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(2,391 posts)And traditions to keep Obama from seating Garland, and then broke his own rule to seat Amy COVID Barrett (R-Handmaiden). But, no laws were broken. All three were appointed by a pResident who lost the popular vote, but won the EC, like Bush.
I don't like any of these guys. They make up shit out of whole cloth to justify the rulings they want. But aside from probable perjury by Kavanaugh, there was nothing illegal with the appointments of Gorsuch or COVID Barrett. They were just there due to McConnell's ruthlessness and willingness to bend/break the rules and traditions so as to get his way.
The only real way we have to counteract these guys is 1) expand the court and 2) term limit the justices to rotations off of the federal bench where they have lifetime appointments (which wouldn't violate the Constitution). Since they'd have the lifetime appointment as a federal judge, we simply limit the SCOTUS appointment to say, 14 years or something. A president could also be limited to a certain number of appointments. Also, make it so that if an appointment was not given a vote within 60 days, the appointment is automatic (so as to prevent another McConnell stunt).