That was a practical necessity due to Justices physically riding circuit & the absence of permanent circuit-level appellate judges. It is not a coincidence that the Court's size has remained constant since those things changed in 1869. Circuit riding was fully abolished in 1891.https://twitter.com/beyerstein/status/1316775799173853186 …
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There's a lot less consensus on this pick than there usuall is and the balance of the court is a stake. The time between nomination and hearings has also been ridiculously compressed to do it before the election leading to shoddy vetting.
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"Less consensus" is another way of saying that Democrats are unwilling to cross the aisle in the way that some Republicans were even on Kagan & Sotomayor.
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Except every Republican "norms are on our side" argument is completely undermined by the Merrick Garland incident. As soon as Graham & co. went back on their promise to not confirm a justice in an election year discussion of norms went out the window. It's now just hypocrisy.
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