Politics: The Pros and Cons of So Called Court Packing

There is a term that isn’t widely agreed upon as the proper and accepted way of saying it as it is normally just a derogatory way of the other side referring to a way of expanding the Supreme Court beyond its current nine members. It is called that based on an idea that FDR had.

We used to have only six justices on the court as the main number. It was increased all the way up to ten justices at one point, but was largely the same starting around shortly after the Civil War era. There is nothing in the constitution that mandates nine members. Mitch McConnell even got rid of that number under Obama only to not stick with his new norm when it no longer benefitted him a mere four years later.

What are the benefits to expanding the court? Well, we’d hopefully not have to worry that much about the long influence people would have forever if we could put more on them in the future. We also would be able to add more without having to wait until new vacancies. It would be nice to help the court by doing this.

Of course, there are downsides to this as well. If we get rid of norms permanently, then the other side will do whatever they can to abuse the same change. There is a lot of damage that can be done by this all in the name of supposedly fixing damage to the court. If we are able to do this, then what wouldn’t be off limits in the future? Would anything?

It is hard to tell what can or should be done with the Supreme Court in order to fix it. There might be hope in the future for the courts after all. I’d have to wait and see just how the case on the Affordable Care Act turns out to see if it could be good even under the current justices. A lot of this worry over the court might not be over much. 

Now I’ve been gone with these political updates for a while and they will be back for at least some of the moment as this one will become the last of the Supreme Court themes for a while. I am also going to post this blog on every other Tuesday for the near future until the first post of this blog is on the first Tuesday of the month. It will then occupy a month of that post before I go back to just at least one post of this blog a month. You’ll find out soon enough what new theme will be replacing the one that I have now. I will be back in the future with more posts.

Cast Update 2-4-2021

A lot can change with this blog over time and we’ll see how that will be over the course of time. It is likely that I keep this up for a while as long as I can devote the time into this without it sucking too much out of the rest of my life. I know that it has been a while since I’ve done a political post, but this is a good thing, actually. Also, I’ve decided that if I’m ever able to do random posts in November of any year, they will not be political. I am hoping that I can get them written in case this ever happens.

 

Tea Leoni: She will be in a project called Endangered, which will be a movie. There are no other things that I see her in right now besides that. I don’t know when they finished filming the show, but you’d think that those who are still doing projects will have stuff right now to do (if that makes sense).

 

Endangered: This is a movie about the lives of threatened species. We’ll see what role she has in it. The website I’m checking makes it seem like she’ll be lending her voice to it so maybe it will be some sort of documentary. The release date is unknown now.

 

Bebe Neuwirth: She’s had a recurring bit on Blue Bloods and may show up on it from time to time. There are other minor things that she has done. It appears that she will be in a new movie called Julia. She will also be in something new called Teenage Euthanasia.

 

Julia: This is a pilot for a show about Julia Child, the chef. We’ll see if anything comes from the pilot in the future or not. It would have an edge if it was already filmed. The release date is currently unknown for this. Maybe one will never come.

 

Teenage Euthanasia: Considering how the title talks about assisted suicide, one can be a bit unsure how this could turn into a good story. But the plot is more complicated than that and hard to some up easily. The show is set to air sometime in 2021.

 

Geoffrey Arend: There are now two things to note regarding him. One is a project that he will be in called Physical, a TV show. He is also set to be in Justice Society: World War II. I’m glad that he could find something at long last.

 

Physical: This is a TV show, but too much about this is unknown at this point in time. It has no release date or trailer just yet. It is a very new thing and imdb isn’t revealing much about it now as a result.

 

Justice Society: World War II: This is expected for release sometime in 2021. In this movie, which is probably an adaptation of a comic book, a person comes from the future who changes history in some way for some reason.

 

Kathrine Herzer: She hasn’t been doing much since the show ended or now, it seems. Maybe she is going back to a more normal life. Not all the child actors or actresses continue into the field when they get older as they want to do other things in life. Remember the people from Shining Time Station?

 

Evan Roe: Again, this person has not been doing much after the show ended. I guess it hasn’t been over long enough or a lot of these people just haven’t found a new job yet, at least in the Hollywood industry. You’d think that the filming would have ended long enough ago, but maybe not.

 

Tim Daly: The time has come to say what this man is finally doing after Madam Secretary as he finally has something new in the works now. He is working on a project called The Sixth Reel. I don’t know what it is yet, but at least it is something.

 

The Sixth Reel: This is a project that I currently don’t know much about right now. Is it a movie, TV show, or something else entirely? I have no idea. It is said to be a comedy of some sort. But is it a movie comedy or a sitcom of some sort? I also don’t know the plot of it just yet. Also, the release date is unknown as well. Yet at least, this is something.

 

Zeljko Ivanek: He also has no new projects in the works right now, although he could be wanting to retire in the future or something like that. I won’t make assumptions and just wait until the next time I see something potentially in a later post.

 

Erich Bergen: He’s also doing nothing yet as of the show ending. How recently did filming wrap? Was it not that long ago? Why is no one that I’m looking up doing anything yet? I don’t get it. Whatever the reason, he has nothing yet and maybe that will change later.

 

Patina Miller: She is the narrator of a show called Word Party. That’s all that she’s doing for now. I think that she’s a mother so that may affect how much work she’ll be able to do. We’ll see what goes on in her life and I hope she can do something I can watch. She will also be in a project called Power Book III: Raising Kanan.

 

Word Party: This is a Netflix kids show that is available now. Patina is the narrator of it. I don’t know much about it. I doubt that I will be able to see it in the future. This show is about teaching others how to talk and learning simple things like that.

 

Power Book III: Raising Kanan: This isn’t set to air until 2021. It is a prequel about Kanan Stark, whoever that is. I doubt already that I’ll be able to see it, although I guess that it is possible that I might at some point. I hope to find out more info about this soon.

 

Wallis Currie-Wood: She has done very little outside of the show. Maybe she will do something more in Hollywood or maybe not. It will be hard to understand some of why I’m not seeing much in terms of what the cast is doing in the future unless or until more time passes.

 

Keith Carradine: He has two projects in the works. One is called Sallywood. The other one is called The Daylong Brothers. We’ll see what happens between those and anything else that he does. I look forward to hopefully seeing these films at some point in time. He will also be in something called The Power of the Dog. Maybe more will happen in the future.

 

Sallywood: This movie romantic in some way, but I don’t know if it’s a comedy or not. It is about a man who moves to Hollywood and becomes a woman’s personal assistant. They’ll be more to it than that. It has an unknown release date at this time.

 

The Daylong Brothers: This has an unknown release date at this time. It is about three brothers who try to get revenge on their father for selling their souls. This could be interesting, even if I don’t really like to watch horror films. But this could just be normal supernatural.

 

The Power of the Dog: I don’t know why they are making a Trump based movie. Wait, this has nothing to do with politics. It is about sibling rivalry that happens between two men who are brothers when one of them gets married. It is set for release in 2021.

 

Sebastian Arcelus: It looks like he will appear in a TV movie or perhaps potential pilot called Blanco. He’s doing better than others in terms of projects in the works. He’s also doing a project called Homebound. That is it for now.

 

Homebound: This is set for release in 2021. It is about a woman searching for her therapy dog as she deals with personal fears or things like that. There is no trailer for this yet or specific release date. It could be good, but I won’t know unless I can see it at some point. It is a short.

 

Blanco: This has an unknown release date at the moment. It is about a criminal who seeks to work with the cops only to build his criminal empire. I have no idea what network this would air on, if any. This might be just another in a long line of passed pilots that I get confused about and wind up in this blog for a long time like what you might have seen in my CSI: Cyber blog.

 

Sara Ramirez: Despite not appearing or even being mentioned in the final season of this show, she has not done a thing since leaving this show. The others I can understand as they haven’t been off the show this long, but I want her to do something. And I hope she improves her hairstyle for the future.

 

Kevin Rahm: While the entire world is crazy right now and pilot season messed up, there still might be hope that he is doing something as I see him in Vegas High, the potential pilot for a TV show. We’ll see what, if anything, comes of it later.

 

Vegas High: This is a pilot for HBO Max. Whether or not it becomes a series is unknown, but if they already filmed the pilot, it would have an edge on other shows. The plot is about a female torn between her Mormon life and the fast paced life of Las Vegas. The release date is currently unknown.

 

Barbara Hall: I will see what future, if any, she might have in the film or movie industry. You’d think that she’d be doing something at some point or another, but maybe she won’t be at least for a while. I guess that I’ll keep her in the updates for now.

 

Schedule

 

Available now- Word Party (on Netflix)

 

Unknown 2021- The Power of the Dog, Power Book III: Raising Kanan (unknown time on unknown network), Homebound, Teenage Euthanasia (unknown time on unknown network), Justice Society: World War II

 

Unknown year- Endangered, Sallywood, The Daylong Brothers, Blanco, Vegas High, Julia, The Sixth Reel, Physical