Tucker Carlson: Democrats treat first day of Amy Coney Barrett hearings like a campaign rally

'Tucker Carlson Tonight' host argues Democrat plan to pack Supreme Court would undermine the legitimacy of our systemEditor's Note: This article is adapted from Tucker Carlson's opening commentary from the Oct. 12, 2020 edition of "Tucker Carlson Tonight."The first day of Judge Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearings were bizarre for one particular reason: Almost none of the attacks on Barrett -- and, of course, there were many of those -- had to do with the job she is trying to get.The Supreme Court exists only to determine whether the laws that our politicians write are consistent with the Constitution of the United States. That's why we have a Supreme Court. The goal is to undermine the legitimacy of our system and, in this case, of the Supreme Court so that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris can pack the court full of partisan Democrats who will rubber stamp their program.Again, it's about power. Democrats know that for the public to go along with court-packing, they have to delegitimize everything about the court and the confirmation process.ANDY MCCARTHY: 'NO ONE' THINKS SUPREME COURT WILL THROW OUT OBAMACARE IF BARRETT IS CONFIRMEDAnd so that's what they did again and again Monday. And yet it's not Trump who tried to pack the Supreme Court. He didn't consider packing the Supreme Court. Instead, our media actually rushed to perpetuate his lies.This weekend, a piece by the Associated Press referred to court packing -- not sarcastically -- as "depoliticizing the court." You increase the size of the court to dilute the other side's power, you pack it full of partisans who do your bidding, and that's depoliticizing.AP CALLED OUT FOR ADOPTING DEMOCRATS' LANGUAGE ON COURT-PACKINGHere's how the AP put it: "Montana Senate candidate Steve Bullock said that if Coney Barrett was confirmed, he would be open to measures to depoliticize the court, including adding judges to the bench, a practice critics have dubbed packing the courts" No, not critics. Unelected judges shouldn't be deciding issues like abortion and immigration policy for the entire country, but they are.The solution to that is not to embrace more politics in the judicial branch, though, it's to recognize the proper role of the courts, to deescalate a little bit, to bring us a little closer to sanity.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPIn a brief moment toward the end of today's hearing, in her opening statement, Amy Coney Barrett tried to do exactly that.BARRETT: Courts have a vital responsibility to the rule of law, which is critical to a free society.