To those who are anxious about Supreme Court expansion, we say we cannot afford to do nothing. And the fact is, Over the last decade, we saw Republicans change the size of The Supreme Court when they left a vacancy open after the death of Antonin Scalia for 14 months. inventing a nonexistent rule that they went back on when they rushed through the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett as a presidential election was underway and millions of votes had already been cast. (10:35–10:47)
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Asserts that Republicans changed the Supreme Court size by leaving Scalia's seat vacant for 14 months.
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