The Folly of Court-Packing Proposals

Last week, eight House Democrats held a press conference on the Capitol steps to call for adding four Supreme Court justices. The goal, of course, is to allow President Biden to overturn the Court’s nascent 6–3 conservative majority. This renewed push for “court-packing”—which can be defined neutrally as expanding the Court for political reasons—comes after […]

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