On: Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died

[platyp]

Why would they need to pack the court? They already have a political majority, do they not? No need to break a norm when it confers no additional benefits (as the breaking of the previous norms did).

[nwienert → platyp]

They didn’t have majority until recently, and according to Vox and many left leaning sites, they’ve voted quite liberally since.

Further, there’s this: https://thehill.com/regulation/454463-ginsburg-dismisses-cou...

[jki275 → nwienert]

The Republicans don't generally vote as a bloc on most things. And many of them hate the President as much as the Democrats do.

[nwienert → jki275]

For the record I was refuting the person above me. I don’t think they’d pack the court.

[jki275 → nwienert]

I don't think either side would actually do it. It's a political talking point, but it's just a bridge too far.