Republicans have done nothing to change those rules. Democrats have made the most of them when the rules worked in their favor. Now that they are not, they're threatening to overturn the board. That's how a constitutional democratic republic dies.
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Add more seats when the other side doesn't negotiate in good faith. It's up to Congress to decide the number of SCOTUS seats.
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“Doesn’t negotiate in good faith”, what an interesting concept. So the GOP should have added seats after the Democrats spiked Robert Bork in the 80’s? What about when they explicitly attack a nominee on religious grounds? Or treat obvious slanders as plausible?
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This is too hard for libs that think the GOP violated the norms by doing normal things.
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I thought the “rule” was that Congress gets to determine the size of the Court?
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What was so magical about 150 years ago that their wisdom compels us not to change the number? Americans want fairness and impartiality. What the GOP has avowedly engineered is radical right-wing dominance. Expanding the Court to balance it will be very popular, sorry.
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Republicans set a new precedent in 2016 because they had the power to do so. Republicans reversed that precedent in 2020 because they had the power to do so. If Republicans are not bound by norms or precedent, Democrats are not bound either. Expanding the size of court is legal.
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Than they should campaign on that openly and let the voters decide. Not dodge the question. I don't think anyone is saying expanding the court is not legal.
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CORRECTION AND ADDITION * Hasn't always been 9 seats *correct *Senate considers nominee and votes *correct *If a justice dies within 90 days of election, no appointment until after election
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