Chip Bok for October 16, 2020

Poor Chippy doesn’t like the concept of a balanced court.

Like most conservatives, Chip finds government which serves the will of the majority of the American people to be an anathema.

Yeah. If it were my decision, I’d find another way. Maybe offer some of them a chance to win a lottery or something. I actually understand and support the concept of tenure (here an in universities)… but it should be accompanied by a seriously careful entry process.

You have the year wrong. The packing started in 2017 and is still going on today, Federal and Supreme Courts. What do you call it when you accuse the otherside of doing what you are actually doing. Projection or hypocrisy?

If the Democrats get control of the Senate and Presidency, then the Republican power grab should be paid back with the addition of more Judges.

But I think there should be more than 9 SC judges in any case. Maybe 19 or 21. One reason is that replacement of any one judge becomes a less stressful issue. It is also worthwhile to have a greater diversity of opinion, and with twice as many judges, the opinions of any one judge are less critical. I would also limit the number of judges any one sitting President can get selected in any single term of office. That would require a constitutional amendment because you cannot rely on the honor of elected politicians.

Fifty States, Fifty Supreme Court Justices . . . .in the case of a tie the Vice President gets to flip the coin,

The number of Supremes is not set by the Constitution and has varied for political reasons from 5 to 10. The last change was going to 9 in 1869. Congress determines this number.

While this seems like a slippery slope argument,it is not out of the realm of possibility. The fact that it is possible almost counters the fallacy. However, the fallacy remains. Just because something can go terribly wrong does not mean that it will, or even that it is likely. In this case, the last time we had a packed house it worked itself out without going down the road depicted here. Still, I chuckled. Further, I now have found a great comic to demonstrate “slippery slope” to high school students.

The damage that McConnel did to the Court in 2016 was the turning point, and the fact that Obama didn’t challenge it. Making the majority of the Court from minority presidents worsens it.

And thank you Chip for acknowledging, in advance, Biden’s win.

Let it be so. Why NOT have 20 or more?

Chip is correct. We are headed towards this. But, Republican actions of the past four years pushed us in that direction.

Well, they’ll just start adding wings onto the SCOTUS building. You can never have enough Supreme Court Judges.

Wrong. Judge Amy is going to be rammed through in 2020.

To offset the republican court packing.

Without directly saying it, Joe sent a message last night that if the republicans continue and confirm ACB, he will increase the number of justices. I’m sure they are not so stupid as to not be able to read between the lines.

Whatever happened to “turnabout is fair play”?

Gah. How did our political system become so dependent on the least democratic part of the Federal government?

Wait, are we talking about the Judicial Act of 1837 or the Judicial Act of 1869? To me, it’s like when FDR and his pack of Reds tried the Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937. /s

Bok has a very poor understanding why we have a “equal third Branch of government!” But, then, he usually flunks “Civics!”

I’m not commenting either way on court packing, but I think Bok’s visual is funny.

Rebalancing after Republican shenanigans. And 100% legal!

ummm, wrong date, there, Mr. B. 2016, sort of ‘reverse-packing’ and then real packing, 2020

Trump likes Judges who will “KoTow” when he says "vote like I told you.

Look, this is really simple. Biden packs the Supreme Court, and then we don’t let Republicans win ever again!

Another easy way to make a Trumper’s head explode: suggest that Biden would nominate Obama for the Supreme Court.

A good point that Biden made which everyone over looks; Instead of worrying about packing the Courts perhaps the Congress could get off its backside and pass a law regarding Roe v Wade and other, umm, contentious Supreme Court decisions.

You know, how about some solid Immigration Reform which brings in vital workers? Health Care reform which helps people, rather than insurance and drug companies? Equitable tax reform which provides stable revenue to the treasury?

^ @Durak — Excellent point! Members of the Senate and Congress spend far too much time gathering $$ for their re-election!

How can the court be”packed” by any President? Don’t there have to be OPENINGS to allow any new Justices to be chosen? Just thinkin’out loud…..

Wrong year – 2020.

In 1986, Reagan started packing the court with activist judges, starting with Antonin Scalia. That guy was super eloquent and a master of inverting the truth. He was the original activist and yet that’s what he called anyone who cared for justice and humanity. These Las two, Kavanaugh and presumably ACB, are worse than activists. They are provable incompetents who will simply vote as their masters dictate.

It was a lousy idea under FDR and it’s still a lousy idea today,!! No matter who suggested it.