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Junior Chimp
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« on: March 09, 2019, 06:04:07 PM » |
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I'd rather see the Perry plan where justices serve 18-year terms than see more justices on the court.
Court packing would inevitably backfire on Democrats because justices get approved by the Senate, which geographically favors Republicans. But it's not just a bias towards Republicans, it's a bias towards predominantly small, non-diverse, older states which currently does and undoubtedly in the future will give SCOTUS an ideological bias.
Plus the removal of the filibuster means that a simple majority of 50-50 + VP (or 51-49) gets to leave a permanent imprint on the judiciary. This places an enormous amount of influence in the hands of a small number of swing vote Senators like Susan Collins and Joe Manchin (not to mention flukey special election winners like Doug Jones or temporary appointments like Carte Goodwin). That's obviously a really dumb allocation of power.
So yeah court packing is easier because it takes a simple majority (which in itself is a fatal flaw) but the way SCOTUS justices are confirmed needs to be drastically changed instead.
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