Trump: Miss Me Yet? A Continuing Series-62
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
I think this “Bill to add 4” is a political power play not to necessarily add 4, but to bend the will of the Court by stating:
“Nice Court of 9 you have here it would be a shame if someone blew it up..”
David WS, if I recall correctly from my Con Law studies many years ago, that’s pretty much what FDR accomplished by announcing his own packing scheme. Suddenly decisions began going his way on major New Deal issues. Purely coincidental, of course. 😁
Roosevelt’s court packing scheme was the product of his frustration over not getting one nomination to the Supreme Court in his first term. The plan was defeated by a Senate that was overwhelmingly Democrat. In his second term Roosevelt got five nominations. Altogether he would have eight nominations. Underlining the importance of such nominations, William O. Douglas was 40 when he joined the Court in 1939 and he served there for a bit over 36 years, and was still on the Court three decades after the death of the President who appointed him.
Republicans should simply say “go ahead, make my day… ”
In four years we’ll add another 6.
“do you feel lucky….. well do you?…”
I swear another tactic of the Left, given their control.. is to demoralize the opposition, laughter is the best medicine (and weapon).
David WS, they don’t need luck. They are stacking the deck (SCOTUS), using marked cards (illegal ballots) and using loaded dice (the media). To point it out is not allowed and it can get you canceled if not worse.
As one not skilled or that knowledgable in law-things, won’t this result in “too many cooks spoil the broth”- as in bugger-up the Supreme Courts ability to do its job properly…Where do you stop- 50 Supreme Court judges…?
The number of Supreme Court justices has remained the same since the Civil War at nine. If this passed it would establish a judicial race that would end with Supreme Court having no upper limit and being unable to perform judicial functions. I doubt the proposal is going any place however.
Makes sense. Thanks Don.