Ah, @RichLowry - the intellectual lightweight or fraud. Ok Rich - so *technically,* if you want to play that game, court packing only refers to FDR's efforts with Judicial Procedures Reform Bill. Why was that different than, say, the size changes in 1801, 1807, 1837, 1868.../1 https://twitter.com/RichLowry/status/1315137987974438912
...because expansion/contraction was only nakedly partisan in 1868 and 1937. But the idea here, @RichLowry, was the underlying effort could either be or not be pure partisanship to swing the ideology of the court. Now, the GOP has done just that - blocking nominees to hold open..
...a seat for partisan purposes, rushing a nominee for purely partisan purposes. They have *packed* the court, @RichLowry, with a singular ideology by abusing the advice and consent standard to a point that would make the Founders throw up. This CANT stand. This country cant...
...function if one party looks at the Constitution and says "make me." Now, I have suggestions for how to fix the ideological court packing done by the GOP by raping the Constitution through the use of interpretive loopholes that would kill partisanship forever. But whatever...
...answer is found, it must be applied. In 2016, the CATO institute, joining in with the GOPrs saying they would not vote to confirm ANY clinton nominee - sight unseen - said a GOP senate should just let the court die. And GOPrs cheered! So, seriously, shut up. The country has...
...seen what the GOP did, and how they expect to be rewarded for their perfidies. No. They will not. The adults - the democrats - need to show, this kind of lying and abuse only brings temporary benefit, and long term shame. Unfortunately, the GOP is now a party without shame
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