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The impact of “court packing”, or adding more justices until you can control the court interpretations, cannot be underestimated. It undermines our third branch of government and our entire system of checks and balances. The reason the USA has survived centuries and never undergone totalitarian rule is because of our system of curbing unchecked power. If one party gets control of the Presidency, Senate, and House of Representatives while having no court system to strike down anything they do, it could theoretically re-structure the entire U.S. system, removing any constitutional protections in the process. It’s sad that half the country doesn’t see any problem with one-party totalitarian rule as long as it’s “their” party. As for court packing, it goes both ways. If the Democrats pack the court in 2021, the Republicans could regain control in 2024 and do the same. Whenever you construct a system where one party can take over everything and restructure so they stay in power forever, there’s always the threat of the other party being the one to take advantage of it. Here’s the best argument against court packing: imagine total one-party rule with someone you strongly dislike or fear in charge–Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, George W. Bush, etc.; how many liberals do you think would support court packing if Republicans controlled the House, Senate, and Supreme Court with Donald Trump…or say, Tucker Carlson or Rush Limbaugh in charge?