The Fight Better Be On…

By now we all know that Senate Republicans are trying to pack the Supreme Court with a 6-3 conservative majority. Of course, not just any conservatives, but with the worst conservative religious zealots he can find. I would say the GOP is filled with hypocrites right now, but this is not the case. They have been telling us who they are for years.

The Democrats in Congress are finally showing signs of life and anger. They are letting GOP leadership know that, if they follow through with their intentions to nominate another justice this close to an election, nothing will be off the table should Dems come to power. One of the options that Dems have placed on the table is to add justices to the Supreme Court.

This is not without precedent. There have been six occasions where the number of justices has been changed, either increasing or decreasing, since the formation of the court in 1790. There have been nine justices for over 150 years.

In an effort to stop the Dems from increasing the number of justices, House Republicans have decided to try and run some cover for the Senate. Representative Jim Jordan (R-Douchebag-who-has-no-problem-letting-athletes-get-raped) is now pushing legislation that will limit the number of Supreme Court justices. Of course, in the House of Representatives, this legislation has no chance whatsoever of passing.

I hope the Dems have actually grown a pair for this fight. For some reason, they have stuck with a strategy of appeasement for almost two decades now. They seem to think that if they are nice to the GOP, that the GOP will be nice back.

You cannot be nice to a bully and expect to earn respect. All that will happen, and has happened to the Dems, is that the bully will be emboldened to push further. Mitch McConnell has shown, time and time again, that he has no problem taking advantage of any situation presented to him.

This is a street fight. The Dems better be ready to get dirty.