Packing the Supreme Court

[Grouse]

The hard Left is stumping for court packing and DC statehood.

Barack Obama's bag man, Eric Holder blasted Democrats for not pushing the issue hard enough. "It is painfully clear Democrats and progressives are uncomfortable with the acquisition and use of power, while Republicans and conservatives never have been," Holder laughably claimed. (The exact opposite is, of course, the truth.) He then asserted, "Our courts badly need reforms." Translation: He doesn't like that Donald Trump appointed a bunch of constitutionalist judges and justices.

Holder's revisionist history lesson continued as he claimed, "The Republicans have abused their power to give themselves an unfair advantage. It is necessary and totally appropriate to add seats [to the Supreme Court]. ... What Mitch McConnell and Republicans have done is create a crisis of legitimacy."  Holder ignores the fact that it was Democrats who started the Senate down this path. Then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), in a blatant power play to enable Barack Obama to politicize the courts in the Democrats' favor, triggered the "nuclear option," ending the filibuster over judicial nominations. It was McConnell who warned that the Democrats would come to regret it.

With 62% of the country opposed to packing the Supreme Court, Holder is attempting to browbeat Democrats into seeing this as an essential platform issue. Evidently, anything that undercuts the ability for Republicans to fairly win elections or find success in promoting their own policy agenda should be opposed vigorously because Holder and company are all about "saving American democracy," or whatever.

[BowmanMike]

12 hours ago, Grouse said:

The hard Left is stumping for court packing and DC statehood.

Barack Obama's bag man, Eric Holder blasted Democrats for not pushing the issue hard enough. "It is painfully clear Democrats and progressives are uncomfortable with the acquisition and use of power, while Republicans and conservatives never have been," Holder laughably claimed. (The exact opposite is, of course, the truth.) He then asserted, "Our courts badly need reforms." Translation: He doesn't like that Donald Trump appointed a bunch of constitutionalist judges and justices.

Holder's revisionist history lesson continued as he claimed, "The Republicans have abused their power to give themselves an unfair advantage. It is necessary and totally appropriate to add seats [to the Supreme Court]. ... What Mitch McConnell and Republicans have done is create a crisis of legitimacy."  Holder ignores the fact that it was Democrats who started the Senate down this path. Then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), in a blatant power play to enable Barack Obama to politicize the courts in the Democrats' favor, triggered the "nuclear option," ending the filibuster over judicial nominations. It was McConnell who warned that the Democrats would come to regret it.

With 62% of the country opposed to packing the Supreme Court, Holder is attempting to browbeat Democrats into seeing this as an essential platform issue. Evidently, anything that undercuts the ability for Republicans to fairly win elections or find success in promoting their own policy agenda should be opposed vigorously because Holder and company are all about "saving American democracy," or whatever.

You are against dc statehood? I thought you didnt like taxation without representation...oh wait,that's mostly for white folk?

I just thought of another thing,court packing is not done by republicans? Trump got three supreme court judges in,the last weeks before the election. Obama got one in and the republicans blocked his 2nd six months or more before the election. 

Some people have a very short memory...

Edited January 27, 2021 by BowmanMike

[crappyice]

You are against dc statehood? I thought you didnt like taxation without representation...oh wait,that's mostly for white folk?
I just thought of another thing,court packing is not done by republicans? Trump got three supreme court judges in,the last weeks before the election. Obama got one in and the republicans blocked his 2nd six months or more before the election. 
Some people have a very short memory...

Who appoints SC seat when vacated?
Answer: The sitting President...Did Trump or the Republicans make that policy?

Who decides to “change policy” (add more SC judges) when they don’t like how the law is working?
Answer: the Democrats.

What policy did the Republicans change to block his 2nd nominee?
Answer: none- they had so much power (probably because of the country’s disgust with the job BO was doing) that his nominee was DOA.

I honestly didn’t follow BO’s presidency or SC appointments when it was happened so I may be wrong but seems like common sense can be applied


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[Northcountryman]

28 minutes ago, BowmanMike said:

You are against dc statehood? I thought you didnt like taxation without representation...oh wait,that's mostly for white folk?

I just thought of another thing,court packing is not done by republicans? Trump got three supreme court judges in,the last weeks before the election. Obama got one in and the republicans blocked his 2nd six months or more before the election. 

Some people have a very short memory...

The Dems support for DC statehood is not originating from a place of benevolence and altruism , I'm afraid; rather, theyre more concerned with securing a permanent advantage in the electoral college .

Also, youre description of court packing is inaccurate.  court packing refers to the ADDING of additional supreme court justices in order to even out, or, cancel out an ideological advantage that one party may have over another. Biden --and the Dems-- want to add a couple justices , I believe, to cancel out the perceived advantage the Republicans currently have.

[Grouse]

I find it telling he threw in the "white folk" line.  It's a sign of a very divisive personality that promotes hatred for one particular race.  Yet these same folks wanted us to believe Trump was a racist.