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Liberal Groups Endorse Plan to Expand Supreme Court to 11

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Posted by Fred 2020-06-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top

#1 Let's do that. And Trump can appoint another couple of conservatives by the time his tenure in office ends in another 9 years.

Posted by gorb 2020-06-12 00:40|| 2020-06-12 00:40|| Front Page Top

#2 They're always recycling stuff from the Thirties.

Posted by charger 2020-06-12 02:40|| 2020-06-12 02:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Is there a plan to expand the electoral college enough for Illary to win?

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-06-12 05:23|| 2020-06-12 05:23|| Front Page Top

#4 Chief Justice Roberts is a waste.

Posted by Clem 2020-06-12 05:25|| 2020-06-12 05:25|| Front Page Top

#5 /\ Yes, in a league with FBI Director Christopher Wray, Senator Chuck Schumer, and a half-dozen or so retired general officers... you pick.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-06-12 06:56|| 2020-06-12 06:56|| Front Page Top

#6 Hoo boy. Talk about people re-arraigning stuff thet they don't know about.
Supreme Court justices do not merely sit on the supreme court; they also head up the US Cicuit Court system, to wit:
For the District of Columbia Circuit - John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice
For the First Circuit - Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice (Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island)
For the Second Circuit - Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice (Connecticut, New York, Vermont)
For the Third Circuit - Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Associate Justice (Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virgin Island)
For the Fourth Circuit - John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice (Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia)
For the Fifth Circuit - Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Associate Justice (Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)
For the Sixth Circuit - Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice (Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee)
For the Seventh Circuit - Brett M. Kavanaugh, Associate Justice (Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin)
For the Eighth Circuit - Neil M. Gorsuch, Associate Justice (Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
For the Ninth Circuit - Elena Kagan, Associate Justice (Alaska, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Nevada, Northern Mariana Islands, Washington)
For the Tenth Circuit - Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice (Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming)
For the Eleventh Circuit - Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice (Alabama, Florida, Georgia)
For the Federal Circuit - John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice.

Note that some sit in more than one circuit chair, in an attempt to divvy up the workload.

But then I'm fairly sure that screwing up all of this nationwide is not a real concern to our earstwhile political betters. Not a bug, a feature.

Posted by ed in texas 2020-06-12 13:48|| 2020-06-12 13:48|| Front Page Top

#7 Liberals want to expand SCOTUS to 11? Good idea. DJT has at least 2-3 more terms to appoint justices to fill out the 11 members.

Posted by JohnQC 2020-06-12 16:01|| 2020-06-12 16:01|| Front Page Top

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