What you didn't say is that even if the number in SCOTUS was increased there would still be a back load, because all Justices must sit to hear the case brought before SCOTUS. It is purely a political ploy....
There is no way that Schumer could get this passed because there will not be a reconciliation vote on this. It's too important and would require a 2/3rds Senate vote.....
Unless they end the filibuster and this is a simple majority vote, which is the plan of the Nazi party.
Here's what the dems are doing.
There are some important SCOTUS decisions that will be handed down in May and June.. They are hoping that it will
be enough to get Sniema and Manchin to change their mind on the filibuster.
Now Manchin is on record saying he is not for packing the court and/or ending the filibuster. They can't primary Manchin
in 2024 because he is the only Dem that can win in WV. The dems also are going to have some issues in Arizona.
Kelly is serving the final two years of McCain's term. He has got to come out against the immigration issue that is
out of control in Arizona or they'll lose him in 2022 if the GOP runs anybody with a pulse. With proper voting procedures
being followed in Georgia the Spook Senator will get beat.
Biden formed his phony committee to buy him some time and get into the next fiscal year, but they would have to get it
all done before January, an election year. (That would give them two months filled with Thanksgiving and
Christmas breaks.)
Pelosi has said she will not bring this to a vote until the committee finshes their work. Now the committee is fake
and we already know the outcome, but she still has 16 members in districts won by over 5 points by Trump thus she
does not want to sacrifice them. a year from the mid-terms.
This is all probably just an intimidation factor on SCOTUS right now to influence those important decisions. That's what many
are saying.
The GOP has been working with their state legislatures to correct the issues that plagued them at the polls
last time.
One thing the dems have done is to delay the census. They have moved that back to September, which will not
allow enough time to rework districts and add/subtract seats in the House in 2022. SCOTUS did rule that Federal
Judges are not in the map drawing business, so as long as a State Supreme court is controlled by the GOP
any state that redistricts can do it any way they want.
The big thing is to think of the folks that announced this packing bill today. There wasn't the usual50 people out
there saying how this will save the country. There were 5 of them and most are nobodies. Nothing is etched in stone
but if Manchin defects...all of this is just a moot point that will be used as a club vs Dems in the mid-terms.