Biden was right not to comment. The Republicans have already packed the Federal courts with conservative corporate lawyers and conservatives. Biden wanted to — though he didn’t do a very good job of it — keep the issue where it should be, centered on the Republican’s disgraceful hypocrisy, obstruction and prior and present partisan court packing.
Absolute
bullshit!
First of all get the nomenclature straight..."packing" the court was a term coined in the thirties when FDR tried to increase the number of Supreme Court justices so he run the court as a socialist rubber stamp for his policies.
Obama left office with nearly
100 vacancies on all levels of federal judicial appointments so if crackpots like you want to ***** and whine like little cranky children about Trump appointing judges you'd better go ask
Barry Obama why he was so remiss and negligent in putting judges in place like he was supposed to....
President Trump mockingly thanked his predecessor former President Obama for leaving so many judicial posts vacant despite a Republican-controlled Senate slowing down confirmations during the last …
thehill.com
Elections have consequences. Biden refuses to deny he would pack the court, if he could, so we must assume this is a case of sour grapes from a political loser.
Trump may win and appoint a few more young Supreme Court Conservatives. If they are radical activist and obstructionist corporate conservatives — he will be making a fundamental change in the Supreme Court almost inevitable, if populist Democrats ever reacquire the Senate.
This is something nobody should want, especially in this period when the country is tearing itself apart on partisan lines. If the votes were found for it in Congress, it would be absolutely Constitutional. Of course Trump himself, if he were to win a sweeping Congressional victory, is precisely the kind of person who himself might break from tradition and increase the number of Supremes to better meet his personal goals.
Why would Trump go to the trouble of trying to increase the number of conservative friendly
judges when he already has that advantage, assuming Amy Coney Barrett takes her place on the court.
It appears you think I am an idiot who does not know about FDR court packing proposals. Though rather unpopular they did do quite a bit to chasten and convince the court to back down from opposing his legislative agenda. As for the rest, you don’t seem to have read your own link, important parts of which I quote here:
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President Trump mockingly thanked his predecessor former President Obama for leaving so many judicial posts vacant despite a Republican-controlled Senate slowing down confirmations during the last two years of the Obama administration...
“Republicans took control of the Senate in 2014 during Obama’s last two years in office and did not confirm many of his nominees.
“The Senate’s top Republicans, led by Majority Leader Mitchel McConnell (Ky.), teamed up to
block Democratic efforts to push forward Obama’s nominees, slowing down confirmations by the most in six decades.
“Most notably,
McConnell refused to hold a confirmation hearing on Obama’s nominee for Supreme Court justice,
Merrick Garland. Trump went on to nominate Neil Gorsuch to the high court, a conservative victory.
“Social media users were quick to remind Trump that the vacancies left behind by the Obama administration were not by choice.“