Thread by @jentaub

Restore public trust in the Supreme Court

@ElieNYC writes: "I favor a plan that would add ten justices to the bench."

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thenation.com/article/politi…

"But instead of organizing around a political solution to the Republican politicization of the courts, some Democrats remain stuck on the old rules of engagement."

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"Some Democrats remain hopeful that Republicans can be shamed into doing the right thing as if the party that steps over 200,000 dead bodies to carry Trump’s golf bags is capable of feeling shame."

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"Others, including a number of serious legal scholars, have taken to offering an increasingly fanciful set of possible solutions to the likely problem of a court compromised of six conservatives."

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"Polls show that 77 percent of Americans favor some form of restriction on the length of service on the Supreme Court.The problem is, term limits are also flatly unconstitutional."

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"Win the Senate. Win the White House. Pass a bill expanding the court. That is how democracies work. And if Republicans win in the future and pass a different bill and add even more seats, so be it. That is also how democracies work."

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