In response to
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) plan to give President Trump's eventual nominee to replace the late
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg a confirmation vote on the Senate floor, possibly before the November election, some
Democrats are calling for former Vice President
Joe Biden, the
Democratic presidential nominee, to threaten to pack, or expand, the high court.As Jill Filipovich writes in The
Washington Post, there is a belief that the GOP would be stealing a Supreme Court seat if enough lawmakers change their stance on whether a president should nominate a Supreme Court justice in an
election year. McConnell and the
Republican Senate, Filipovich writes, "have so repeatedly broken the rules, rigged the game, and stolen victories that it's become impossible to play on neutral turf," which is why she thinks Democrats should at least consider embracing the controversial tactic.Filipovich notes the court hasn't always had nine members and suggests a Biden
White House and Democratic-controlled
Congress could sign and pass an act rather easily. But Biden has repeatedly said he's not in favor of the move because "we'll live to rue that day." Additionally, other analysts doubt court-packing will catch on with the majority of Democratic voters, and especially swing voters.
Indeed, there's even a sense that pushing for court expansion could backfire quickly.