My position on court packing hasn't changed: It's a bad idea and shouldn't happen. While the GOP has successfully packed multiple state supreme courts without any clear damage to those courts' legitimacy, there's every reason to think Dems packing SCOTUS would be catastrophic.
I'm open to other, more moderate reforms. And of course I think Dems would be absolutely within their rights to never vote to confirm a single Republican nominee to SCOTUS ever again. That's the Garland precedent and Dems would be fools not to follow it.
Should Dems also start packing apex courts at the state level? That's a tougher call. Again, they can point to GOP precedents in Georgia, Arizona, and West Virginia. But there are surely nuances there I'm missing, so I don't know what to do.
Frankly, if Dems are really going to commit to a small-d democratic agenda (and obviously they should), I'd rather they just focus on DC and PR statehood (if they want it), HR1, and comprehensive gerrymandering reform. Forget about court packing.
Anyway, that's my stupid opinion. We've got a bad system here, no doubt about it.
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