A 9-man #SCOTUS was formed in 1789. The U.S. population was 3.9 million. Today's population: over 318.3 million. SCOTUS is still 9 people.
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@sarahjeong you're correct! It's still a ridiculous imbalance. -
@caulkthewagon but # of courts of appeal, appellate judges have grown since. there should only be one highest-court-in-the-land. -
@caulkthewagon in any case, it’s rotten that SCOTUS is so important, especially w/r/t women’s rights—failure of democracy. -
@sarahjeong I disagree simply in that I don't think any nine people can represent the entire country, much less one (POTUS). -
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@caulkthewagon@sarahjeong#SCOTUS was never intended to represent all of the people; intended to protect wealth from democracy. -
@alan_uplc it doesn't matter! The American people believe and are told that SCOTUS is supposed to protect them.@sarahjeong -
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@caulkthewagon@sarahjeong Delusional thinking, based entirely on a single decade late 50's to late 70's in entire history of nation. -
@alan_uplc so the answer is...what? Talk down to them, or help them understand what's going on out there?@sarahjeong - 1 réponse de plus
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@caulkthewagon I don’t think the # of judges in SCOTUS is a problem, certainly not compared to demographics of bench + legislative deadlockMerci. Twitter en tiendra compte pour améliorer votre fil. SupprimerSupprimer
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