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Title: Here’s The Far-Left’s Plan To Take Over Every Federal Court Over Republican Objection
Post by: mystery-ak on April 07, 2021, 01:18:11 pm

Varun Hukeri
General Assignment & Analysis Reporter
April 06, 2021 10:19 PM ET


Progressives have long advocated packing the Supreme Court, but a recent plan proposed by far-left judicial activists calls on Senate Democrats to add hundreds of new federal judges to the lower courts through the procedural tactic of reconciliation.

Yale Law School professor Samuel Moyn and Take Back the Court director Aaron Belkin sent a memo March 29 to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and other top Senate Democrats in favor of expanding federal appellate and district courts through reconciliation.

Reconciliation is a parliamentary procedure that allows the Senate to pass legislation affecting the budget — including taxation and spending measures — with only a simple majority and no filibuster option.

Senate Democrats previously used reconciliation to pass the COVID-19 relief package in early March without a single Republican vote. Democrats are reportedly considering reconciliation once again to push through President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan.

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https://dailycaller.com/2021/04/06/court-packing-judges-reconciliation-byrd-rule-merely-incidental/