Court Packing

How do you know a politician is lying?

Because their mouth is moving…

It is no surprise that politicians lie, and they seem to lie most of the time.Trump is basically a narcissist and a compulsive liar. He lies about the most insignificant things, and those lies are often easily disproven. In response, the Democrats (not all of them) have come up with the most blatant and cynical bullshit that I have ever heard*.

Currently, Democrats are trying to pass a law that would expand the Supreme Court by four to a total of 13 justices. Why four? That is because the court is split 6-3 by political party. There are six supposedly right-wing justices and three left-wing justices. When asked, the typical “reason” for the expansion (or court packing) is that nine people should not be able to overturn the will of millions of voters. Hmm, then why is 13 better? Why not 11, 15, 21, or 500,000 judges? The only reason is that with control of both houses of Congress and the Presidency, Democrats think they can make the court split 7-6 in their favor. That’s all. All other reasons given are total lies. Not only were most Democrat legislators against court packing before they were for it, why the sudden increase now? Why not increase it slowly over time? Finally, since there is absolutely no reason to choose 13 over nine, what is to prevent future administrations and Congress to just add two, four, six, or n x 2 more justices each time there is a new election? You know if this happens and the results are what the Democrats are hoping for, if Republicans win the next election, they will definitely add more justices to the Supreme Court. Of course, the Democrats then will complain and whine about abuse of power and other nonsense at that time, they will absolutely not take responsibility for starting this mess.

People are different, and often disagree with each other. I think America has been successful because we believe in rule of law instead of rule by law. If Democrats pass this, then the US is no better than communist China, passing laws that are enforced only when it is beneficial to the ruling party. Of course Republicans are guilty of this too but the court packing proposal is the most disgusting example that I have seen, and threatens the delicate balance of power that is crucial to America’s stability and future success.

I am more upset about this than the $millions of taxes I paid in the last 20 years.

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*My comment excludes the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). When it comes to hypocrisy and outright lies, they have no equals, except maybe from Joseph Goebbels and the Nazis.