> And the democrats would do the same thing The Democrats helped force a Democrat appointed supreme court justice out in 1969, over a similar but lesser situat

> And the democrats would do the same thing The Democrats helped force a Democrat appointed supreme court justice out in 1969, over a similar but lesser situation, even though Nixon would get to appoint a replacement. > In 1969, Justice Abe Fortas was forced to resign after his financial relationship came to light with businessman Louis Wolfson, who paid Fortas to consult for his foundation. Fortas was a Democratic appointee, but the scandal led to a bipartisan call for his resignation — even though his replacement would be named by Republican President Richard Nixon and shift the balance of the court [0] I definitely don't see today's Republicans doing that. Eleven months before an election they unconstitutionally refused to vote on Obama's nomination of Garland [1] to the Supreme Court, but afterwards they were ok breaking convention and approving Barret and other judges as lame ducks after an election where they lost their senate majority [2]. This is quite the change from several decades ago when Nixon resigned because he knew that some Republicans would vote with Democrats to impeach him. I guess that back then our constitution and institutions were more important than party and power [3]. [0] https://www.democracynow.org/2023/4/19/clarence_thomas_abe_fortas https://www.democracynow.org/2023/4/19/clarence_thomas_abe_f... [1] https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/594574-mcconnells-unconstitutional-blockade-of-garland-poisoned-subsequent/ https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/594574-mcconnells-unco... [2] https://rollcall.com/2020/10/30/mcconnell-senate-judges-lame-duck/ https://rollcall.com/2020/10/30/mcconnell-senate-judges-lame... [3] refer to the book "How Democracies Die" by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt