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YOU dummies were the ones who said.....Let’s pack the Supreme Court!!!

Okay....WE WILL!!!!

Not a chance. That would only guarantee that the number of SCOTUS justices would increase every time a different party controlled both houses and the WH. Without limit.
A constitutional amendment fixing the size of the SCOTUS bench is definitely indicated. As is a provision in that amendment to regularize the impact of each presidential election on the composition of SCOTUS.
My #81 proposes such. If the Democrats are talking about limiting the size of SCOTUS and the terms of justices, I would be on board - but I’d want to go to 11 justices, and each president would have two running mates who’d join the bench in the term following the president’s inauguration. Senior justices would retire as needed to hold the size of the bench constant.
11 justices would map to 22 year terms, and each two-term POTUS would name 4/11 (not 4/9) of SCOTUS. So that’s my idea of the best long-term solution to the issue.
Another acceptable approach would be to have every other presidential election have only one judicial “running mate.” The a nine-justice bench would turn over completely every 24 years. And each 2-term POTUS would name 3/9 of the bench.
If such an amendment were to be instituted, NOW - when the 2024 race is looking completely open - would be the time to do it.
But IMHO having each two-term POTUS name 4/9 of the court would make the majority of the SCOTUS bench unstable if the parties continuously went back and forth electing two-term presidents.
But altho such an amendment might get 2/3 of the House, I’m afraid eliminating the senate’s role in confirming SCOTUS justices would be a harder sell in that body.