Heidi Li FeldmanOf course Smith will appeal Cannon’s lawless ruling. However the 11th Circuit decides such an appeal, that decision will go to the Supreme Court — which itself is a lawless court in the hands of a majority who cares not one whit for precedent and is stacked with appointees beholden to Trump and the organizations that fed him their resumes. Some have direct ties to his effort to overthrow the U.S. Constitution. 1/
The only way to salvage U.S. constitutional democracy and rule of law is to reform this Supreme Court. Practically, that can only happen if we make sure the Democrats hold the Senate, take the House, and win the WH. Moreover, Biden, our presumptive nominee, must be willing to throw his weight behind the effort. We must work to make all this happen. Some organizations working toward these goals include: 2/
Very smart people, laser-focused on Supreme Court reform: Take Back the Court at https://www.takebackthecourtfoundation.org/ 3/
The indefatigable Indivisible, a major player in grass roots mobilization. Here’s a recent blog post from them about what you can do to help make Supreme Court reform happen. https://indivisibleteam.medium.com/with-fear-for-our-democracy-a17b7402ad40 4/
Demand Justice is another group dedicated to Supreme Court reform. https://demandjustice.org/priorities/supreme-court-reform/ 5/
Do not decide that Supreme Court reform cannot happen. That defeatism only creates another obstacle to it. With a Dem trifecta at the federal level, it definitely can be done. 6/6
Martin Vermeer (not Jesus)@heidilifeldman White House + senate would be enough to expand the court.
Riley S. Faelan@martinvermeer Probably, pragmatically speaking, yes.
There is, however, a statutory act that specifies the number of judges on SCOTUS, and a legalist argument could be made that this act should be changed before adding more judges. Changing a federal statute requires being able to pass an act through both houses of the Congress.
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