National Review’s David Harsanyi dug up a quote from the Roosevelt era that pretty much sums up the whole thing.FDR’s Court-packing scheme, wrote the Democrat-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee in 1937, “is a measure which should be so emphatically rejected that its parallel will never again be presented to the free representatives of the free people of America.”
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| FDR tried packing the court but was rejected by a wise congress |
Why the Left Is Wrong to Attack Justice Breyer on Court-Packing | The American Spectator | USA News and Politics "Justice Stephen Breyer needs to get with the program. At least that’s what many on the left think after last week. In remarks made for Harvard Law School, the Supreme Court justice threw cold water on progressives’ desire to expand (i.e. pack) the court. His remarks gave several reasons against it, saying he wished to get those favoring such measures to “think long and hard before embodying those changes in law.” Adding to his transgression was timing; these critiques came out the same week that President Joe Biden took a small step toward court expansion, establishing a commission to study it among other proposals for judicial reform.
"Many progressives set a high priority on adding justices to the nation’s highest bench." . . .
How Could Democrats Defy Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Wishes by Trying to Pack the Supreme Court? – RedState . . . "Well, fun fact that’s surprising no one: Democrats don’t actually care what Ruth Bader Ginsburg thinks and are more than willing to go against her wishes if it means more power for them." . . .
And So It Begins...Democrats Set to Introduce Court Packing Bill – RedState "House and Senate Dems are ready to introduce a court packing bill that would expand the Supreme Court to 13 justices. The bill is set to be announced on Thursday by Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts and Congressmen Jerry Nadler, Hank Johnson, and Mondaire Jones." . . .
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