Comment by AnthonyMouse
4 days ago
Do you really think that if you packed the court, there is anything you could do to prevent the other party from doing the same thing the next time they're in power? Your plan would have to be to prevent them from ever getting back into power, and that's a civil war.
On top of that, Clarence Thomas is the oldest person on the court and Alito is only two years younger. By the end of the next Presidential term they'll both be in their 80s. You don't have to pack the court, you just have to be in office for the term or two after this one.
You also need to control congress or they'll just block you till they get their guy in.
That's when you give them a moderate because you'd both rather that than flip a coin for who gets control of both branches at once first.
Nope, Obama tried that and McConnell still refused.
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> Do you really think that if you packed the court, there is anything you could do to prevent the other party from doing the same thing the next time they're in power?
I don't think it's 100% possible to stop a determined political movement in the US from doing A Holocaust, but I think it's worth at least trying to make it tough.
And that's a good reason not to do a Holocaust of your own, seeing as you likely don't want to kick start a chain of Holocausts.
We can distinguish between packing the court in response to the other party doing it and doing A Holocaust, right?
The point is your objection also applies to A Holocaust.
We can't 100% prevent anything; the Constitution could get amended to permit mass summary executions, with enough votes and public support. That doesn't mean it's not worth trying to make that tougher to accomplish.
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