So how do you feel about Court Packing? Dems and Biden are supporting it.

If Trump looses he will leave...

So because the rules did not get the result you wanted....you think we should just change the rules?  

Just remember the reason Amy Conney Barrett is now Justice ACB is because the Dems changed the rules last time they were in charge.  No party will be in charge forever. And the rule changes will have an effect.   

Funny the left calls Trump a fascist dictator and someone usurping our Constitution but it is the Dems who want to pack the court, allow minors to vote, eliminate the Electoral College and the filibuster, cancel anyone who disagrees with them. 

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So what are your thoughts about it?

I think that as usual, it’s yet another example that actions taken by one of the two major political parties here in the US are of course lionized by that party’s proponents and demonized by that party’s detractors. Both conservatives and liberals want to see the scales top tip in their respective favor, I don’t think either one wants a middle-of-the-road outcome in Supreme Court decision-making. As such, there is theoretically no end to the one-upmanship that could take place by both parties/ideologies adding more and more associate justices to the Supreme Court when it is their turn at bat.

  I also think that the issue is thought-provoking in that I for one learned things I didn’t know, such as there is nothing that states the number of justices must remain at nine. If I learned something new, many other people are probably learning too. Additionally, with this topic being so current and ripe, a lot of new discussion is carrying on about the Supreme Court, its history, its functions, its use and misuse, the misconceptions about it, etc.  Particularly apparent is the assumption that some people seem to have of the Supreme Court as a legislative body, which is almost laughable in its implausibility. 

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This post was edited by Randy D at October 27, 2020 2:08 PM MDT

Correct the Constitution does not state the number of Justices.  In fact the original SCOTUS had 6 Justices.  We have had 9 since 1869. This post was edited by my2cents at October 27, 2020 12:42 PM MDT

I agree. I heard one Congressman who proposed a bill where any changes like adding/reducing Justices, rule changes (changing vote requirements, eliminating filibuster) etc if passed would be required to have a 10 yr wait before they went into effect.  This would prevent the party in power from passing something based on simple emotion as they would not be certain which party would be in power at the time.  I would favor this bill. 

I am surprised there are still 59 vacancies. I know McConnell has been steady working on filling those.