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‘Expanding the Supreme Court on a partisan basis is a direct assault on the rule of law and neutral principles that make liberal democracy possible.’ | Kyle Sammin unherd.com/newsroom/dem...

unherd.comDemocrats’ court-packing push is an assault on the rule of law“We should seriously look at expanding the court while the Democrats are in power,” former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said of the Supreme Court on the High Stakes podcast last week. “You…

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Three points in response to this article: (1) Republican-led governments recently expanded the state supreme courts in Arizona (2016), Georgia (2016), and Utah (2026). Were these also attacks on the rule of law?

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(2) In 2016, Republicans struck first by refusing to consider President Obama's nominee to fill Justice Scalia's seat. Did that action “undermine legal principles”? If not, why should expanding the Court be judged differently? supreme13.org/how-republic...

supreme13.orgHow Republicans Escalated the Supreme Court Fight in 2016How Senate Republicans kept a Supreme Court seat vacant for 422 days, and how Gorsuch then joined 29 conservative 5–4 opinions before Ginsburg’s death.

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(3) Justices can time their retirements to favor ideological allies. That's politics. Why should unelected justices get to shape the Court's future, but Congress be condemned for exercising its authority to expand it? supreme13.org/supreme-cour...

supreme13.orgSupreme Court Justices Shouldn’t Choose Their SuccessorsHow strategic Supreme Court retirements let justices shape their successors—and why term limits and Court expansion matter for future reform.