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Jack Valentino

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23. The Supreme Court has ALREADY BEEN "PACKED" by the right-wing. Adding justices

Reply to Hekate (Reply #8)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 08:50 PM

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would only 're-balance' it. FDR backed down from adding justices, although the court seemed to have gotten the message at the time.... and this 6-3 majority was STOLEN by Mitch McConnell's unconstitutional refusal to take up President Obama's Garland nomination, and Trump's mad dash to fill that open seat in the last month before the 2020 election.

I think this really needs to be done, although of course we need House and Senate majorities and the Presidency to do it--- and will have to get rid of the Senate filibuster (or create a rules carve-out for that issue alone). Adding at least four justices, considering how the country has grown since we arrived at nine ought to be considered quite reasonable by anyone who isn't a right-winger.

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Newsom and JB have become the Democratic leaders I Guess [View all] Figarosmom Monday OP

I could see that Oregon Attorney General in a Democratic DOJ Captain Zero Monday #1

He IS leadership, he's governor of California, doing his job. betsuni Monday #2

I mean for 2028 Figarosmom Monday #3

Please. The EC is in the Constitution & will need a Constitutional Amendment to get rid of. Hekate Monday #8

Superman did his supernatural feats all by himself, so we know anything is possible without worrying about votes betsuni Monday #12

The Supreme Court has ALREADY BEEN "PACKED" by the right-wing. Adding justices Jack Valentino Monday #23

What I think is reasonable and what I think can actually be done are two different things... Hekate Monday #24

The problem with adding justices to the Supreme Court is that there would be tit for tat escalating responses each time Midwestern Democrat Monday #25

This is some pie in the sky TheProle Monday #10

Newsom has been onto trump since COVID. Trump was being a 100% ahole toward California... C Moon Monday #4

I'm not saying he's the best candidate for 2028, because California is very blue. C Moon Monday #5

California is blue on the coasts, with a very red interior. Nothing is easy or guaranteed. Hekate Monday #9

The interior of CA is red, but it also lightly populated. maxsolomon Monday #16

That's what saves us, when we get out the vote sufficiently Hekate Monday #18

Agreed. But I was saying for the rest of the country Newsom could be a hard sell for a Democratic gov from California. C Moon Tuesday #26

Newsom has absolutely done the best he could against Trump, who hates us like poison Hekate Monday #11

A lot of it can be attributed to ideological purity. Some are trolls, of course. BannonsLiver Monday #14

Indeed that is so Hekate Monday #19

You guess? ancianita Monday #6

Nope, it's still early and still watching Figarosmom Monday #7

Not really. IMHO, at this point it's ancianita Monday #13

Your last sentence is definitely not me Figarosmom Monday #17

Yeah, it is. You just mistakenly think Dems are running "too early." ancianita Monday #21

❤️ your reply Hekate Monday #20

Bernie isn't a Democrat. ananda Monday #15

Yet his record of voting WITH Democrats is higher than some Dems in the Democratic Caucus. Fact. ancianita Monday #22