# SageRat Discussion re Proposed Changes to be Made to the Supreme Court

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [July 29, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sagerat-discussion-re-proposed-changes-to-be-made-to-the-supreme-court/1004970 "2024-07-29T16:53:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sagerat-discussion-re-proposed-changes-to-be-made-to-the-supreme-court/1004970/8 "2024-07-29T17:26:39Z")

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> [@President Biden Calls for Major Changes to the Supreme Court](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-biden-calls-for-major-changes-to-the-supreme-court/1004954/21):
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> You think that having a completely empty Supreme Court is a good thing? Because that’s what you get by requiring a supermajority.

Which is an admission that we need Amendments that fine tune everything.

If the current system is leading to deadlock, sure you _could_ just remove the rules and make it easier for people to go hog wild and run rough-shod over sanity. But, you can also set up rules that promote sane and reasonable people, rules that disempower cranks, etc. For example:

[https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-biden-calls-for-major-changes-to-the-supreme-court/1004954/14?u=sage\_rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-biden-calls-for-major-changes-to-the-supreme-court/1004954/14)

It’s all just ink on paper. We shouldn’t change the rules cavalierly but it is all still just a set of rules for how to find representatives and force them to cooperate with one another. You can change _anything_ that needs changing. But it needs to be with an eye towards making true fixes, not just saying, “Fuck it.” Tearing stuff up, and washing your hands of the issue - which is what we have been doing by lowering our standards and removing rules.

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