from Dallas Morning News this morning. It pre-supposes a takeover of the house and senate along with presidency in 2020. They are making their position well known if they win...
Push aims to add 4 justices to tilt Supreme Court to left WASHINGTON, D.C. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - Two liberal Harvard law professors are lending their names to a new campaign to build support for expanding the Supreme Court by four justices in 2021. The campaign, launched Wednesday, also aims to increase the size of the lower federal courts to counteract what it terms “Republican obstruction, theft and procedural abuse” of the federal judiciary. This includes the recent near party-line confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh that cemented a conservative majority on the Supreme Court. Called the 1.20.21 Project, the campaign is premised on Democratic victories in next month’s elections and the 2020 presidential contest that could leave Democrats in charge of Congress and the White House in 2021, a possibility but by no means a sure thing. Additional justices nominated by a Democrat could change the court’s ideological direction. Harvard professors Mark Tushnet and Laurence Tribe are joining the effort, led by political scientist Aaron Belkin. He was a prominent advocate for repealing the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that prohibited LGBT people from serving openly in the military. The Kavanaugh confirmation was the climax of a process that started with Republicans blocking many of President Barack Obama’s nominees to lower courts and then refusing to consider his Supreme Court nomination of Judge Merrick Garland in 2016, Belkin said. President Donald Trump’s victory in November 2016 allowed him to fill that high court vacancy with Justice Neil Gorsuch. The size of the Supreme Court varied during its first 80 years, from a low of six at the time the Constitution took effect in 1789 to a high of 10 during the Civil War. The current tally of nine was set in an 1869 law.
Push aims to add 4 justices to tilt Supreme Court to left WASHINGTON, D.C. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - Two liberal Harvard law professors are lending their names to a new campaign to build support for expanding the Supreme Court by four justices in 2021. The campaign, launched Wednesday, also aims to increase the size of the lower federal courts to counteract what it terms “Republican obstruction, theft and procedural abuse” of the federal judiciary. This includes the recent near party-line confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh that cemented a conservative majority on the Supreme Court. Called the 1.20.21 Project, the campaign is premised on Democratic victories in next month’s elections and the 2020 presidential contest that could leave Democrats in charge of Congress and the White House in 2021, a possibility but by no means a sure thing. Additional justices nominated by a Democrat could change the court’s ideological direction. Harvard professors Mark Tushnet and Laurence Tribe are joining the effort, led by political scientist Aaron Belkin. He was a prominent advocate for repealing the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that prohibited LGBT people from serving openly in the military. The Kavanaugh confirmation was the climax of a process that started with Republicans blocking many of President Barack Obama’s nominees to lower courts and then refusing to consider his Supreme Court nomination of Judge Merrick Garland in 2016, Belkin said. President Donald Trump’s victory in November 2016 allowed him to fill that high court vacancy with Justice Neil Gorsuch. The size of the Supreme Court varied during its first 80 years, from a low of six at the time the Constitution took effect in 1789 to a high of 10 during the Civil War. The current tally of nine was set in an 1869 law.
