothing without a good majority in Congress and a willing president. Let’s hope 2024 gives us that.

[Karma13612]

23. I agree!

A major issue I have with our current system of justice is the ridiculously long time it takes to get cases thru the system.

Fair and speedy trial? What a joke! Justice should not take years and years. For either the defendant or the plaintiff/state.

“We the people” should not have to wait years and years to see justice when people break the law. Especially when it means deciding if a defendant is contemplating/running for office.

We have just learned to “accept” the “normal” round of appeals that extend court cases to obscenely long time frames. Cases against drug companies or tobacco companies or other nefarious entities that see plaintiffs die or go bankrupt while waiting for justice. It’s baked in to our justice system.

And it’s wrong.

[2naSalit]

17. Yup.

[AllyCat]

18. Yes! This!

[Emile]

5. That's a message to the Republican voter to gotv.

[cstanleytech]

6. There is no realistic way we can replicate a biased majority SCOTUS like the Republicans have done.

[paleotn]

7. As the federal court system has expanded to accommodate a larger populace....

so should the Supremes. It only make sense. And while we're at it, increase the size of the House. Our population has more than tripled since 1913 and yet we're stuck at 435 House seats that were never meant to have such large constituencies. There's 736 members of the German Bundestag, 620 MPs in the UK, yet we're stuck at 435 with 3 and 5 times their population respectively.. Time to change that.

[Takket]

8. I wish

As I told my parents when RBG passed away, we will not see a blue court again in our lifetimes. It is lost for a generation. Maybe my kid will see one.

[paleotn]

11. I hear ya, but I never thought I'd see in my lifetime...

legal same sex marriage, orientation as a protected class under Title 7 and a whole host of other things, yet here we are.

[Fresh Water Falling]

10. I totally suport Biden packing the Court

He'll certainly get to replace Thomas, who is not long for this world. And if he's reelected, he probably gets to replace Alito, too.

[AllyCat]

21. Really? Isn't he only in his early 70s?

They’ll embalm and prop him up like so many others and keep him saying nothing while destroying everything.

[ITAL]

22. He's 75

I figure Thomas will stick around another ten years at least.

[AllyCat]

30. Yup. He'll serve out his term until death so

he can continue to screw us all.

[Baitball Blogger]

12. Sounds like Christie is providing good reasons to vote for Biden.

[JanMichael]

13. He must have read the Pelican Brief

[snowybirdie]

15. Looks like Christie

Is now MSNBC's favorite candidate. He's on it every other day. So much for it being the liberal go to channel.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

32. MSNBC is the "Never Trump" channel

That's not the same thing as the "Liberal" channel. They've got a nice stable of neocon pundits they can rely on to trash P01135809, then in the same breath bash the Biden administration.

[vercetti2021]

16. Anything can happen

People can die for no reason young or old. The 6 assholes are not all invincible

[mellow]

19. IT'S ALREADY PACKED

It's packed with far-right ideologues, the last three by the former guy.

They don't have a problem with packing the court. They have a problem with it being unpacked even a little.

[CousinIT]

20. Um. It's ALREADY packed.

With Federalist Society Fascists. The ONLY way right now to UNpack it and rebalance it, is to expand it.

[vlyons]

24. Republicans know a thing or 2 about packing courts,

quite expert at it actually.

[Historic NY]

25. Maybe if two go packing with their plunder

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

26. Possibly, if Biden is re-elected, to be followed ...

... by President Newsom or President Whitmer (my two current 2028 faves)

Maybe then we can rebalance the court.

[Fiendish Thingy]

27. You're forgetting that SCOTUS could be expanded beyond 9 seats

And the new vacancies filled with non-fascist justices.

But I don’t think Biden would support that.

But, I do think President Whitmer would in 2028…

[bucolic_frolic]

28. In my assessment, 2024 comes down to 4 states

GA VA AZ WI

Go, Joe!

[Polybius]

31. What if we lose the Senate?

Justice is leading Manchin 51 to 38.

West Virginia Poll (September 1st): Justice up by 11

[Sympthsical]

34. 2024 isn't a kind map for us

More Democratic incumbents than Republican in tricky areas.

But, look at the bright side. Republicans were hell bent in pushing terrible general candidates through the primaries in 2022. Maybe they can double up on the stupid next time as well.

[Silent3]

35. I only wish it were true

Sadly, even with a Biden win and managing to keep control of the Senate, I don't think we'll have enough Democrats with the desire or the guts to expand the court, AS WE SHOULD.