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They're like... Family...Don Jr. really likes rapists.
The trolling seems a little desperate this morning.
barfo
Please give me a brief speech.
Hmm, maybe we should pack the court. This could bring about healing, with a bi-partisan effort. What say you?
1. You already did.
2. You didn't read the bill, it doesn't say what you think it says.
barfo
Um, packing the court means to add justices, which is precisely what this bill proposes. Trump did not pack the courts in his term, so I think this should be one his first orders of business. Many on the left have been calling for this.
People often use "court packing" to describe changes to the size of the Supreme Court, but it's better understood as any effort to manipulate the Court's membership for partisan ends. A political party that's engaged in court packing will usually violate norms that govern who is appointed (e.g., only appoint jurists who respect precedent) and how the appointment process works (e.g., no appointments during a presidential election).
Seen from this perspective, the Barrett appointment is classic court packing. The president nominated a hardline conservative who appears to question major parts of U.S. constitutional law. And the Senate majority changed its procedural rules – invented to deny Merrick Garland a hearing – to ram through the nomination as people were voting.