J. Kennedy Tells October 2018 Clerkship Applicants He’s Considering Retirement, Right Before 2018 Midterms http://electionlawblog.org/?p=93506 #SCOTUS
Very clear before the 2016 elections that fate of #SCOTUS for generation depended on outcome http://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/supreme-court-greatest-civil-rights-cause … via @TPM
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And we blew it.
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Democrats need to pack the court in 2021. Period.
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I don't think we can honestly expect rbg and Stevens to last that long. I hope they do.
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Sorry: I mean that Democrats need to appoint a judge for every last judge Trump appoints, whatever the number of judges that results in.
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9 judges isn't a constitutional principle. It's a peace treaty. One which the Republicans violated when they held the pick.
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It's a dangerous precedent, ala the nuclear confirmation of justices option
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So how many justices? 12? 15? What about when the politics shift back to how you don't like? You're setting up a dangerous precedent.
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If more people made time to read and learn before voting, maybe that 46.9% who never bothered to vote last November would have known this...
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