1/ Court expansion thread @TakeBacktheCt - Day 11 I was asked several times today how I feel about Biden and other Dems declining to endorse expansion nbcwashington.com/news/politics/…
2/ (Joe Manchin also declining to hop aboard the court expansion bus) dailylocal.com/news/national/…
3/ No, I'm not concerned. There's been tremendous momentum for expansion because it's the only solution to our stolen, un-democratic courts. More folks get that every day, and that will continue. The question isn't whether candidates campaign on expansion or what Manchin says
4/ The question is where will the politics land if ACB nomination is rammed through the Senate...
5/...and where they'll land if/when D's return to power and SCOTUS and lower court Trump judges put Biden WH in handcuffs from day one, striking down critical legislation, for example HR1 washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
6/ The key SCOTUS-related message for Biden & candidates right now isn't about court expansion. It's about how Kavanaugh and ACB will destroy ACA in the middle a pandemic messagebox.substack.com/p/a-supreme-co…
7/ Gorgeous piece in @TheAtlantic today explaining how/why expansion reinforces democracy. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
8/ Atlantic article echoes brilliant distinction introduced by Professor .@tmksyracuse "between constitutional hardball in service of democratic erosion and constitutional hardball in service of democratic preservation or renewal." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
9/ Pretty much everything McConnell does (eg voter suppression) is the former, while court expansion, which is necessary for HR1 to survive, is the latter lawcomm.pepperdine.edu/blogs/review/w…
10/ I make a bunch of these points in convo w .@trymainelee on today's episode of @MSNBC podcast @IntoAmerica art19.com/shows/into-ame…
11/ Finally, .@GaneshSitaraman just must-read started daily tweet thread explaining various SCOTUS reform options
12/ .@GaneshSitaraman & other top scholars will address wide range of SCOTUS reform alternatives at symposium "The Supreme Court in Crisis: Structural Reform of a Broken Institution" co-sponsored by @TakeBacktheCourt @YaleLawSch and YLS chapter of .@ACSLaw takebackthecourt.today/press-release-…
13/ No canine news tonight because Burberry is happy and pretty healthy, but he sends greetings from the next room, where he is sleeping while dreaming of chewing a bully stick akc.org/expert-advice/…
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