Coup d'état? Dems to propose court-packing bill

Sure, the Constitution doesn't stipulate the number of justices for the Supreme Court. But the Founding Fathers surely would be disgusted by a blatant partistan power play to expand the court only to advance their agenda. The Court has been fixed with nine members for about 150 years.

From Fox News:

Republicans recoiled Wednesday night and Thursday morning over a bill some Democrats are proposing to pack the Supreme Court, calling it an "assault" on judicial independence.

But they also predicted that the move would prove unpopular and help Republicans in the midterm elections. "Democrats are launching a full assault on the independence of the federal judiciary.

Republicans will stop them," Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., said in a tweet.

Democrats are launching a full assault on the independence of the federal judiciary. Republicans will stop them. https://t.co/k9oC3ZXqOq

— Ken Buck (@BuckForColorado) April 15, 2021

"This is such a fantastic gift to the NRSC," added Matt Whitlock, a former staffer at the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC). "And making it a bill instead of a Senate rules process means we get to get moderate House D's on the record on it too. Just a fantastic turn of events."

Such a ploy is something you'd expect from a failed socialist state such as Venezueala. Besides, if the GOP takes control of Congress in 2022 what's to prevent theme from adding even more justices?

Court packing is a resoundingly stupid--yet dangerous--idea.