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Frank wrote on Aug 25 th, 2026 at 7:19pm: scope wrote on Aug 25 th, 2026 at 6:48pm: Frank wrote on Aug 25 th, 2026 at 9:44am: Armchair_Politician wrote on Aug 25 th, 2026 at 7:39am: Frank wrote on Aug 24 th, 2026 at 7:58pm: Democrats’ Supreme Court reform is a cynical power grabThe 2026 midterms are fast approaching, and the players are already manoeuvring ahead of the presidential election in two years’ time. As they do so, one phrase is increasingly on Democrats’ lips: “Supreme Court reform”. Which is to say, court-packing.Behind the innocuous, focus-group-tested phrasing lies an ugly message: Democrats are finished with appeals to vague ideas of “democracy” and “country over party”. This is pure partisan revanchism, a political street fight that appeals to no neutral principle, no liberal democratic ideology, but merely a win-at-all-costs radicalism. History tells us that this effort will not find favour with voters. That is a good thing, because if it did, it would signal the end of the 250-year-old experiment in American governance. ... Democrats pushing for court-packing just want to win, and they don’t care which constitutional norms they tear down to do it. If Republicans want to highlight their opponents’ hypocrisy and out-of-control tribalism, they should take up the bills Dems are proposing. “We need to revisit the point of expanding the court to 13 justices like we have 13 district courts [sic],” former vice president Kamala Harris said last month. Congressional Republicans ought to call her bluff and introduce the bill as soon as they return from the August recess. Let Democrats vote to give Donald Trump four more seats to fill. Of course, they will vote it down, but it would be a valuable lesson for the people that the party which claimed “our democracy is on the ballot” is back with a more sinister message in 2026: power at all costs.https://unherd.com/newsroom/democrats-supreme-court-reform-is-a-cynical-power-gr... So it’s only okay when Trump and Republicans do it? Remember when Obama was President and near the end of his term he had a chance to fill a vacancy but Republicans refused to even hold a vote, saying it was too close to the election and Americans should get to decide? Then at the end of Trump’s first term the same situation happened and Republicans couldn’t hold a vote quick enough. Oh, the hypocrisy! Expanding the SCTOUS is another matter, duffer, separate to filling vacancies as they come up. What a load of bollocks frank, they are both the same thing, court packing. Which is is fine when republicans do it but not when the democrats do it , according to you. Trump supporters too dumb to realise how dumb they are, thats dumb with a b You are another incomprehending two pot screamer. It was highlighted precisely for snivelling old duffers like you, yet you, of course, missed it. Not in red capitals in 24 point font, you bozos do not register it. Let Democrats vote to give Donald Trump four more seats to fill. Of course, they will vote it down, but it would be a valuable lesson. You talk about incomprehension, dont make me laugh. Show me frank, where does it say anything about changing the supreme court before the end of trumps term ? It doesnt frank ,just you and the writers wishfull thinking, just another example of trump supporters reading what is not there. No timeline given, just a call to consider changing the makeup of the supreme court. I doubt the democrats are as dumb as you and the gop frank, they wouldnt give the failure that is trump another 4 seats.
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