re: Chief Justice Roberts doesn't understand reality

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Why would they? It's a stupid idea unless all you care about is using the judicial branch as a political weapon.

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Because there will (and recently was) a time where GOP controlled both branches and the Presidency. To stack the Court, you have to pass a bill in both chambers and have POTUS sign it into law.

Dems didn't do it when they controlled all three, and the Republicans didn't do it when they recently controlled all three.

This court-stacking is used more to rally the base and fear monger the opposite side. It's much more difficult to do in real-life. And assuming it was done, it would likely lead to such a backlash as to put the non-stacking party back into power to where they could undo the stacking or stack with an equal number to dilute it anyway.

Because the pendulum always swings back.