This brings the number of justices equal to the number of appellate circuits (plus USFC), which is roughly what was originally intended. It ultimately doesn't really enhance anything about the function of the court, as they still decide whether to hear cases by panel and all justices have to sit on every case.
Edit: Apparently alluding laws from the 1800's isn't conservative enough for , we need to go back to 1789 when it was 6 justices.
You add 4, then we add 4, until it's so large and politically elected and motivated that it's functionally destroyed as an institution.
politically elected and motivated that it's functionally destroyed as an institution.
That happened decades ago. They are politicians who serve for life.
Sorry, but I disagree.
This is because appointments to the supreme court used to require a supermajority of the senate in order to be approved for the position. The democrats changed these rules in 2013 under Obama to only require a simple majority for appointment. They did this because the Democrats wanted to politicize the Supreme Court. You see, in order to obtain a supermajority approval, both the Democrats and Republicans were required to pick moderates in order to get support from the opposing side of the isle. Now that it is no longer the case, and only a simple majority vote, you can pick a highly polarized politically motivated justice instead of someone who's role is to simply uphold the provisions of the constitution.
This is a very recent change.
So then add 2 liberals and let the senate Republicans add 2 conservatives. Arbitrarily adding 4 liberals is some banana republic shit
Ideally there would be 4 justices that are so moderate it wouldn't be possible to classify them one way or the other. The whole reason they want to add 4 supreme court justices is because Trump was able to add 3 conservatives.
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