Re:Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died
by Robotbeat on Friday September 18, 2020 @09:36PM
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So if norms don't matter (as you, McConnel, and Trump seem to argue), the Democrats ought to pack the court, no?
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Re:Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died
by caseysoftware on Friday September 18, 2020 @09:54PM
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"the senate has historically" means that is literally the "norms"
There are lots of things to argue but that isn't one of them.
So would you be ok if Republicans won this election and then packed the Supreme Court?
Re:Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died
by Hnrobert42 on Friday September 18, 2020 @10:28PM
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No. I would not be happy about it. But I fully expect them to do it. There are no longer norms. Screw the country. It is every man for himself.
The republicans had the opportunity to do it, and haven’t...
Why would they need to pack the court? They already have a political majority, do they not? No need to break a norm when it confers no additional benefits (as the breaking of the previous norms did).
They didn’t have majority until recently, and according to Vox and many left leaning sites, they’ve voted quite liberally since.
Further, there’s this: https://thehill.com/regulation/454463-ginsburg-dismisses-cou...
The Republicans don't generally vote as a bloc on most things. And many of them hate the President as much as the Democrats do.
For the record I was refuting the person above me. I don’t think they’d pack the court.