Cartoon criticizing Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1937 court-packing plan. For much of the period from 2017 to 2019, there was an active public debate over "court packing." The first round of that debate ...

FDR wasted an electoral mandate on a bid to expand the Supreme Court. It caused lasting damage to his party and the progressive agenda. The 1936 election was a stunning victory for the Democrats.

“It was a bonehead idea. It was a terrible, terrible mistake to make. And it put in question, for an entire decade, the independence of the most significant body… in this country, the Supreme Court of ...

Joe Biden’s plan to form a commission to “reform” the court system meant that he was “open to” court packing, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., argued on Thursday. “Court packing ought to ...

A troubling thirst for power threatens the remarkable tripartite system of government in America. Not even the possibility of controlling the executive and legislative branches after the November ...

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