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The bill doesn’t have the votes to pass Congress now, but will Democrats successfully pressure the Supreme Court to avoid rulings that enrage progressives? . . .

In October 2020, shortly before the confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court, a Siena/New York Times survey asked likely voters: “If Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed to the Supreme Court and Joe Biden is elected president, do you think that Democrats should or should not increase the size of the Supreme Court to include more than nine justices?”

By a two-to-one margin — 58 percent to 31 percent — voters said they were opposed to Court-packing.

If a strong majority of Americans oppose Court-packing — and a Court-packing bill doesn’t have votes to pass Congress — why did congressional Democrats go ahead anyway on Thursday and introduce a bill to increase the number of justices on the Supreme Court from nine to 13? . . .

One is that the issue matters to the activist progressive base. Ed Markey of Massachusetts, the bill’s chief sponsor in the Senate, survived a primary challenge in 2020 and is firmly committed to doing whatever it takes to make the Left happy — even if it isn’t good politics for the Democratic Party in 2022 or 2024. . . .

A second reason for introducing the bill, of course, is that many Democrats are deadly serious about blowing up the Supreme Court if they ever think they really need to do it — and introducing a bill now is a necessary first step to get there.  . . .

But the third and perhaps most significant reason that Democrats introduced their Court-packing bill is to intimidate the Supreme Court in such a way that Democrats never really feel they need to pull the trigger on Court-packing.

Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell argued in a floor speech that the bill is all part of an ongoing effort to intimidate Supreme Court justices. He said on Thursday that with the Court-packing bill, the “Left wants a sword dangling over the justices when they weigh the facts in every case.” . . .

Roll Call reports that some congressional Democrats came very close to explicitly agreeing with that argument.

“The Court needs to know that the people are watching,” Democratic congressman Hank Johnson of Georgia, a co-sponsor of the Court-packing bill, said at a press conference on Thursday. House Nancy Pelosi said she was taking a wait-and-see approach and has no intentions right now of bringing the bill to the floor. But as the bill’s lead sponsor in the House, Judiciary Committee chairman Jerrold Nadler, said on Thursday: “I believe that as events unfold, as the Court comes down with decisions destructive to a woman’s right to choose, as they come down with decisions destructive to the climate, as they come down with decisions destructive of civil liberties, I believe that the speaker and others will come along.”

“The threats are the point,” McConnell said Thursday. . . .

Share your thoughts and prayers on this court-packing in the comments below!

(Excerpt from The National Review. Article by  . Photo Credit: Unsplash.)

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CJ
April 17, 2021

PRESS ON
https://youtu.be/wIAPghCFfyg

PRESS ON LYRICS

When the valley is deep
When the mountain is steep
When the body is weary
When we stumble and fall

When the choices are hard
When we’re battered and scarred
When we’ve spent our resources
When we’ve given our all

Chorus:
In Jesus’ name, we press on
In Jesus’ name, we press on
Dear Lord, with the prize
Clear before our eyes
We find the strength to press on

In Jesus’ name, we press on
In Jesus’ name, we press on
Dear Lord, with the prize
Clear before our eyes
We find the strength to press on
To press on!

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Pauline
April 17, 2021

According to Rep. Jerry Nadler, “they’re not packing the court, they’re unpacking the court.” Do these people listen to what they say?? It makes no sense! What is really concerning is that a lot of people are following them! Thank God for IFA, prayer warriors! We pray, over the Supreme Court, that they will heed God’s Word that says “He has not given us a spirit of fear, but love,power, and a sound mind.” We pray that the only fear they have is the fear of the Lord, in Jesus name!!

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Carol Halma-Davidson
April 17, 2021

I pray that the Supreme Court will not be intimidated and will carry on their responsibilities in a Godly manner, not letting the evil ones put fear into them. In Jesus name. Amen

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Mcn
April 17, 2021

All I know is God is watching and examining the true intentions of every individual involved in this bill (as well as other bills or decisions they make). They can stand up in front of the people and share any “noble reason” they have for doing so but God is examining and will judge every motive of their hearts and words. And for those who are lying to the people even though they proclaim to be servants of the people, it will not bear well for them come God’s appointed day of reckoning for their lives. So many of these people conduct their lives and make decisions with no reverent fear of Almighty God. They have been given great responsibility and have abused it totally. I truly pray that they will wake up from their power and control mindset and humble themselves before our living God.

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Erin
April 17, 2021

Prayers for Justices Alito, Thomas, Barrett, and Kavanaugh. Prayers for strength, courage, and protection to stand against the swamp. I pray that these four justices will no longer stay silent and to begin taking hold of the reins and responsibilities that are rightfully theirs as members of the Highest Court in the Land. I pray that they can no longer be intimidated by evil people but that they come together and begin protecting the rights and freedoms of Americans.

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