If Trump loses and they decide to do this, it really is a declaration of war. The Dems will be angry and control presidency and likely the Senate, They would want to pack the court.
Interesting strategy would be for GOP to tell their base if you want that SCOTUS seat better re-elect Trump and Senate.
Expanding the Supreme Court sets up long term disaster again for the democrats. Short term things be fixed long term they are screwed like the 2013 vote change.
Democrats fall in to these delusions that can keep the presidency for decades as the vanquished the great evil...
But us politics is never like that.
More to the point...
If there is a disputed election like in 2000 it won't reflect well on Republicans if they confirm a trump supporter to the supreme court.
Right now the optics are bad.. very bad for nominating anyone before inauguration day. Put in the wrong person and it could look very bad in a worst case scenario.
Best to leave it vacant rather than stack the court.
Colins was toast anyway. The Con side don’t care about winning in 2020, they know with Trump it’s a long shot. The Cons want longterm power, and that’s achieved through the SCOTUS. So, Trump rams through an evangelical jurist, she takes her seat, then Trump loses and says as he’s walking out, “I did my best, the Supreme Court is now ours. It’s up to you to finish the job at the 2022 midterms and to remove that nasty woman from the White House in 2024!”The GOP is going to lose the Senate over this. Bye Susan Collins!
Yes, because there’s not going to be another SCOTUS vacancy until at least 2024, more likely in the 2028-2032 term, by which time I assure you the GOP will be resurgent.But if they lose the presidency and the Senate, have they really secured SCOTUS?
The Dems can make their own vacancies (lots of them). And you better believe that if SCOTUS starts allowing abortion bans to stand it would happen.