Placing bets that Shitbag will try to pack/stack SCOTUS.

[Aviation Pro]

Yep, he'll try and the fucking Turtle will be full steam ahead.

[AnnaLee]

1. I don't see anything that can stop him.

Please say I am wrong.

[jls4561]

2. Wait - a Supreme Court Justice cannot be appointed in a presidential election year.

[Igel]

14. Sure they can.

On the other hand, McConnell is quoted as saying that.

They don't finish the quote--there's this annoying habit to assume that when there's a partial or edited quote published it must be the complete quote--which was that it was precedent not to appoint a SCOTUS justice in an election year if the presidency and senate were controlled by different parties. It didn't matter that that part of the quote was dropped 4 years ago, because that was the case. And outrage.

Now, can we say he must have had a dozen pages working day and night to find something as squirrely as that particular "precedent"? Absolutely.

[maxsolomon]

3. Umm... that's what they've doing for 3 1/2 years.

Unless you mean the SCOTUS, and sure, they will. There's literally no way to stop them if a judge retires or passes before the new Senate is sworn in on 1/3/21.

[Aviation Pro]

4. No, he will try and increase the size of SCOTUS

…..

[maxsolomon]

6. What would that take legislatively?

Would the House have any say?

[Aviation Pro]

9. It would be in the hands of the Senate Judiciary

FDR tried.

[shanti]

5. It's all he's got at this point n/t

[edhopper]

7. How will he do that

without a vote in the House?

[edhopper]

10. you are right

I changed my reply.
You do need both Houses, and Pelosi won't go near it.

[ramblin_dave]

11. Not possible with current congress

Increasing the size of the Supreme Court requires the passing of an act by both houses.

Read this...

https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/packing-the-supreme-court-explained

[Aviation Pro]

13. Already read it

And Shitbag would use it as a wedge to hold the Senate and narrow the gap in the House.

[MoonRiver]

12. If those two scum bags do that it will be Katie Bar the Door when Biden is elected.

[herding cats]

15. To my knowledge they can't.

Also, this would galvanize more votes for our side, too. We're already pissed off, I'm not sure they want to enrage us further and drive more of us to the polls.

Not that I doubt this isn't being brandied about as an election year issue, I just see many flaws in it and am not sure they've thought thought this one through.

Rule one is don't feed your opposition any red meat. This is a porterhouse steak for Democrats.

[roamer65]

16. Aren't you glad we won the House back in 2018?

Speaker Pelosi will kill it.

Takes both houses to do it.