"Today, Roberts faces similar threats: a president who openly and repeatedly castigates judges in partisan and even ethnic terms, and Democratic presidential contenders, who think the number of justices on the Supreme Court should be expanded by statute if the Democrats take control of the Senate. They argue that Republicans, by refusing for nearly a year to consider President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee, have so stacked the deck that the move is necessary."

NPR editorializing over John Roberts, the SOB. Dated July 8, the item is titiled, "Fear And Loathing At The Supreme Court — What Is Chief Justice John Roberts Up To?" Loathing, for sure.

Expanding the Court to undo the poison, bravo. The idea is needed. A new majority would mean a new look at money in politics, with Citizens United ripe to be overturned; given its phony basis, that corporations are equivalent in some way to humans.

A host of reforms would be possible with a fifteen member court with the new six appointed by Democrats; ideally with many more progressive voices having a say, and with Pelosi/Hoyer disavowed.

And, ideally, all six new appointees would be progressives, none a Blue Dog bench warmer. Ideally a court expansion would be under President Sanders, or President Warren, having hold of nominating. (Re Warren, she seems to be able to raise the cash to last.)

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Worth a thousand words of loathing.