In the battle over the US supreme court, Democrats can still have the last laugh Lawrence Douglas

over 3 years in The guardian

If Biden wins, he could pack the courts. That would be a justified gesture of constitutional restoration, not usurpation
“My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.” Such was the dying hope of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a wish the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, is determined to deny the late, great justice.
Recall: this is the same Mitch McConnell who, in the wake of Antonin Scalia’s death nine months before the 2016 election, solemnly announced: “The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next supreme court justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president.” Continue reading...

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