The Democrats would have done the exact same if given the opportunity and then you’d have the Right crying about how the court is “invalid”.
To change this, we should require some kind of supermajority to confirm judicial appointments at all levels.
The Democrats would have done the exact same if given the opportunity and then you’d have the Right crying about how the court is “invalid”.
To change this, we should require some kind of supermajority to confirm judicial appointments at all levels.
That was the de facto situation until 2013 (until 2017 for the Supreme Court).[1] The Republican SCOTUS majority became entrenched when Mitch McConnell refused to allow the Senate to consider Merrick Garland in early 2016, though. That wasn't luck.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_option#2013:_Cloture_o...
That's about as disingenuous as it comes.
What would the Democrats be doing if they had a supreme court majority? I don't really follow US politics that closely but I got the impression that the Democrats were mostly about not rocking the boat too much?