REPUBLICANS HAVE LAUNCED AN ALL OUT OBVIOUS ATTACK ON THE RIGHT TO VOTE, ESPECIALLY FOR NON WHITE AMERICANS. GIVEN THAT THE RIGHT TO VOTE MUST BE PROTECTED BY THE SUPREME COURT, WHICH REPUBLICANS HAVE ALREADY PACKED, IT IS TIME FOR DEMOCRATS TO RESPOND AND PROTECT THE RIGHT TO VOTE. AFTER TRUMP’S LOSS IN THE 2020 ELECTION AND GIVEN THAT REPUBLICANS HAVEN’T WON THE POPULAR VOTE IN OBER 30 YEARS .. AND GIVEN THE DECLINING NUMBER OF AMERICANS THAT IDENTIFY AS REPUBLICANS THROUGH MANY DYING OUT AND THEIR OWN IGNORANCE, THEY KNOW THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN STAY COMPETITIVE INTO THE FUTURE IS TO LIMIT ACCESS TO VOTING BY NONWHITE AMERICANS, WHOSE VOTE THEY ALMOST NEVER WIN.
DEMOCRATS CAN INCREASE THE NUMBERS ON THE COURT ABSOLUTELY. THE ONLY THING THAT STOPS THEM IS TIMIDITY AND A FALSE BELIEF IN BIPERTISANSHIP THAT REPUBLICANS HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO INTEREST IN.
DEMOCRATS SHOULD PACK THE SUPREME COURT, REPUBLICANS DID IT FIRST
— HARVARD POLITICAL REVIEW
WITH THE PASSING OF JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG LAST YEAR AND THE SUCCESSFUL RUSH BY REPUBLICANS TO CONFIRM CONSERVATIVE AMY BARRETT AS A REPLACEMENT, THE IDEA OF COURT PACKING, INCREASING THE NUMBER OF JUSTICES FROM 9, HAS BEEN INCREASINGLY DISCUSSED AMONG LIBERAL AND DEMOCRATIC CIRCLES. REPUBLICANS LIKE TED CRUZ HAVE ASSAILED DEMOCRATS FOR THESE PROPOSALS, DEEMING THEM ATTACKS OM THE INTEGRITY OF OUR NATION. SUCH CRITIQUES IGNORE THE WAYS THAT REPUBLICANS LAWMAKERS HAVE ALREADY VIOLATED THE EXISTING CONVENTIONS REGARDING FEDERAL APPOINTMENTS., MANY OF WHICH THEY THEMSELVES SET. ACCORDINGLY DEMOCRATS DESIRES TO REFORM THE COURT SHOULD BE VIEWED AS A DEFENSIVE RESPONSE TO PRESERVE THE FAIRNESS OF THE COURT RATHER THAN AN OFFENSIVE ATTEMPT TO CORRUPT IT.
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