• Sybil@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    he can nominate 100 people today and make the Senate turn down every one

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          I know enough about our legislature to know that they would not approve 100 SCOTUS justices. I’m not sure why you think they would allow any president to do that unless they were a rubber stamp legislature, which they are not.

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            7 months ago

            they don’t need to approve 100 but letting 6 or 7 through is possible

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              Why would the Senate even let one extra justice through?

              You would need 51% of them to do that. Which would necessarily either include Manchin and Sinema or two Republicans. If you honestly believe either of those scenarios would result in even increasing the size of SCOTUS to 10 justices, you really don’t understand the U.S. government.

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                of 100 candidates having to go through all the consent hearings, I think they would come to an agreement about a few

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                  Why would they come to an agreement on any of them? What would compel Sinema and Manchin to agree to expand the court by a single justice? And if not them, name the two Republicans who would please.

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                    imagine the immense opportunity. I don’t know how they wouldn’t all think about the power being given to them. the pool of candidates. the legacy. but Biden won’t even nominate 2 more because he doesn’t actually care.