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Nepotist  ·  1997 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pack the Supreme Court

I have a hard time getting behind this. How would the author like it if the GOP used this same tactic to stuff it with enough hardcore conservatives to overturn Roe v. Wade?





galen  ·  1997 days ago  ·  link  ·  

This week, in Read the Article Before You Comment On It: they already did.

    The GOP has already packed the Supreme Court. In 2016, Republicans in Congress prevented a Democratic president who won two terms, with two clear majorities, from filling a Supreme Court vacancy; in doing so, the GOP deliberately reduced the size of the Court to eight justices for more than nine months. Senior Republicans even suggested they’d restrict the Court to eight justices for the entirety of a Hillary Clinton presidency. Then, within three months of Trump coming to office, Republicans confirmed the ultra-conservative Neil Gorsuch as the 112th Supreme Court justice.
Nepotist  ·  1997 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That isn't packing the court, that's just them playing obstructionist politics

galen  ·  1997 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You gonna make an argument, or just an assertion?