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NEW: Rep Joe Morelle (D-NY)
โI will introduce a constitutional amendment to reverse SCOTUSโ harmful decision and ensure that no president is above the law. This amendment will do what SCOTUS failed to doโprioritize our democracyโ
This is how you build popular support for expanding the court. You do everything possible keep the issue alive.
You don't just say "that won't work" about messaging bills. Because you can easily say the same thing about packing the court right now.
> build popular support
Our house is on fire. They need to act like it. And they need to tell the public that they are in danger - over an over and over again because Americans only remember something if it's like an ad.
Doing an end run around the 6 GOP justices won't work. They won't allow it.
If you're a representative, this *is* how you act like it. You put forward amendments. You move to impeach justices. No, it won't pass, but it gets press. It's a tool that says this is worth attention, worth fighting for.
Republicans understand this. It's one reason they'e beating us.
AOC said she'd file articles of impeachment against the corrupt justices when the House is back in session.
"but it won't work!"
Messaging is part of the work. We should encourage our reps to keep working.
The dems need to say what they will do when in power and then do it. The time for messaging & polling & focus groups & committees & all that crap is long past. Our house is on fire.
> AOC said
I'm no expert on the House but isn't it a big bigger than half a dozen people?
> [Edit] The dems need to say what they will do when in power and then WHEN/IF THEY ARE IN POWER do it.
Does that help? Even a little?
Has a single boldface name dem talked about court packing today? How 'bout THAT messaging, eh? If not now - when? If not them - who?
> So you want dems to talk about something they can't do yet
๐-๐-๐-๐ ๐๐-๐๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ, ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ
๐-๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ-๐-๐-๐-๐-๐๐น๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ, ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐บ
It's crazy I know for them to have a plan.