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So if norms don't matter (as you, McConnel, and Trump seem to argue), the Democrats ought to pack the court, no?
by Robotbeat 6y ago
So if norms don't matter (as you, McConnel, and Trump seem to argue), the Democrats ought to pack the court, no?
- nwienert 6y agoSo would you be ok if Republicans won this election and then packed the Supreme Court?
- Hnrobert42 6y agoNo. I would not be happy about it. But I fully expect them to do it. There are no longer norms. Screw the country. It is every man for himself.
- jki275 6y agoThe republicans had the opportunity to do it, and haven’t...
- platyp 6y agoWhy would they need to pack the court? They already have a political majority, do they not? No need to break a norm when it confers no additional benefits (as the breaking of the previous norms did).
- nwienert 6y agoThey didn’t have majority until recently, and according to Vox and many left leaning sites, they’ve voted quite liberally since. Further, there’s this: https://thehill.com/regulation/454463-ginsburg-dismisses-court-packing-and-term-limits-for-supreme-court-justices https://thehill.com/regulation/454463-ginsburg-dismisses-cou...
- jki275 6y agoThe Republicans don't generally vote as a bloc on most things. And many of them hate the President as much as the Democrats do.
- caseysoftware 6y ago"the senate has historically" means that is literally the "norms" There are lots of things to argue but that isn't one of them.