>We pack it to 11, the GOP gets in power and they pack it to
>15.
>
>I hate the whole “we go high, when they go low” as much as
>anyone but the GOP will simply just keep going lower than us.
>
>Even getting rid of the filibuster, yeah it sounds like a
>great idea but what happens when the GOP is in control?
>Imagine if we had eliminated the filibuster under Obama, the
>GOP and Trump would have been able to pass whatever they
>wanted over these last 3 and a half years.
>
>I think our best option right now is to try to get DC, PR
>statehood and possibly even the USVI. That would help tilt the
>senate to a more even footing.

you would need to get rid of the filibuster in order to do this.

>
>Next, I wouldn’t pack the court but I would try to pass term
>limits on the court, make it a 18 year limit and make it
>effective immediately, which means you can get rid of Thomas
>and some of those Bush appointee SCOTUS would be termed out
>during Biden’s term.

that would need a constitutional amendment. not gonna happen.

>
>I think people would support term limits on SCOTUS more than
>packing the court.