"A far better plan would be to reform the courts in a bipartisan way, perhaps by expanding the federal bench as a whole and restoring the filibuster for judicial appointments."

And how would that "bipartisan" thing work exactly? Over my lifetime, I've gone from believing the SCOTUS was a fairly neutral branch of government to one being run for the benefit of the Republican Party, starting explicitly with Bush v Gore, 2000.

Your ideas, if implemented could work, but let's be realistic. Mitch McConnell and the rest of his caucus (Republican, GQP, insurrectionists) have no intention of doing anything you ask and I am tired of being held hostage by a religious minority. Expand the court.