Joe Biden has signed an executive order that will form a commission to study expanding the Supreme Court. Politico. The move comes after Biden blasted the idea of stacking the court during the campaign trail, saying he was "not a fan". The 35 member commission will have 160 days to study both the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary. Conservative justices currently have a 5-4 majority with Chief Justice Roberts being a swing vote. Critics, including Liberal justice Stephen Breyer, have come out to oppose the idea of expanding the court.
My Comment:
I think it goes without saying that I think expanding the court is a bad idea, and I say that even though President Trump probably could have done so during his first term. It's a very clear signal that bipartisanship is dead. It would also be seen as a naked power grab and could even lead to civil war if implemented.
Should the Supreme Court be stacked or otherwise neutered it would be a very clear signal that the Democrats were no longer playing around. It would eliminate the strongest and most reliable of checks on their power and they would be able to to pretty much whatever they wanted with no recourse available except elections, and we all know what the problem is with that. With absolutely nothing to lose why wouldn't there be a war coming from this?
With that being said though, I have to wonder what Joe Biden is thinking here. This is a hugely controversial idea that will do nothing but rile up Republican voters before the 2022 election. And the resolution of this commission will come even closer to the election, keeping the issue in the back of voters minds when they go to the polls.
I didn't think that Democrats had much of a chance of keeping control of the House or the Senate in the first place due to the rules of incumbency where the ruling power tends to lose seats during the midterms. But Biden and the Democrats are committing a lot of own-goals here. Pushing high controversy things like court packing and gun control are going to anger the hell out of Republicans but won't help with Democrats.
And why won't it help with Democrats? Because absolutely nothing will come of this. It's very clear that Biden does not have the votes to pack the court (or pass gun confiscation). Joe Manchin rightly realized that if the Democrats take over entirely, his head will be on the metaphorical or literal chopping block, so he his holding up legislation. And he's probably not the only senator that would not go along with a court packing scheme, and I don't know if it would even pass in the house.
I think the Biden regime just wants to be seen as doing something which probably is the worse thing they could do. Republicans are rightly threatened by his actions and that will motivate them to vote. But Democrats? They are going to be angered with the half measures and stupidity that Biden is doing here. In there eyes, why waste time with a commission, just have the Senate vote on it. When they realize that a commission is all that is going to happen they are going to be pissed and might even stay home on election day.
Still though, I do worry what could happen in 2022. Though I continue to doubt that in a normal year the Democrats would lose and lose badly. But with our election system so badly compromised anything is possible and the Democrats could keep the House and Senate and even expand their control of it. If that happens then court packing is probably on the table and with it the threat of civil war. Especially if the 2022 election is as corrupt and non-transparent as the 2020 election was...
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