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In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. Friedrich Nietzsche

Court Packing

My Thoughts

Lessons America can Learn from the French Revolution

In the final analysis, America in 2019 and France in 1789 have a lot in common. Both countries were big, powerful, and technologically advanced nations with great income inequality and ineffective governments. France’s inability to fix its problems led to revolution.

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Politics

Supreme Court Impeachment Threatens Rule of Law

Supreme Court impeachment is a greater danger than most Americans realize. Recent events in Washington will generate political pressure for SCOTUS removal.

Disturbingly, Republican court-packing efforts are driving Democrats in directions that make future SCOTUS impeachment more likely.

Leftists are openly promoting a court-packing plan that is far more radical than anything Republicans have attempted. Political scientist Todd N. Tucker wants Democrats to add enough new justices to the Court to overcome any conservative majority.

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Politics

How Trump and Roy Moore can disrupt the Courts Forever

This explains why Christian Conservatives are so anxious to elect Moore. They believe this might be their last opportunity to overturn Roe v. Wade and pack the federal courts with socially-conservative judges.

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Politics

Trump Just told us he Thinks Republicans are Doomed – To Court Packing

Trump and some of those around him might sense that a wave of Democratic victories is coming.
Republicans would not be in such a rush to pack the courts if they thought they would control Congress in 2019 – or the White House in 2020.
To pack the courts that Republicans will need every vote they can get in the Senate – even Moore’s.

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