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  • #31
    GVChamp,

    Packing the Supreme Court and trying to change the Senate allocation is the point where you call it quits. The Supreme Court has been at 9 justices since basically the Jackson Era and the only person who tried to pack the Court was FDR (who was soundly drubbed for it). The Senate allocation cannot be changed, not even by amendment. Smaller states cannot be deprived of their representation without their permission.

    Both would be solid signals that the US is not workable and should be dissolved.
    right now the SC selection has already been completely politicized-- McConnell's actions re: Garland and today with Kavanaugh is the soft-serve version of packing the court. i have absolutely no doubt that if the GOP were to have a supermajority in the Senate, they would be considering this step now.

    a softer version of all of this would be to change lifetime SC appointments to 18 year appointments, but THAT would mean a constitutional amendment. so ironically packing the court would be easier.

    re: Senate allocation, no, you wouldn't need to undo it altogether-- and i agree if that were to happen, you'd be talking a new Constitutional convention or a new civil war. simply admit PR and Guam and DC as states (you don't even need to split CA into three, as some of the more wild-eyed types suggest).
    There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "My ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."- Isaac Asimov

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    • #32
      What about impeaching Supreme court Justices for partisanship? It has been tried before

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Chase

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      • #33
        Following the ruling of the European Court the Polish government has started reinstating Judges it previously made laws to disqualify but no change to the laws; thus breaking the laws it established. What comes of this is anyone's guess but a Mad Hatter's Tea Party they have proved themselves to be for all. The idiots have perhaps seen the limits of their idiocy. We can only hope. The ruling Party (PiS - which ironically stands for the Polish 'Law and Justice') also got trounced in recent local elections.
        Last edited by snapper; 24 Nov 18,, 03:12.

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        • #34
          https://www.rt.com/business/456364-e...-goods-boeing/

          And again the EU is flexing some muscle!

          EU to slap €19bn worth of fresh tariffs on US goods as aircraft subsidies row escalates – reports.
          The US Deep State powers that be must surely understand by now that Trump has to be stopped and it's likely that all options are on the table, including the Kennedy solution.

          Trump is taking on the rest of the world on all fronts now.

          The arrogant mind of a psychopath.

          Millitary personnell above the rank of corporal must not look at the link. It will cause hair to grow on the palms of your hands. {or in Wabs's case, extra long nose hairs.
          Last edited by montgomery; 12 Apr 19,, 18:26.

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