Pinkerton: Democrats Use the Threat of Court-Packing to Intimidate the Supreme Court from Overturning Roe

"The flashpoint issue is abortion."

"This is the case that goes right to the heart of the debate over whether or not Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion, was rightly decided."

"On December 10, CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said, "The Supreme Court may yet address affirmative action . . ."

"The most notable of these was the 1935 case of A. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United States, in which the Court held the National Industrial Recovery Act, the centerpiece of the New Deal, to be unconstitutional."

"In other words, "devout Catholic" Joe Biden is going to do all he can to protect abortion, including at least opening the door to the possibility of changing the Court."

"In September, White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that the administration was so concerned about the possible actions of the Court on abortion that the White House Gender Policy Council (which this author had previously written about here) had been tasked to ponder possible presidential options:"

"In the meantime, other cases piling up before the Court include issues galvanizing to both left and right, such as gun control, affirmative action, and religious education."

"In the meantime, other cases piling up before the Court include issues galvanizing to both left and right, such as gun control, affirmative action, and religious education."

"Conservatives have wanted to expand the understanding of the Second Amendment to ban most forms of gun control.""

"the conservatives have wanted to end affirmative action."

"Sen. Fischer and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) have a good idea"

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"Sen. Fischer and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) have a good idea"

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"On December 15, Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) devoted her weekly column to the danger."

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"[Biden] wants to see action and remains committed to that.nn"

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"Notably, as a presidential candidate, Joe Biden said he was opposed to court-packing."

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"So that would be four new justices picked by Biden, enough to submerge the current 6:3 conservative majority into a 7:6 liberal majority."

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"In other words, "devout Catholic" Joe Biden is going to do all he can to protect abortion, including at least opening the door to the possibility of changing the Court."

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"However, once in office, on April 9, President Biden created a commission to study the Court, including "the membership and size of the Court."nn"

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"Now it should be noted that on December 6, that Biden commission on the Supreme Court came back with no recommendation on court-packing, although it did flirt with other possibilities, such as term limits for justices, such that each president would get at least one appointment."

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"For instance, during the 2020 Democratic presidential primary campaign, several of the Democratic hopefuls -- including then-Sen. Kamala Harris -- declared that they were "open to" the idea of court-packing."

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"" Of course, what Warren really means is that she wants a Democratic majority on the Court; the addition of four new justices, appointed by Joe Biden, would turn the current 6:3 conservative majority into a 7:6 liberal majority.nn"

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"" Of course, what Warren really means is that she wants a Democratic majority on the Court; the addition of four new justices, appointed by Joe Biden, would turn the current 6:3 conservative majority into a 7:6 liberal majority.nn"

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"George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley, for example, calls Warren's proposal "perfectly Orwellian.""

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"To goose things along further, a few days later, on April 15, Democrats in Congress, including Jerrold Nadler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, proposed to enlarge the Court to 13 justices."

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"Then, on December 15, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) came out for expanding the Court to 13 justices, declaring, "I come to this conclusion because I believe the current Court threatens the democratic foundations of our nation."

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