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Disturbing News of the Day: US Strategic Command Links to Breitbart "News"

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))4/06/2017 12:07:06 pm PDT

re: #68 KGxvi

Not really. You’re going to need majorities in both Houses, and then you’re going to need the wherewithal to eliminate the filibuster for legislative matters, as changing the size of the Supreme Court will require amending the judiciary act.

That said, there may be legitimate reasons for increasing the size of the Court. We’ve been at 9 Justices since 1866 (from 1863 to 1866, there were 10 justices, but Congress changed the law to prevent Johnson from getting an appointment). There’s something to be said, actually, of going to 13 Justices, one for each Circuit.

except that nobody would wanna be that 13th judge…bad juju