Trump Should Pack Supreme Court and Add Four Justices, Says Guest
"Trump should pack the courts. It means add four more Supreme Court justices. The there's 13 federal circuits, I believe it is. And when the Supreme Court when the federal court system was being set up, there was one justice for each circuit. And there were nine. when they expanded to 13 with westward expansion, they never added four more justices."
About this episode
On this episode of TimCast IRL, host Tim Pool and guests engaged in a wide-ranging discussion about the future of American governance, constitutional issues, and geopolitical power dynamics. The conversation centered heavily on recent developments in birthright citizenship policy and the Trump administration's executive actions on immigration. Pool and his guests expressed deep pessimism about the viability of the American system, with one guest declaring "I don't see a path forward honestly for the American empire" and another arguing that Trump's agenda of closing borders and bringing back manufacturing would save America only in the long term while ending American empire status in the short term. The panel discussed population decline due to low birth rates and the impending boomer mortality wave, alongside Chinese birth tourism allegedly producing 1.5 million American-born children of Chinese citizens. One guest controversially suggested Trump should pack the Supreme Court by adding four justices to match the thirteen federal circuits. The group argued that Congress has become dysfunctional and incapable of governing a country of over 330 million people, with individual representatives trying to serve 775,000 constituents each. They advocated for radical decentralization and warned that without systemic reform, technocratic control would inevitably take over. The episode reflected a growing sentiment among some commentators that America's current constitutional system is inadequate for 21st-century challenges from AI-empowered authoritarian rivals like China and Russia.
Key takeaways
- Guest advocates Trump should pack the Supreme Court by adding four justices to match thirteen federal circuits, echoing progressive proposals.
- Panel expresses consensus that American empire is ending regardless of policy choices, with no viable path forward under current system.
- Discussion highlights alleged Chinese birth tourism operations producing approximately 1.5 million American citizen children born to Chinese nationals.
- Guests argue that population collapse from low birth rates and boomer deaths will fundamentally undermine American power and economy.
- Panel criticizes Congress as fundamentally dysfunctional with individual members representing 775,000 people each, making effective governance impossible.
- Participants warn that without radical decentralization, technocratic control will inevitably replace current democratic systems.
- Group discusses Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship as constitutional law that cannot be changed through normal legislative process.