My esteemed partner Mark Alcott has written an essay (NYLJ, Oct. 28) in which he argues that all the current proposals for Supreme Court reform are “ineffectual, unconstitutional, or just plain terrible.” He is wrong: none of those adjectives applies to a plan to enlarge the court.

The current vote count suggests that Biden may be in the White House, but Republicans will maintain a slim majority in the Senate. On the theoretical possibility that two or three Republican senators will be repulsed by ultra-reactionary rulings of the 6-3 majority of the Supreme Court, examination of my friend’s objections to a court pack plan is still relevant.