Obama and the Senate are emulating FDR
Democrats aren't satisfied with the one-party state in which they control Congress and the White House and can politicize the Justice Department and take over the banking and automotive industries. Now liberal Democrats are pushing a court-packing scheme as well.
A subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing Wednesday on the proposed Federal Judgeship Act of 2009 (S. 1653), which would create positions for 63 new federal judges - 51 in federal district courts and 12 in appeals courts. This proposal is nothing less than a sneaky equivalent of what President Franklin D. Roosevelt tried with his infamous court-packing power grab on the Supreme Court in 1937.
The only difference is that this attempt is more under the radar... [snip]
The Federal Judgeship Act of 2009 would add two new seats to that circuit before even filling the existing four vacancies. That makes no sense.
Here's a thought: If Congress really thinks the federal courts need more judgeships, why not write the law so that the new seats don't open up until after the next presidential election? That way, nobody would know which political side would benefit, and the assessment of how many new seats are needed and where would be based on merit alone rather than on partisan political considerations.
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