Quote:
Originally Posted by zico20
Just one huge problem with that. The law (statute) enacted will be challenged in court. It will make its way to the SCOTUS. Do you really think the six conservative justices are going to allow these radical judges a spot on the court? NO WAY! They will rule whatever law is being questioned unconstitutional and keep the nine member limit in tack. If you think these six are going to sit in the minority for the rest of their time on the bench and have zero say on any case you are gravely mistaken. Remember, SCOTUS has the final say, the only way around their ruling will be a constitutional amendment which will go nowhere. Sorry, it will stay at nine. YOU LOSE!
|
I'm not into trying to win. I'm just telling you that the number on the court has been changed previously by Congress. There is precedent for this on the Court, and I expect this to occur if the Republicans in the Senate confirm a SCOTUS member under one party 45 days before an election, while previously declaring no SCOTUS member should be confirmed in an election year, in fact declaring that the will of the people in the upcoming vote should be honored, or don't you trust the will of the people voting?
With the amount of hypocritical declarations by Republican Congressmen in 2016 about NOT bringing a nominee during an election year, it's set an additional precedent by McConnell, and his cohorts. It was fun to watch the laughable attempts of these hypocrites like Graham, Cotton, Rubio, and McConnell try to spin their way out of their own 2016 comments. They looked like idiots on the talk shows today.
"The Judiciary Act of 1789 established the first Supreme Court,
with six Justices.
Since 1789, Congress changed the maximum number of Justices on the Court several times.
In 1801, President John Adams and a lame-duck Federalist Congress passed the Judiciary Act of 1801, which
reduced the Court to five Justices. Jefferson and his Republicans soon repealed that act,
putting the Court back to six Justices. And in
1807, Jefferson and Congress added a seventh Justice when it added a seventh federal court circuit.
I
n early 1837, President Andrew Jackson (Trump's favorite President) was able to add two additional Justices after Congress again expanded the number of federal circuit court districts.
Under different circumstances, Congress created a 10th circuit in 1863 during the Civil War, and it briefly
had a 10th Supreme Court Justice.
However, Congress after the war passed legislation in 1866 to r
educe the Court to seven Justices.
That only lasted until 1869, when a new Judiciary Act sponsored by Senator Lyman Trumbull set the number
back to nine Justices, with six Justices required at a sitting to form a quorum.
President Ulysses S. Grant eventually signed that legislation and nominated William Strong and Joseph Bradley to the newly restored seats."
Get ready for a new Judiciary Act.
