RE: Expanding The Supreme Court
September 27, 2020 at 12:13 am
(This post was last modified: September 27, 2020 at 12:15 am by Hillbillyatheist.
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it's pointless speculation at least in the short term with regard to packing the court. even if the democrats win, there's enough moderates who would balk at such an idea. That's not to say in the future, should the court over reach too much, that support for court packing wouldn't grow and become politically viable later on, but it could be just as likely a couple justices die and the court swings back to democrats.
my prediction is the seat is filled in October. a win for the GOP. like it or not. vote will be 52-54 in favor of confirming.
Then next year with the democrats having won the election, will face pressure from the base for revenge, but nothing will come of it. they'll come short of the votes they would need even if they tried. Democrats like Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema wouldn't support it. likely they quickly move on to hopefully fixing our economy, dealing with Covid, police reform and such.
it is what it is. you win some, you lose some.
my prediction is the seat is filled in October. a win for the GOP. like it or not. vote will be 52-54 in favor of confirming.
Then next year with the democrats having won the election, will face pressure from the base for revenge, but nothing will come of it. they'll come short of the votes they would need even if they tried. Democrats like Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema wouldn't support it. likely they quickly move on to hopefully fixing our economy, dealing with Covid, police reform and such.
it is what it is. you win some, you lose some.
