Democrats would destroy Supreme Court with scheme to pack justices | TheHill

Former Vice President Joe Biden has been asked repeatedly whether he supports court-packing calls and has repeatedly refused to answer, despite previously denouncing such plans. In Tuesday s debate, when moderator Chris Wallace pressed the question, Biden again refused to answer and gave a puzzling response: Whatever position I take on that, that ll become the issue. The issue is the American people should speak. Many Americans would not vote for a candidate who considers let alone supports a court-packing scheme. Yet, Biden refuses to give his position on a major issue that was raised by his running mate and other leading Democrats.

Ginsburg articulated her rule on not answering questions about specific cases or interpretations because she rejected litmus tests as unethical pledges. At the time, Democrats like Alabama s Sen. Howell Heflin praised her position. Now, to honor her, Democrats propose packing the court and demanding assurances from nominees on cases like Roe, two positions Ginsburg staunchly opposed. What is left is not principle but raw power and both the court and the country will be the worse for it.

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Years ago I heard the story of a Brit who lived in Uganda. Sometime early in the reign of the late and unlamented Idi Amin, the secret police pulled up in front of the judge who lived next door and took him away. The Brit, wisely in my view, took this to be his sign to get the hell out of Dodge. Packing the court isn’t quite the same, but it is a step in that direction.