10-13-2020, 04:56 PM
(10-13-2020, 04:51 PM)PhilHos Wrote: Yes, and Democrats did that too when there were vacancies when they were in charge.
That's still different than changing the number of justices on the Supreme Court.
The Nuclear Option was required in order for Washington to function on any kind of level, even if it is just "The majority can do whatever it wants, whenever it wants." It's not ideal, but it's better than "The minority can prevent the majority from doing even the simplest duties of their elected office so literally nothing will ever get done no matter what" I suppose.
But ultimately, it's just a shame that interpreting the law as written has become so partisan.