Let's not pretend that the current situation represents anything like "normal", and further, that we don't all recognize that bad-faith actions by the Republican party are responsible.
Yeah, that's because change happened.
Pretending that something can't be done because it worked for hundreds of years and then something bad happened isn't actually very correct.
The court has been an illegitimate and partisan body ever since Garland's seat was denied.
It's a much bigger problem then just this.
Yes, it was. What's your point?
Parent poster claimed that a non-political Supreme Court isn't possible, and in reality, the Supreme Court has been essentially completely non-political for all but about 22 years of its existence
Blockade of judges started in 2001, when Democrats declared Bush illigetimate, and decided that no judges would be selected. Republicans threatened the "nuclear option" (removing fillibusters). The "Gang of 14" in 2005 wrote ideological ground rules and approved a set number of judges to keep the nuclear option from being used.
Obama came to office, and the Democrats used the nuclear option - despite the gang of 14 framework, but then said that it doesn't apply to supreme court ballots. Republicans came in and decided that yes, it did apply.
We've been destroying our own government with crap like this for the last 20 years.
Partisanship is a hell of a drug.