Dick Justice@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoELI5 - So why exactly doesnt Biden expand the courts?message-squaremessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareELI5 - So why exactly doesnt Biden expand the courts?Dick Justice@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareapplejacks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoimagine creating a button that makes you win, but makes the process far more complicated. now imagine, once you’re out of power the other guy can also push the button. once pressed, neither side will ever stop pushing the button when in power.
minus-squareThe Dark Lord ☑️@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI mean, the GOP will start stacking once they lose the Supreme Court and win the presidency. It’s not if, but when.
minus-squareBombOmOm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·edit-21 year agoYep. If the goal is to de-politicize the courts, court packing makes it exponentially worse.
imagine creating a button that makes you win, but makes the process far more complicated.
now imagine, once you’re out of power the other guy can also push the button.
once pressed, neither side will ever stop pushing the button when in power.
I mean, the GOP will start stacking once they lose the Supreme Court and win the presidency. It’s not if, but when.
Yep. If the goal is to de-politicize the courts, court packing makes it exponentially worse.