Are you in favor of stacking the Supreme Court?

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(10-13-2020, 11:51 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: There's also the little detail as to the precedent set by Reid that McConnel was following.  That's the thing about being a partisan, you set yourself up for contradiction and hypocrisy.  

As an aside, I'm pleased to see that no rational people are in favor of stacking the court.  Although I do find the Dems using the term "packing" to describe filling actual vacancies to be troubling.  It's a transparent attempt to lessen the impact of the word in case they choose to exercise that option.  It's a rather ominous development.

Correct.  Reid changed the rules for the lower courts due to the filibustering of the GOP.

Then McConnell changed it for the Supreme Court...which we were discussing.

McConnell used his power to leave hundreds of seats empty in the hope that he could fill them with good conservatives and he succeeded.

What is ominous is that McConnell doesn't seem to care what happens when/if the Democrats regain control.  Although the odds are good they will do things in a fair manner without putting party over country as he has done forever there is no guarantee as the new batch of Democrats have lived through the "Grim Reaper"'s era of governing and may want to even the playing field again.

We shall see.