Ya got to give it to the Republicans: they are masters at manipulating language. Just look at what they did to the word “liberal”. Before Republicans got a hold of it, it meant “Favoring reform, open to new ideas, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others; not bound by traditional thinking; broad-minded. synonym: broad-minded.” And they have turned it into a term of utter contempt, made it virtually synonymous with communism. Bravo. Now lets look at their newest target- the fear that Democrats will “pack” the Supreme court. Here are the facts which are rooted in reality. There have been 17 new justices on the court in the last 50 years, 18 if you count the inevitable appointment of ACB. Of those 18, 14 have been appointed by Republican Presidents. ( Blackmun, Powell, Rehnquist, Stevens, O’Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Roberts, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and now ACB). Of the 9 that will be sitting by years end, 6 will be Republican appointees. And worse than that, 5 will have been appointed by Republican Presidents that lost the popular vote. That means a Democratic President would need to add three justices just to break even with the current court, and an additional seven just to even the score of the past 50 years. So do not let the Right or the Media get away with talking about “packing” the courts. At best all a Democratic President could do would be to begin “unpacking” SCOTUS.