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If the court really did need to be expanded, it could be expanded now. But the Democrats want to win elections first—so they can pack it with their justices.

In 2016, the need to fill a vacancy on the United States Supreme Court was a consequence foremost in the minds of voters. That the pick ended up being made by Donald Trump’s and not Hillary Rodham Clinton helped stoke the partisan rancor that has the country divided and beleaguered.

Right now, with the court stacked five to four against for the foreseeable future, the Left is up in arms. Seeking a fix, several candidates running for the Democratic presidential nomination have embraced the idea of expanding the size of the Supreme Court, formerly an obscure idea emanating from the academy. “Plain and simple, the Democrats are seeking to get through legislation what they couldn’t achieve at the ballot box,” says Brad Blakeman, a former Bush White House staffer.

That, says David Norcross, a former Republican National Committee general counsel and former head of the Republican National Lawyers’ Association, was a bad idea then and would be now. “Democrats keep criticizing the president for trampling all over political “norms” and call him a dictator. But here we see them so upset at losing the last election they want to trample all over the “norms” and completely change the rules of the game to favor themselves, says political strategist Mike Shields.

 

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You misspelled 'Republican' in the headline.

Typo!!.. it should read REPUBLICANS. That is EXACTLY what our Russian president has been doing right under our noses. These blatant fabrications and biased yellow journalism you spew has gone on far too long. You have NO CREDIBILITY.

Geeze that sounds like the GOP Mandate. Google Council for National Policy Mandate Theocracy by 2020 & Constitutional Rewrite. Mercers Pence Sessions DeVos Prince Bannon Conway Bolton LaPierre Hukabee Wilbur Ross Cruz Pompeo & Kavanaugh are mbrs. No Dems.NOCONCON

Leftists end game- Remove the E C❌ Lower voting age to Tide pod eating children❌ No voter ID❌ Open borders❌ They can’t beat us at the ballot box and are terrified of 2020 so change the rules.

No, that’s not the Democrat game. It’s the Republican game, and we’re trying to figure out how to fix what they’ve broken. Obama nominated a moderate with bipartisan support and couldn’t get a hearing. Dump nominated partisan extremists who were confirmed. Stop lying.

Ummmmm no.

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