minus-squareAngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down4·1 year agoYou know he can pack the courts if he really cared, right? Y’all think the lifetime catholic who is against abortion is really on your side for this one?
minus-squareLongbottomLeaf@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoThe executive branch can do that alone? I thought the legislative branch was required to expand SCOTUS.
minus-squareBingoBangoBongo@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThey are, because the president can nominate, but the legislature has to confirm.
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoI’m sure Mike Johnson will be happy to help!
minus-squareAngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoThe house doesn’t have a role in the process, just the president and the senate.
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoLast I checked there was a statutory limit on the size of the court, so the House would have to be involved in raising it.
You know he can pack the courts if he really cared, right? Y’all think the lifetime catholic who is against abortion is really on your side for this one?
The executive branch can do that alone? I thought the legislative branch was required to expand SCOTUS.
They are, because the president can nominate, but the legislature has to confirm.
I’m sure Mike Johnson will be happy to help!
The house doesn’t have a role in the process, just the president and the senate.
Last I checked there was a statutory limit on the size of the court, so the House would have to be involved in raising it.