Just finished Elie Mystal's podcast Contempt of Court. Really interesting and thought-provoking. Highly recommend it, if you're looking for something to listen to.
https://www.thenation.com/content/contempt-of-court/
#podcast #recommended #supremecourt #courtreform #judicialethics #courtpacking #SCOTUS
@TCatInReality What are you thinking on SCOTUS reform?
I don't think there's anything #biden can do unilaterally as a #lameduck (without support of both the house and senate).
My thoughts here are politically unpopular things #biden can do as a #lameduck that are the right things to do, but political suicide (i.e. anything pro-#Palestinian).
Some #courtpacking would be great, but as you suggest, after Kamala gets both house and senate majorities in 2025.
I "wishful think" too much.
But in practice, they are also constrained by norms & conventions. Since the early 20th century, for instance, #Congress has not dissolved #FederalCourts whose #judges displease it—which did happen in the more distant past. The idea of #CourtPacking has been considered out of bounds ever since #FDR tried & failed to reshape #SCOTUS in the 1930s by proposing to appoint up to 6 additional justices.
#law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #illiberalism #criminal #extremism #corruption #SCOTUSreform
If you aspire to be a Very Serious Person (and whomst amongst us doesn't?) then you know why we can't have nice things. The American people won't stand for #CourtPacking, Congressional #TermLimits, the abolition of the #ElectoralCollege, or #CampaignFinanceLimits. Politics is the art of the possible, and these just aren't possible.
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Biden Is Wrong. The Supreme Court Is Already “Politicized.”
https://jacobin.com/2023/07/supreme-court-right-wing-politics-joe-biden-court-packing-democracy
#SupremeCourt #Politicized #Biden #CourtPacking #Democracy #RightWingPolitics #Politics #News
ha impulsat:
#TurkishConstitutionalCourt #CourtPacking
12 of 16 judges were appointed either by president Erdogan or his predecessor Gül, both are founders of the AKP. The other 3 were elected by the Parliament which is under the control of AKP for the last 17 years. @Verfassungsblog
https://nitter.mastodont.cat/ArrestedLawyers/status/1316752843156738051#m
2020-10-15 14:48:36
#TurkishConstitutionalCourt #CourtPacking 12 of 16 judges were appointed either by president Erdogan or his predecessor Gül, both are founders of the AKP. The other 3 were elected by the Parliament which is under the control of AKP for the last 17 years. @Verfassungsblog
Just a reminder: Amy Coney Barrett would never have become an appellate judge if GOP Senate had confirmed President Obama's nominee Myra Selby, a Black woman, to Indiana seat on 7th Circuit in 2016. But GOP blocked Selby, kept seat open & Trump filled it w/Barrett. #CourtPacking
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/LeslieProll/status/1316062211031339008
“Just a reminder: Amy Coney Barrett would never have become an appellate judge if GOP Senate had confirmed President Obama's nominee Myra Selby, a Black woman, to Indiana seat on 7th Circuit in 2016. But GOP blocked Selby, kept seat open & Trump filled it w/Barrett. #CourtPacking”
“Just a reminder: Amy Coney Barrett would never have become an appellate judge if GOP Senate had confirmed President Obama's nominee Myra Selby, a Black woman, to Indiana seat on 7th Circuit in 2016. But GOP blocked Selby, kept seat open & Trump filled it w/Barrett. #CourtPacking”
J.A. Pipes ✅
Musta dawned on me thusly
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