If Democrats Win the Trifecta in 2028, They MUST End the Filibuster Rule in the Senate and Increase the Size of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Whether it be Roe or birthright citizenship or illegal ICE detentions or assaulting members of Congress or disappearing American citizens to Central American gulags, fascism can't just be stopped with a new executive branch if the Courts allow prior decisions to stand. And a Contitutional amendment process will take too long.
Increasing the size of the U.S. Supreme Court to 15 is the swiftest way to insure that rollbacks of draconian Trump administration executive orders and decisions by his hand-picked justices will be overturned.
Democrats should:
1. Swiftly end the filibuster in the Senate and then IMMEDIATELY move to increase the size of the U.S. Supreme Court to 15 justices with confirmation hearings and votes on nominees by the new president before the end of 2029.
2. End mid-decade gerrymandering with a Constitutional amendment so that redistricting so that district lines drawn up after the 2040 census and 2040 general election won't be tampered with (2040 so that a presidential election year will draw a huge electorate that will also decide legislative elections). Prohibit any redrawing of political districts at a U.S. House or state legislative level from "targetting" an incumbent by putting their principle residence outside of their current district lines.
3. Enact grand jury reform laws so that overzealous prosecutors can no longer recommend the same indictments against a defendant with a new grand jury after a previous grand jury rejects that indictment.
4. Allow U.S. citizens and legal residents to sue the federal government for violations of their Constitutional rights.
5. Increase the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, retroactive to January 2025 with tax credits issued to those hourly workers during the period between January 2025 and the time the legislation is enacted who otherwise would have earned the extra hourly wage. Additional, the federal government should add to the Social Security Trust Fund the equivalent of 12% of the total tax credit issued and crediting those workers with the extra income to qualify for higher benefits when they collect Social Security. The miniumum wage set once the legislation goes into effect shall be $15 per hour and adjusted for inflation since January 2025. Furthermore, it shall be automatically adjusted for inflation or indexed to increase with Congressional salaries (which ever is higher) without any sunset provision. The sub-minimum wage shall also be eliminated.
TBC
Increasing the size of the U.S. Supreme Court to 15 is the swiftest way to insure that rollbacks of draconian Trump administration executive orders and decisions by his hand-picked justices will be overturned.
Democrats should:
1. Swiftly end the filibuster in the Senate and then IMMEDIATELY move to increase the size of the U.S. Supreme Court to 15 justices with confirmation hearings and votes on nominees by the new president before the end of 2029.
2. End mid-decade gerrymandering with a Constitutional amendment so that redistricting so that district lines drawn up after the 2040 census and 2040 general election won't be tampered with (2040 so that a presidential election year will draw a huge electorate that will also decide legislative elections). Prohibit any redrawing of political districts at a U.S. House or state legislative level from "targetting" an incumbent by putting their principle residence outside of their current district lines.
3. Enact grand jury reform laws so that overzealous prosecutors can no longer recommend the same indictments against a defendant with a new grand jury after a previous grand jury rejects that indictment.
4. Allow U.S. citizens and legal residents to sue the federal government for violations of their Constitutional rights.
5. Increase the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, retroactive to January 2025 with tax credits issued to those hourly workers during the period between January 2025 and the time the legislation is enacted who otherwise would have earned the extra hourly wage. Additional, the federal government should add to the Social Security Trust Fund the equivalent of 12% of the total tax credit issued and crediting those workers with the extra income to qualify for higher benefits when they collect Social Security. The miniumum wage set once the legislation goes into effect shall be $15 per hour and adjusted for inflation since January 2025. Furthermore, it shall be automatically adjusted for inflation or indexed to increase with Congressional salaries (which ever is higher) without any sunset provision. The sub-minimum wage shall also be eliminated.
TBC
36-40, F
