Dems Create Legislation To Add Supreme Court Justices

Their bill would add justices until the Democrats have a 7-6 advantage. I think this sets a dangerous precedent. The Democrats won't always be in power. Even now their margins are razor thin.

Funny that you’re counting Roberts as a conservative justice. He’s not.

From my POV, he is a voice of reason, as was Ginsberg. MORE is good...younger is good,DIVERSITY
is mandatory.

Those of you who think the last administration abused it's power and this one is not, I think you really need to explain your reasoning in clear English. If the Trump administration even mentioned this idea as a slight possibility, the media would have come unglued, and rightfully so. There would be no greater abuse of power and erosion of trust than to have one party pack the court with new justices beyond the 9 we've always had. There is no doubt in my mind that the Democrats know their policies are so unpopular that they have to keep changing the rules. Instead of letting the people decide the direction of the country, they want their hand picked ideologically aligned judges to have that power. I wouldn't be opposed to term limits as long as congress puts term limits on themselves, but that would never happen.

Rick wrote: Those of you who think the last administration abused it's power and this one is not, I think you really need to explain your reasoning in clear English. If the Trump administration even mentioned this idea as a slight possibility, the media would have come unglued, and rightfully so. There would be no greater abuse of power and erosion of trust than to have one party pack the court with new justices beyond the 9 we've always had. There is no doubt in my mind that the Democrats know their policies are so unpopular that they have to keep changing the rules. Instead of letting the people decide the direction of the country, they want their hand picked ideologically aligned judges to have that power. I wouldn't be opposed to term limits as long as congress puts term limits on themselves, but that would never happen.

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AGREED.....long over due. By the way, TRUMP tried very hard to pack the court....

What are you talking about? Trump did not try to pack the court. He nominated justices as openings became available. You need to better define your terms.

JUSTICES THAT WERE (HE THOUGHT) ALIGNED WITH HIS AGENDA.

I don't want justices to have term limits, because I want them free from politics. They wouldn't have to worry about keeping their job by sucking up to the current POTUS. This freedom helps them not be defined by Red/Blue labels.

And I agree with others here, Most of the justices are independent thinkers, Clarence Thomas is hard core right wing. Kagen and Sotomayor are hard core party loyalists. But the others are harder to pin down and often surprise court experts with their rulings. I like that.

I hope cooler Democrat heads in the Senate quash this, but even if they don't, I suspect the Court itself will strike it down, just like they did when FDR tried it.