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Topic	If Democrats pack the Supreme Court, don't complain if Republicans do the same.
Musourenka 10/22/20 1:56:31 PM #49:	Paragon21XX posted... There's no Constitutional mandate that determines how many supreme court seats there are as the authority has been left to Congress, but the Judiciary Act of 1869 set the current number of seats to 9 with a minimum of 6 needed to constitute a quorum (number of justices that need to be present in order to hear a case). Which means if Dems get the Senate, they can and should change the size of the court (11 minimum, but I have heard reasonable arguments for 13 or 15), and then fill them. As long as Dems put a specific number on the law, GOP can't change it unless they win the House. --- Shooing away pigeons crapping on debate tables is not a violation of the pigeons' free speech. <cite>Musourenka posted [p:946159305] in If Democra... [t:79055863]...</cite> <quote>Paragon21XX posted... </cite> <quote>There's no Constitutional mandate that determines how many supreme court seats there are as the authority has been left to Congress, but the Judiciary Act of 1869 set the current number of seats to 9 with a minimum of 6 needed to constitute a quorum (number of justices that need to be present in order to hear a case).</quote> Which means if Dems get the Senate, they can and should change the size of the court (11 minimum, but I have heard reasonable arguments for 13 or 15), and then fill them. As long as Dems put a specific number on the law, GOP can't change it unless they win the House. --- Shooing away pigeons crapping on debate tables is not a violation of the pigeons' free speech.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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