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OlfinBedwere said:
poklane said:
When the Democrats gain power they should just stack the court.

There's no guarantee that any vacancies will come up whenever the Democrats next control the White House. Plus, realistically a president only has their first two years to nominate a Supreme Court justice, since they almost always lose control of congress after that (the only president in recent times not to do so, believe it or not, was George W. Bush).

You don't need a vacancy in order to appoint a new justice to the Supreme Court, the constitution doesn't specify how many judges are on it. If the Democrats get the necessary power there would be nothing stopping them from just throwing additional judges on the SC.