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For those who do not know the threat to our democratic system of government, if our Supreme Court were to have its number of seats doubled in size and its new members arbitrarily filled by the leadership of an existing political party, Venezuela ought to serve as a chilling contemporary warning, and cause every freedom loving American voter to be fearful of “court packing”, and that means “court packing” by either political party!
In 2012, Hugo Chavez, the socialist president of Venezuela died, and was replaced by Chavez’s hand-picked, Nicolás Maduro. Soon thereafter, the Supreme Court that was “packed” with 12 new Justices loyal to President Hugo Chávez’s party, begins to neuter and destroy Venezuela’s democratic system of government. See: 2013: Maduro Challenged by Opposition Leader
“As Venezuela’s situation worsens, the Maduro regime arrests opposition political leaders and shuts down news websites and detains journalists, leading to criticism from the U.N. and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. In 2017, Venezuela’s Supreme Court, filled with Maduro loyalists, take away the powers of the National Assembly, increasing Maduro’s control. The following year, he is reelected overwhelmingly in an election that a coalition of other western hemisphere nations says “lacked legitimacy.”
In another article dated, 2004, by Human Rights Watch, Venezuela: Chávez Allies Pack Supreme Court we find:
“Five years ago, President Chávez’s supporters helped to enshrine the principle of judicial independence in a new democratic constitution,” said José Miguel Vivanco, Americas director at Human Rights Watch. “Now, by packing the country’s highest court, they are betraying that principle and degrading Venezuelan democracy.”
And here we are today, with a Democrat Party Leadership controlled by “socialists”, refusing to tell voters if they intend to “pack” our Supreme Court, which most certainly would lead to a devastating assault on our democratic system of government, and reduce it to a Venezuelan type dictatorship, ruled by unelected Justices hand-picked by the Leadership of a socialist opposition political party.
Before you vote, I suggest you view the following video giving a glimpse into our future should our Supreme Court be packed by the Leadership of a political party.
Forewarned is forearmed! May God Bless the United States and her citizens.
JWK
”The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands [our Supreme Court] . . . may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” ___ Madison, Federalist Paper No. 47
Yes. I will still vote for Joe Biden even if he were to publicly state he would pack the court if trump pushes through confirmation without regard to election completion or outcome. Elections have consequences and so do tactics of the current duplicitous republicans to pack the court without regard for listening to the American People.
It’s his obligation to nominate somebody for the vacancy. Every president has done this
Just like it was Mitch's to his base, when he lied to say it was too close to the election to even consider the last president's nomination, and then closed the debate, only to reverse when in his bases favor. People do not forget duplicity. Bad tactics leave a sour aftertaste that does not go away.
Actually he said they wouldn't vote in Obama's pick, so there was no reason to have a vote on it. You can do that when you run the senate, but don't let the facts get in your way.
His nomination deserved a hearing. He didn't get it. They could have voted him down and satisfied you, but he deserved a hearing. There is no getting around that. Nobody is stupid enough to think it was right to deny a hearing because too close to election, but correct now, while the election is going on. You need to smell what you are shoveling.
He wasn't going to be confirmed no matter what.
I guess we will never know, since Moscow Mitch carried the water, will we?