@Str8nger @rbreich What makes you think they won't do that anyway? Let's suppose, just for the sake of argument, that Thomas resigns, that Kavanaugh is found to be similarly corrupt and resigns (wishful thinking that either of those guys would do the honorable thing, I know, but go with me here) and that one other conservative justice gets long-term Covid and either resigns or dies. And let's say Biden attempts to fill all three vacancies.

First of all you can bet your bottom dollar that the Republicans will refuse to confirm anyone Biden nominates until after the 2024 election, in the same way they refused to confirm Merrick Garland. But let's pretend that some way, somehow, he gets all three confirmed, and then either Trump or DeSantis wins in 2024. Do you believe for a single second that either of those guys would have enough respect for the institution of the court to NOT try and pack it with some additional conservative justices? By now we know that those guys have no honor, no sense of shame, and no respect for any good traditions (bad ones, on the other hand, they're all for).

But you might say that Biden would be stooping to their level to add additional justices to the court now. Perhaps in normal times and circumstances, but I think that in the current circumstances that could be justified for two reasons: First would be the hypocrasy of the Republicans in denying Garland a seat on the court because a presidential election was less than a year away, yet rushing through the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett with only a few months until the 2020 presidential election. That alone shows how evil Republicans are. And now we find that Thomas and his wife are allegedly very unethical people, and if any type of quid pro quo took place (perhaps where Thomas voted a certain way in order to remain on good terms with those he received favors from) he should be expelled from the court, but their may not be any mechanism for doing that (at least not any that the Republicans would agree to) so adding a couple of seats to the court may be the only way to restore fairness and balance, and also to maybe make the court less subject to corruption.

I mean, it's not as though anyone is ever again going to hold the Supreme Court in high respect in the way they might have a century or so ago, or even a decade ago. The court has always been influenced by politics but that was never as obvious as it is today. Of course the Republicans would squeal like angry pigs if Biden appointed more justices, but if their quest for a fascist goverrnment they will turn around and do the exact same thing in a heartbeat if they think it will benefit them. Your logical fallacy is thinking that if the Democrats always take most the nobile and honorable path, the Republicans will be forced to do likewise, when recent history has amply demonstrated that nothing could be further from the truth!