The Masterstroke: How the Republicans packed the courts from 2016–2020

I was watching the confirmation process for Judge Amy Coney Barrett today (Day 2). The GOP is talking a lot about court packing.

Court Packing is not just when the number of seats in the court is increased.

Packing can happen with any number of seats in the supreme court — not just 9 seats.

This is because if you deny a president even the confirmation process, and thereby the votes, then effectively you are packing the court for your party.

It is another matter altogether if you went through the process, and the nominee did not get enough votes — then, that has some legitimacy.

Denying a vote is different from the nominee failing to get votes. Basically, it violates the Constitution because the President did his job in nominating Judge Merrick Garland for the supreme court.

Constitutionally, the majority leader, has to put that to a vote.

He did not — there is a clear violation of the Constitution which is unprecedented.

Thankfully, this was done in the past, and cannot be “undone” anymore. There is a very subtle difference between not even…