Bleacher Bums Forum

PR should be a state if they want to be one.
DC’s outside of the federal land should be returned to Maryland, just like part of it was returned to Virgina.

My issue with framing the Supreme Court in the manner Tico was, it is undermining the legitimacy of the Supreme Court. The court becomes illegitimate than it is easier for Democrats to argue to pack the court. The Supreme Court should be like an ump in baseball calling balls and strikes and not turned into Joe West and Angel Hernandez.

If the positions were reversed the Democrats would do exactly the same thing.  The executive and congressional branches are broken, let’s not try and break the last part of the federal government.

Excuse my bluntness, but this is utter bullshit. Some people (especially Republicans and cynics) say this sort of thing (they all do it, they are all the same, etc) all the time and there is no basis for it. This was utterly unique and broke the sanctity of the appointment process. 

The Republicans in recent years have clearly demonstrated their complete disregard for institutional integrity and basic fairness (voter suppression anyone).  I have no problem condemning Democrats when they behave dishonorably (I fought the Daley machine in Chicago for decades), but the behavior of the Republican Party in recent years is like nothing I have seen in my lifetime.