Sweeping Bill Would Completely Overhaul Supreme Court as We Know It
newrepublic.com
Senator Ron Wyden has introduced the boldest proposal yet to reform the high court.

Reminder that getting control of the house and senate could make stuff like this potentially get through

This proposal is not only one that expands the number of justices over time but alter things like the court’s shadow docket, require justices to release tax returns, and more

  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
    46·
    2 months ago

    We can also ask for term limits and other structural things that require a Constitutional Amendment, but we need to do this first.

    Then, after passing the law, go to Republicans and say “There! We undid your fucking up of the courts. You have a choice now: either work with us on a constitutional amendment to help us fundamentally restructure the Court and make is less political, or watch us appoint all these Liberal judges to lifetime appointments and you roll the dice on getting control of the Presidency and both houses of Congress to re-fuck it at some nebulous point in the future”.

    • DekesEnormous@lemmy.world
      18·
      2 months ago

      Are we going to pretend they’re not just going to jump to the latter without feigning an attempt to do the prior?

      • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        2 months ago

        You need a supermajority of states to ratify an amendment, and there is no reason for Republican-led states to back any amendment that will reform the current court. But add six young liberal justices with lifetime tenure, and now they will go out of their way to pass an amendment to term-limit the,.

        • postmateDumbass@lemmy.world
          1·
          2 months ago

          So this time the Dems will get it together to put 6 judges into an expanded court?

          That would be so much better than the zero which is their average output.

  • ZK686@lemmy.worldEnglish
    243·
    2 months ago

    Silly. Democrats want to change something because it’s not fitting THEIR agendas…

    • Dkarma@lemmy.world
      241·
      2 months ago

      Yeah how dare they demand the supreme Court actually be JUST and honest.

      The audacity!!!

    • hate2bme@lemmy.world
      9·
      2 months ago

      Are you honestly ok with them being bought and paid for? You are against the financial transparency?

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      I mean, it is unexpected. Usually they want to change nothing when it doesn’t fit their agenda.