Dick Justice@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-22 years agoELI5 - So why exactly doesnt Biden expand the courts?message-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareELI5 - So why exactly doesnt Biden expand the courts?Dick Justice@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-22 years agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareapplejacks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoimagine creating a button that makes you win, but makes the process far more complicated. now imagine, once you’re out of power the other guy can also push the button. once pressed, neither side will ever stop pushing the button when in power.
minus-squareBombOmOm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 years agoYep. If the goal is to de-politicize the courts, court packing makes it exponentially worse.
imagine creating a button that makes you win, but makes the process far more complicated.
now imagine, once you’re out of power the other guy can also push the button.
once pressed, neither side will ever stop pushing the button when in power.
Yep. If the goal is to de-politicize the courts, court packing makes it exponentially worse.