Democrats Are Courting Disaster, Again

Source: www.realclearpolitics.com · Section: politics · Bias: Center-Right · Published: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 19:42:33 GMT

Seven years ago, I warned that Democrats were "courting disaster" by turning their frustration with the Supreme Court into a campaign to remake it. Their 2020 presidential field was talking about adding justices, limiting their terms, and otherwise changing the rules because Donald Trump had gotten to replace Antonin Scalia and Anthony Kennedy. The Democrats' flirtation with blowing up the high court became a full-blown mania after Trump got a third pick, naming Amy Coney Barrett after Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death in 2020.

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