The Democrats’ threat to pack the Supreme Court might not succeed as legislation, but it could work as intimidation as the Court takes up that could overturn Roe v. Wade.
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Supreme Court Packing: A Bad Way to Get Even (or Ahead)
The Constitution is silent on the number of justices on the Supreme Court. The independence of the judiciary is put in jeopardy when partisans settle political scores by rebalancing the courts.
April 30, 2021 •
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States. In 1937, frustrated by the Supreme Court’s habit of striking down key pieces of New Deal legislation, FDR tried to convince Congress to permit him to nominate up to six new justices.
(Photo: Pathfinder Magazine, April 17, 1937, via oldmagazinearticles.com)
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