<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden has been pressed from all sides to take a stance on court-packing (adding justices to the Supreme Court) following the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the GOP&#8217;s rapid efforts to confirm Amy Coney Barrett. </span></p>
<p><strong>In 2019, Biden said this about court-packing:</strong> “I would not get into court-packing. We add three justices. Next time around, we lose control, they add three justices. We begin to lose any credibility the court has at all.”</p>
<p>Last week, Biden said he &#8216;wasn&#8217;t a fan&#8217; of court-packing but that his final decision would depend on Barrett. This week, he said wants to form a new committee to study possible reforms to the court system if he wins the election.</p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><i>Um…what?</i></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">“What I will do is I’ll put together a national commission of, bipartisan commission of, scholars, constitutional scholars, Democrats, Republicans, liberal/conservative,” said Biden during an interview with CBS. “And I will ask them to over 180 days come back to me with recommendations as to how to reform the court system because it’s getting out of whack &#8211; the way in which it’s being handled.”</span></p>
<p class="p1"><em><span class="s1">That’s a whole lot of fancy talk to justify what he really means: Biden will pack the Supreme Court if Barrett is confirmed.<br />
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">“It’s not about court-packing,” claimed Biden. “There’s a number of other things that our constitutional scholars have debated and I’ve looked to see what recommendations that commission might make.”</span></p>
<p>In addition to court-packing, Democrats have also called for term limits and jurisdiction stripping to restore balance to the Supreme Court. As expected, Biden has refrained from taking a real stance so as not to affect the decision of swing voters who respect the integrity of the nine-member court established in 1969. In reality, as Trump as suggested, Biden will be a &#8220;puppet&#8221; president at the mercy of a progressive party that is &#8220;willing to destroy the Supreme Court.&#8221;</p>
<p><em>While I understand that Democrats are bitter and fearful regarding the potential 6-3 conservative majority about to happen in the Supreme Court, that does not give them the right to change the Constitution. </em><em><span class="s1">Court-packing is the worst possible subversion of the third branch of our government. The idea that you can just change the Constitution &#8211; and the outcome of major Supreme Court cases &#8211; by adding more justices is downright treasonous.</span></em></p>
<p><strong>Sources:</strong></p>
<p class="p1"><a href="https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/biden-commission-study-court/2020/10/22/id/993216/"><span class="s1">Biden Says He Would Form Commission to Study Packing Courts</span></a></p>
<p class="p1"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/10/22/926607920/asked-about-court-packing-biden-says-he-will-convene-commission-to-study-reforms"><span class="s1">Asked About Court Packing, Biden Says He Will Convene Commission To Study Reforms</span></a></p>
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