Republican governors in Arizona and Georgia have signed bills passed by GOP-dominated legislatures to expand the number of seats on their states’ respective high courts. In Iowa, the Republican governor gained greater leverage over the commission that names judicial nominees.
Arizona’s governor, Republican Doug Ducey, said he opposes adding seats to the U.S. Supreme Court.
“We shouldn’t be changing our institutions,” he told reporters recently.
Yet Ducey signed a bill that did just that at the state level in 2016, expanding the Arizona Supreme Court from five seats to seven. As a result, Ducey has appointed more judges than any other governor in the state’s history.
"That same year in Georgia, then-Gov. Nathan Deal signed similar legislation expanding that state’s supreme court from seven to nine seats. Supporters said the move was needed because of the state’s growing population and economy.
But the expansion allowed Deal to leave his conservative mark on the court by appointing a majority of its justices by the time he left office.
The state-level moves are part of a broader, longer-term effort by conservatives to reshape the judiciary. Outside groups have been playing an increasing role in state judicial races in recent years. They accounted for a quarter of all spending in the 2018 state supreme court elections, and in some states outspent the candidates, according to figures compiled by the Brennan Center for Justice.
The Democratic runner-up most certainly was. Sanders has never met a Latin American dictatorship he didn’t absolutely fawn over, yet now he’s the co-author of the Democratic Party presidential campaign platform. You can call it a “scare tactic” all you wish, but the primary influencer of progressive politics has yet to condemn Maduro.
Inch by inch…how is it that Dems almost nominated an outright socialist, Obama had an outright communist as one of his czars and yet you don’t see anti capitalists as getting nearer and nearer to power? Do you think AOC and her ilk are just going to go away?
And Trump has had 4 Years to repeal it including the time the Republicans had control of the house.
Why hasnt Trump delivered on his promise of a new healthcare plan on day 1?
The Affordable Care Act had some excellent provisions but also some very poor parts. It was more about health insurance reform than health care reform.
Trump has already delivered on most of his 2016 campaign promises at least in part.
It is for most of this work including tax cuts, the wall, building embassy in Jerusalem, bringing soldiers home from endless wars, etc. that he has earned my vote here in 2020.
