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   StillIRise1963 (stillirise1963@mastodon.world)'s status on Monday, 19-Feb-2024 13:49:27 JST StillIRise1963

   There's NO WAY around the fact that we have to impeach some SCOTUS justices and enlarge the Court.

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     carl marks (tillshadeisgone@blackqueer.life)'s status on Monday, 19-Feb-2024 13:50:24 JST carl marks

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     @StillIRise1963 ppl talk about this as if the court had 9 justices since the founding of the country smh

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     carl marks (tillshadeisgone@blackqueer.life)'s status on Monday, 19-Feb-2024 15:54:15 JST carl marks

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     • Martha Howell

     @MHowell I think that's a great idea, but I also think we should just tell more people that we have nine justices not because it's some sacred number but because other politicians expanded it multiple times in the past to get something they wanted.

     We need to demystify these political institutions by telling people the simple truth of their histories. There is nothing noble about them; it's always been a struggle for power.

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     Martha Howell (mhowell@mas.to)'s status on Monday, 19-Feb-2024 15:54:16 JST Martha Howell

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     • carl marks

     @tillshadeisgone @StillIRise1963
     Tbf, it's had 9 justices for pretty much the lifetimes of everyone still alive. Not saying that change is impossible, just means we have to work harder to socialize/justify change. If we focus on showing that there was a hierarchy from appellate courts to justices that is no longer equitable, we can show how the SC has deviated from it's historic size.