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Biden’s Court Plan Brings to Mind FDR’s Court-Packing Scheme

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MONDAY, JULY 29, 2024
Reform must come from within, not from without. You cannot legislate virtue.

– James Gibbons, Cardinal

HORNBERGER’S BLOG
July 29, 2024
Biden’s Court Plan Brings to Mind FDR’s Court-Packing Scheme
Wanting to continue appearing relevant, lame-duck President Biden has come up with a plan to reform the Supreme Court. His plan brings to mind the infamous court-packing scheme that was proposed by President Franklin Roosevelt during the 1930s. Although FDR failed to get Congress to enact his plan, he ended up accomplishing what he set out to accomplish — a Supreme Court that …
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