Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   Orwellian definition of court packing Date:   10/12/2020 8:31:25 AM (updated 10/12/2020 9:22:44 AM)

Once again the Democrats and the gov't media are perfectly coordinating in redefining the definition of court packing and the Constitution to suit their partisan political desire for power.  To wit, now they are saying what the GOP Senate did in 2016 and what they will do in 2020 are "packing the court" and are unconstitutional.  Sadly, most leftists are totally ignorant of the truth about either issue.  The term court packing came about when FDR proposed to expand the court by allowing him to appoint a justice for every justice over the age of 70.  He tried this because SCOTUS rightly deemed many of things he was trying to do to be unconstitutional.  Adding justices to the court, as the Democrats did with the DC Court of Appeals is packing.  Fulfilling the Constitutional duty to nominate and advise and consent isn't....except if you are a mind numbed left wing nut Democrat.  This change in tactic tells us that this is not polling well for them and in their desparation they are working in close coordination with the govt media to be Orwellian in their language.

As for what the Senate did in 2016 that was not only Constitutional it was with precendence.  The President nominates and the Senate advises and consents.  Obama nominated, the Senate controlled by the opposing party rejected that nominee.  The voters then spoke in 2016 with the election of President Trump and again in 2018 with the Senate remaining under the control of the GOP because they wanted him and the GOP-controlled Senate to nominate future justices.  As required by the Constitution, President Trump nominated ACB and the Senate will confirm......as Obama said, elections have consequences and Trump is still the President and the Senate is still controlled by the GOP.  Hopefully they will do their duty.