The size of the court's membership is set by statute: 28 USC 1. Amending it needs to be the top priority the next time the Democrats have a trifecta.

In case you can't tell, I lost all confidence in the SCOTUS majority even successfully masquerading as principled after the Trump immunity decision.

I'm skeptical even of that method, and waiting to try it will cost at least two years.

I really have trouble seeing how Packing the Court, followed by a series of judicial disqualification reforms (I have specific ideas!), is not the necessary first step for everything else.

I agree. At this point, court packing and any reform of the current system on any dimension go hand-in-hand.

But the necessity of court packing needs to expressly come up with every statutory reform proposal, though, because they are all doomed without it and statutes are the "easy option."

I like the thought process, but I think the chances of this and jurisdiction stripping surviving review by the current SCOTUS are close to zero.

It never ceases to amaze me how literal multi-million and billionaires can see themselves as underdogs.

I can't think of a single endeavor where they lack massive structural advantages.

"You'll get a turn... time allowing."

But not until after they sell the hotel to someone else!

What an interesting thing to say.

I was going to give him a "young and dumb" partial pass but it turns out he's 27 so...

Was that only a month ago?

Gods this is going to be a long fall...

That ratio is really something.

Not a bad time to write fiction, though.

This happens to me right at the beginning of girl scout cookie season every year

Just the suspicious silence alone...

Link to recipe?