Court packingPosted By James Brown |
Hi Jim:Originally Posted by Jim MoscheckWhat is it the the republicans have been doing for the past four years? Hmmm, what could it be?
I fear what will come out of a 6-3 conservative packed SC just as much as you fear what the dems will do if and when they come into power.
Rushing through a SC nominee in three weeks before an election when they denied BO's pick for eight months. That ain't stacking a court? I'm sick of these partisan games both sides play, but the republicans are just better at playing those games. They stack the courts and then complain that that's what the democrats are going to do it.
Filling a vacant seat is not court packing. It is the prerogative of the President and the Senate to fill the seat, given the outcome of the 2016 and 2018 elections. Court packing of course involves increasing the size of the court to 13 or 15 with new justices to gain a temporary majority. Then the next R President/Senate combo increases it to 25 and so on. Soon the SC becomes fully subject to the whims of political pressure and becomes unrecognizable and dysfunctional. One of the best features of our government, by far, is destroyed.
Sure it stings to have RBG replaced by ACB; but:
1. You have no idea what sort of judge she or anyone else will become. Gorsuch and Roberts have both drifted to the left in a relatively short time.
2. ACB has a fantastic judicial mind and temperament. She will be a credit to the nation.
3. Breyer and Thomas are the next judges in line for retirement or death, so, if the D's can win an election, Biden or some other Democrat can replace Thomas with a flaming liberal.
Jim