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leftstreet

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10. Is it really defeatism?

Reply to SunSeeker (Reply #9)

Fri Oct 31, 2025, 03:12 PM

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Looks more like reality to me. How many fucking times has this subject come up, candidates campaign on it, blah blah blah

If we accept that the legislative branch has no interest in expanding the judicial branch, we move on from there and find out how to change it

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Josh Marsall: There Is No Democratic Future Without Supreme Court Reform [View all] SunSeeker Friday OP

True. But will Democrats ever do it??? Grins Friday #1

It will not be the only solution.. kentuck Friday #2

This is correct...scotus is one of many aspects of US that must change. Will take decades. nt wiggs Friday #8

Killing the filibuster to expand the court must be a litmus test for all Dem congressional candidates. Nt Fiendish Thingy Friday #3

Crap I just recced a reply by Fiendish Thingy. nt BWdem4life Friday #6

That's my goal Fiendish Thingy Friday #11

They will never remove the smell of the roberts court republianmushroom Friday #4

Yes they will. Just like the Roberts Court obliterated the Warren Court. SunSeeker Friday #5

It will not happen any time soon, if at all. IMO republianmushroom Friday #7

Your defeatism is what fascists rely on. nt SunSeeker Friday #9

Is it really defeatism? leftstreet Friday #10

How many times has the Dem electorate insisted on expanding the Supreme Court? SunSeeker Friday #12

Most people don't pay attention to courts leftstreet Friday #13

How is it the Republicans were able to get their base to pay attention to the courts? SunSeeker Friday #14

Oh, okay n/t leftstreet Friday #17

I'm only for SC reform if can't be undone or backfire on us in the future Wanderlust988 Friday #15

Silly is watching as SCOTUS destroys America. SunSeeker Friday #16