October 12, 2018 Joseph Klein
Grassroots leftists are planning an assault on the Supreme Court’s judicial independence. In addition to threatening impeachment proceedings against Justice Brett Kavanaugh if the Democrats take back control of the House of Representatives in the midterm elections next month, some progressives are trotting out President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s discredited idea to pack the Supreme Court with progressive justices to counter the rightward direction of the Court. Even before President Trump nominated Justice Kavanaugh to replace retired Justice Kennedy on the Supreme Court, progressives were promoting this idea.
Fordham law professor Jed Shugerman, for example, tweeted: “A president under investigation for impeachment has never appointed a Justice. Not Nixon, not Clinton, not Andrew Johnson. Never. Democrats should make clear that if the GOP destroys this tradition, they will expand the Court to 15 in 2021 without filibuster.”
Harvard Law lecturer Ian Samuel tweeted: “Pack the courts as soon as we get the chance. ‘Pack the courts’ should be a phrase on par with ‘abolish ICE.’” He has described himself as “literally a card-carrying socialist.”..........."Republicans could pack the Supreme Court right now if they wanted to. They have the power. But they won't do that. Only the left is embracing extremism right now.” .............To Read More.....
Grassroots leftists are planning an assault on the Supreme Court’s judicial independence. In addition to threatening impeachment proceedings against Justice Brett Kavanaugh if the Democrats take back control of the House of Representatives in the midterm elections next month, some progressives are trotting out President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s discredited idea to pack the Supreme Court with progressive justices to counter the rightward direction of the Court. Even before President Trump nominated Justice Kavanaugh to replace retired Justice Kennedy on the Supreme Court, progressives were promoting this idea.
Fordham law professor Jed Shugerman, for example, tweeted: “A president under investigation for impeachment has never appointed a Justice. Not Nixon, not Clinton, not Andrew Johnson. Never. Democrats should make clear that if the GOP destroys this tradition, they will expand the Court to 15 in 2021 without filibuster.”
Harvard Law lecturer Ian Samuel tweeted: “Pack the courts as soon as we get the chance. ‘Pack the courts’ should be a phrase on par with ‘abolish ICE.’” He has described himself as “literally a card-carrying socialist.”..........."Republicans could pack the Supreme Court right now if they wanted to. They have the power. But they won't do that. Only the left is embracing extremism right now.” .............To Read More.....
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