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Yeah, we know all of.this.we also know.it ain't gonna happen
"Hey, you know how there's a small Conservative majority in the Supreme Court? Well after the Civil War, when the Southern states had no political power, we used Congress to steamroll the Supreme Court. So what if we did that again?"...."But the red states do have political power now, so we can't do any of that."...."Yeah...but it'd be cool if we could." This article, in a nutshell. >

A good part of the problem is that Congress is, and has been, so deadlocked it's almost impossible for it to pass any significant legislation. And that has handed over a huge amount of power to the courts. >

Right. Even when the Court struck down large parts of the Voting Rights Act under their insane “states rights” theory, they suggested Congress could just fix the VRA to restore it effectively, knowing that wouldn’t happen. But we’re past though point anyway. If Congress today passed Obama’s promised codification of Roe, the Court would simply strike it down. The reasoning doesn’t matter. They’ll strike it down based on whatever reason they want to. >

The Supreme Court is doing exactly what a minority of voters, but a majority of right-wing congressmen want it to do. In the next couple of years, I expect the court to outlaw short sleeves on women's apparel. >

Pointless article if that’s true. >

Some steps assuming they don't do rotating seats (which they really should do):

Expand so it's one justice per district plus chief justice.
At beginning of each new Senate (so every two years), president offers up two nominees that go through congressional approval. 
If a nominee is used to replace a justice, then a new nominee is offered up to be approved.

With this, the death or retirement of a justice isn't some macabre event where all of a sudden it's about rushing to replace them. >

Why would they fix it? They broke it on purpose. >

This is what I want from congressional Democrats in '24. A campaign promise to repair SCOTUS. If they won't repair the problems with SCOTUS then everything else seems pointless. SCOTUS is going to block everything they try to do while the GOP continues to roll back the status quo by mounting legal challenges against current laws and rulings, enabling SCOTUS to undo existing rights and freedoms while blocking any legislation that might lead to progress.
Look at what happened under a democrat majority. Roe overturned, Biden's student loan policy blocked, gun rights expanded, police power expanded, the EPA's power to regulate emissions limited, and the separation of church and state reduced.
Democrats are going to have to do something big or the republicans are going to send us back a century or two. Two possible options are expanding the court or ignoring judicial review powers. >

Add 4 >

Wouldn't the Republicans just add 4 more when they are in power? >

They won’t be in power after the next election. Ever again. Boomers are dropping like flies. >

My kind of hopium >

Half of Congress doesn't want to; half of Congress is afraid to. >

They also need to remove those life long positions.
In the time of horse & buggy it might have worked since society wasn't as fluid and ideas couldn't move around as fast.
We live in an age of rapid societal change, and quickly spreading information and a person who gets put in a position for life might be content to leave things as they are instead of moving with the times. >

Maybe don’t elect a Supreme Court official that doesn’t know the definition of a woman >

It should be mandatory that the court is balanced. When a sitting judge leaves(retires or dies) the selection of a replacement judge should alternate between the two top parties. None of this crap that McConnell pulled will happen again and no more of this lop-sided political “puppet court” will happen again.