The rules for the voters of the Supreme Court game,, have been pretty clear for 150 years: *9 seats, life tenure *Win presidential elections, you get to make nominations *Win Senate elections, you get to confirm or stop them *Divided government, you fight, maybe you compromise
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Where is the *rule on 9 seats? You're making it up aren't you?
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Historically the way the US has dealt with violations of norms is to formalize them. The 22nd Amendment is the obvious example.
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Republican Abraham Lincoln added a tenth seat. Later a Republican congress changed the number of seats to 7. Then the Republicans changed it again to 9. Seems like Democrats get 3 changes based on those "rules."

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Your calculation is spot on.
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Mitch McConnell scrapped the filibuster for Supreme Court seats so Republican have changed the rules.
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McConnell abused the filibuster in ways that had never been done before and refused to compromise like Democrats did in 2005.
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GOP isn't following the rules they made 4 years ago with Garland, perhaps it was constitutional but refusing to advise on the nomination was a road too far so McConnel came up with his too close the election narrative. Just 4 years later, they want to pretend they didn't say it.
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The said No. That was them advising.
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