I agree with Joe Biden….
It is NOT the time to be dealing with this…
Is it off the table ?
No…
Should it be talked about now before we see how Judge Barrett is gonna affect the law and politics of the court?
No…
Next!….
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said Monday that he’s “not a fan” of court-packing, providing his clearest position on an issue he has sought to avoid discussing following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
“I’m not a fan of court-packing, but I don’t want to get off on that whole issue,” Biden told CNN affiliate WKRC in Cincinatti. “I want to keep focused. The President would love nothing better than to fight about whether or not I would, in fact, pack the court or not pack the court.”
Last week, Biden told reporters he would not address the issue until after the November 3 election, but his comments Monday go further than when he has demurred in his recent answers on the issue following the vacancy on the Supreme Court left by Ginsburg.
With the Republican-controlled Senate likely to confirm President Donald Trump’s third Supreme Court justice, creating a solid 6-3 conservative majority, some progressive members of the Democratic Party have floated the idea of expanding the size of the high court — and adding liberal justices — should Biden win and Republicans lose control of the Senate….
Note…
The nation’s high court just announced a ruling SUPPORTING Planned Parenthood’s funding in Red State South Carolina….