Eric Holder says Dems should pack SCOTUS

[Fuzzy Bear Loves Christian Missionaries]

It's a terrible idea because Americans have always viewed ideas such as this as blatantly unfair.

FDR's court-packing scheme was not only rejected at the polls; it's advocacy ushered in the Southern Democrat-Republican coalition that stymied his progressive agenda for the rest of his Presidency, and which required the LBJ Landslide of 1964 in order to get a major Civil Rights Bill through.

And FDR's plan was done in an era where the SCOTUS was nowhere near the important issue it is today.  Judicial nominations were made with an eye to credentials; Hoover nominated Brandeis (a liberal) while FDR nominated Frankfurter (who was, on balance, a conservative).   Eisenhower nominated Warren and Brennan while JFK nominated the center-right Byron White (who was a Kennedy partisan and a lifelong Democrat). 

Any Democrat who pushes such a plan will suffer for it at the polls.  Truthfully, Trump would suffer at the polls, as would any other Republican, if they pushed such an idea.  People don't like the idea of rigging games. 

[Fuzzy Bear Loves Christian Missionaries]

Truthfully, Trump would suffer at the polls, as would any other Republican, if they pushed such an idea.

Well, that is obviously untrue. No republicans would abandon Trump because of court packing, infact I'm 99% sure that his approval amongst republicans would soar.

This would not play well with the broader public, including those voters in the middle who are honestly up for grabs.  There would also be some Republicans who would consider such a proposal as something that could come back to haunt them should their party be out of power.