"The only reason that they’re doing that, they want to try and catch up, so if they can't catch up through the ballot box, by winning an election, they want to try doing it in a different way," he said.The 2020 Election. The New Congress. The Mueller Investigation. Be in the Know.By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Three Democratic senators — Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Kamala Harris of California and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts —this week they’d be open to the idea, following a similar willingness expressed by fellow Democratic candidates Pete Buttigieg and Beto O’Rourke. Their openness follows pressure from several liberal activist groups for a more aggressive approach to the judiciary after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made confirming conservative judges a cornerstone of his agenda.
While several 2020 Democrats have been receptive to the idea of diluting the Supreme Court’s conservative majority — a historic move that would surely encounter intense resistance — others have been more tepid about trying to institute such a sweeping change, instead proposing other reforms like imposing term limits or more stringent ethics rules on justices.“We would have no interest in that whatsoever,” he said. “It will never happen.
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Yep. Halfway through your prison sentence.
Hah, in his dreams, no one us taking this election fir granted, and anyone who opposes Trump is highly motivated to make sure that terd never sees a 2nd term.
You will be gone in 2
Haha you wish. Do you & keep digging!
Funny how he actually believes he will be in office for another term. But then he did say he thought lifetime appointments like N. Korea was a great idea
You do not get to say that, poor man's Gotti!
I'd say that's a pretty accurate prediction.
TRUMP KNOWS SOMETHING WE DO NOT. HE TALKS LIKE HE IS RE-ELECTED ALREADY
He thinks he will be Pres again?
Here's how you know 'court packing' is a bad idea. If Trump announce tomorrow HE is expanding the court 10 seats and HE would pick the judges, would you be for it? If the answer is 'no' it should always be 'no'.
6 yrs 😂😂😂🙄🙄🙄🤮🤮🤮🤮
Illegitimate fool of a 'president'.
Its a good bet Trump thought/thinks only he can expand the number of Justices on the Supreme Court.
Two rapist and one who's a drunk of course Trump is proud their his kind of men
How does he think he’s winning re-election? Magic?
Yeah. But The Donald lies a lot, so who knows
Court-packing is a terrible idea anyway. Both parties should stay away from it.
Wonder what DevinCow thinks about adding SC seats?
KARMA DUDE... big time..watch..
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