| Er, his own claimed credits are on the family/casual side of wargaming, and the piece is largely out of the domain of what wargames (even those that can plausibly be described as simulations rather than themed diversions) generally simulate, and more on the political side. And not only are his facts from historical parallels wrong as covered in a sibling content, but his facts on the current political situation are wrong (and his speculative predictions on them are specious.) In more detail: > If they have that majority before then, it doesn’t matter who wins the election, because a 6–3 court will kit-bash some reason to hand Trump a second term. While a partisan intervention by the court is grounds for concern, and certainly one expects that a Trump appointment on the EV of the election will be made with the possibility of an election contest at the top his mind, I don't see a lot of reason to believe Kavanaugh (for his many and deep faults) or Gorsuch (likewise, though to a lesser extent), much less the pre-Trump Republican appointees, are likely to be particularly bad actors here. I know a lot of liberals will point to Bush v. Gore, but remember there that while the Court was sharply divided on the remedy, the decision that the recount as mandated by the Florida courts was unacceptable was 9-0. > So the Democrats are threatening that filling Ginsburg’s seat means they will create two to four more seats right after they win the Senate, if that happens. No, “the Democrats” are not. Sure, there are people who have suggested that, and all kinds of other things, but no group of officeholders has threatened it, or even committed to pushing other Democrats for it. > They might add D.C. and Puerto Rico as states, D.C. statehood (or at a minimum equivalent autonomy plus voting representation in Congress, which amounts to the same thing since it already has the electoral votes of a state) has been supported by almost every Democratic Platform since 1972. Anything that increass partisan rancor and reduces incentives to try to acheive bipartisan consensus means Democrat are more likely to push it in the case of a triple (President/Senate/House) win, but it's not really specifically tied to this Supreme Court seat. Puerto Rico actually has another statehood referendum this November; if statehood wins that will be there in a row. Democrats will be under significant pressure to recognize the referendum if it passes, which it probably will.
or even change the rule of apportionment. Republicans probably should be, too, as the pro-statehood faction includes Puerto Rican Republicans. Again, tje SRNG seat is tangential. > or even change the rule of apportionment. That would take a Constitutional Amendment, which a Congressional majority won't get ratified. More likely (though again tangential to the RBG seat) would be enforcing the disenfranchisement clause of the 14th Amendment |