10-09-2020, 03:36 PM
I think stacking the court is a shit idea and doubt it will happen. I think it's dumb for Dem legislators to even threaten it.
SCOTUS justices are a crapshoot anyway. They are bound by precedent. They can make changes, but not purely based on personal ideology. Roberts seems to make attempts to keep the Court as neutral as possible, and even Kavanaugh, viewed largely as a down-the-line ideologue of the right has exercised discretion in his opinions as a justice.
The best change is unforced and organic outside of extreme circumstances like slavery or Jim Crow.
There's an argument for power begetting power, as the senior senator form my state has demonstrated, but some things should be sacred.
In time, places like Texas, Georgia, and North Carolina will become swing/light blue states. The GOP will find it nearly impossible to win a general election, and the Senate will be largely lost to them. At that point, Dems can replace justices as needed.
SCOTUS justices are a crapshoot anyway. They are bound by precedent. They can make changes, but not purely based on personal ideology. Roberts seems to make attempts to keep the Court as neutral as possible, and even Kavanaugh, viewed largely as a down-the-line ideologue of the right has exercised discretion in his opinions as a justice.
The best change is unforced and organic outside of extreme circumstances like slavery or Jim Crow.
There's an argument for power begetting power, as the senior senator form my state has demonstrated, but some things should be sacred.
In time, places like Texas, Georgia, and North Carolina will become swing/light blue states. The GOP will find it nearly impossible to win a general election, and the Senate will be largely lost to them. At that point, Dems can replace justices as needed.
