Expanding the Supreme Court (#4487)

      The need for expanding the Supreme Court has been laid out in no uncertain terms when it comes to our liberal/progressive agenda. As the trumps were able to stall President Obama's pick and then ramrod their nominations on the court through, the ideological balance on the court is heavily favored toward republicans. There really shouldn't be a partisan divide on the Supreme Court but reality is what it is and now we liberal/progressives need to address it. We democrats are not good at playing politics, at least not in the past, so we must begin to play the with the same hardball tactics that republicans do routinely. If we are anything at this point in time it is being challenged so what will our response be?
     Adding 4 more justices to the court, even if they are all independently minded, would be a great way to nullify the extreme right wingers on the court now. Because I do believe that democracy and our constitution should come first when all adjudication is concluded. So decisions based upon equality, fairness and justice will naturally be the outcomes if we have enough neutral justices on the court. I know that we will pick some more left wing leaning justices as nominees and that is fair given that left wing leaning is really another term for objective and caring. But regardless, the need for more justices is to help preserve certain court challenges coming in the future against democratic policies we democrats are hoping to become law.
     Upholding laws on fair immigration, women's rights, adding states to our union, voting rights, minimum wage, police reform, and other priorities of our democratic movement. Even the right to remain a democracy may come under assault from the current republican party and their wealthy donors. We need to change the trajectory of our Supreme Court from one that wants to deny rights, to one that protects the rights of all. What the trumps have done to our democracy is equivalent to treason in my understanding when looking at the big picture. Everything they and republicans have been doing over the last handful of decades has been coalesced to a dual agenda, keeping power and diminishing working middle poor class rights.