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- Court-packing, Democrats’ nuclear option for the Supreme Court, explained https://www.vox.com/2018/7/2/17513520/court-packing-explained-fdr-roosevelt-new-deal-democrats-supreme-court 4 comments
- Biden's court-packing theater could tame the Supreme Court's conservatives https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/547782-bidens-court-packing-theater-could-tame-the-supreme-courts-conservatives 395 comments moderatepolitics
- Biden says he’s ‘not a fan’ of court-packing as Trump claims he will add seats to the Supreme Court https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-scotus-court-packing-amy-coney-barrett-kamala-harris-b1014546.html 18 comments politics
- The Deradicalization of Supreme Court Reform: Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation has won some surprising court-packing converts, but the broader public isn’t behind them—yet. https://newrepublic.com/article/159993/chris-coons-court-packing-barrett 21 comments politics
- Democrats ignite court-packing controversy with Supreme Court brief in gun case https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/warning-or-threat-democrats-ignite-controversy-with-supreme-court-brief-in-gun-case/2019/08/16/2ec96ef0-c039-11e9-9b73-fd3c65ef8f9c_story.html 4 comments politics
- In Defense of Court-Packing: When the Supreme Court willfully misreads the Constitution, FDR’s plan doesn’t seem so bad. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2015/02/fdr_court_packing_plan_obama_and_roosevelt_s_supreme_court_standoffs.single.html 35 comments politics
- What the Democrats Achieve By Threatening to Pack the Supreme Court https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/what-democrats-achieve-by-threatening-to-pack-the-supreme-court 11 comments politics
- Joe Biden once again says he’s ‘not a fan’ of expanding Supreme Court, says GOP ‘court-packing’ by rushing to fill seat https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/ct-nw-joe-biden-supreme-court-expansion-20201013-yhw3tx2el5fctfbb24wn7f7wne-story.html 17 comments politics
- Packing the Supreme Court has routinely been used as a tool by authoritarians and dictators. https://www.vox.com/2018/7/2/17513520/court-packing-explained-fdr-roosevelt-new-deal-democrats-supreme-court 6 comments moderatepolitics
- Pack the Supreme Court? Why we may be getting closer. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/10/09/pack-supreme-court-why-we-may-be-getting-closer/?utm_term=.1890bf245d0e 30 comments politics
- Democrats: Prepare to Pack the Supreme Court https://newrepublic.com/article/148358/democrats-prepare-pack-supreme-court 54 comments politics
- Democrats look at packing the Supreme Court to pack the vote https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/31/politics/democrats-supreme-court-packing-politics/index.html 46 comments politics
- How Court-Packing Went From a Fringe Idea to a Serious Democratic Proposal - At least five presidential contenders have expressed openness to Supreme Court reform. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/03/court-packing-2020/ 57 comments politics
- Senate Republicans offer constitutional amendment to block Supreme Court packing https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/521736-senate-republicans-offer-constitutional-amendment-to-block-supreme-court 16 comments politics
- Senate Republicans offer constitutional amendment to block Supreme Court packing https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/521736-senate-republicans-offer-constitutional-amendment-to-block-supreme-court?fbclid=iwar1wngu3vjuoikidq_g4sv-sr5qh_z0u9kbgbvmbhgmmq1pzppg35s52f0a 33 comments politics
- Pete Buttigieg says he open to packing the Supreme Court. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/02/pete-buttigieg-court-packing-electoral-college.html 64 comments politics
- Supreme Court Smacks Down Trump-Packed Circuit Court Twice in One Morning; Justice Barrett Didn’t Participate https://lawandcrime.com/supreme-court/supreme-court-smacks-down-trump-packed-circuit-court-twice-in-one-morning-justice-barrett-didnt-participate/?utm_source=mostpopular 9 comments law
- Supreme Court Smacks Down Trump-Packed Circuit Court Twice in One Morning; Justice Barrett Didn’t Participate https://lawandcrime.com/supreme-court/supreme-court-smacks-down-trump-packed-circuit-court-twice-in-one-morning-justice-barrett-didnt-participate/ 165 comments politics
- Perspective | Republicans have already packed state supreme courts https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/10/26/court-packing-republicans-states/ 52 comments politics
- 'Wolf Pack' found guilty of rape by Spain's Supreme Court https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/21/europe/spain-wolf-pack-rape-verdict-intl/index.html 3 comments worldnews
- Biden Was Against Packing The Supreme Court. A New Progressive Group Wants To Change His Mind. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/zoetillman/biden-supreme-court-packing-group-unrig-the-courts?__twitter_impression=true 46 comments politics
- Some Democrats Want to Make the Supreme Court Bigger. Here's the History of Court Packing https://time.com/5702280/court-packing-history/ 26 comments politics
- Supreme Court Commission Seems to Favor Term Limits for Justices but Not Court Packing https://www.newsweek.com/supreme-court-commission-seems-favor-term-limits-justices-not-court-packing-1639519 48 comments politics
- Spain's Supreme Court Reverses Earlier Decision, Convicts 'Wolf Pack' Of Rape https://www.npr.org/2019/06/21/734843639/spains-supreme-court-reverses-earlier-decision-convicts-wolf-pack-of-rape 48 comments worldnews
- Does the NC state Supreme Court’s workload justify a GOP scheme to pack its bench? http://www.insight-us.org/blog/does-the-nc-supreme-courts-workload-justify-court-packing/ 3 comments politics
- Packing the Supreme Court, an idea discredited for decades, gains traction among Democrats http://local21news.com/news/nation-world/packing-the-supreme-court-an-idea-discredited-for-decades-gains-traction-among-democrats 21 comments politics
- Spain's Supreme Court sentences 'Wolf Pack' to 15 years in prison for rape | Article [AMP] | Reuters https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/iduskcn1tm1ou?__twitter_impression=true 4 comments worldnews
- Biden says that he's 'not a fan' of packing the Supreme Court but doesn't want it to be the 'focus' of this election cycle https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-biden-supreme-court-packing-kamala-harris-election-2020-10 23 comments politics
- Trump warns Democrats he might pack Supreme Court if GOP holds White House and Senate https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election/donald-trump-rally-florida-supreme-court-packing-b584729.html 58 comments politics
- It’s ‘Court Reform,’ Not Court Packing | But whatever they call it, Democrats should embrace fixing a Supreme Court that has become an unaccountable legislature in all but name. https://www.thenation.com/article/society/barret-court-packing-reform/ 127 comments politics
- Andrew Yang in an exclusive interview says he wants Democrats to pack the Supreme Court and to put justices on 18-year term limits https://www.businessinsider.com/andrew-yang-supreme-court-term-limits-packing-ruth-bader-ginsburg-2020-9 22 comments politics
- ‘We’re the Wild West: Unmasked Wisconsites pack bars after Supreme Court revokes stay-at-home order https://www.businessinsider.com/wisconsin-supreme-court-overturns-coronavirus-tony-evers-shutdown-packed-bars-2020-5?amp 69 comments politics
- Pack the lower courts — Forget the question of whether the US Supreme Court should have more justices. Urgent, bipartisan reform is needed elsewhere in the federal judiciary. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/04/25/opinion/pack-lower-courts 81 comments politics
- Trump’s dangerous plot to weaponize the Supreme Court: He is ignorant of the importance of the judiciary as an independent institution. Yet he is also maliciously canny; this is a man who knows that nothing motivates his base more than the prospect of courts packed with conservative judges. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-dangerous-plot-to-weaponize-the-supreme-court/2018/03/30/60b53a04-343d-11e8-94fa-32d48460b955_story.html?utm_term=.2099c1cc627f 18 comments law
- Making the Supreme Court Safe for Democracy | Beyond packing schemes, we need to diminish the high court’s power. https://newrepublic.com/article/159710/supreme-court-reform-court-packing-diminish-power 19 comments politics
- The Democrats’ Supreme Court Hail Mary - This is the progressive case for court packing in a nutshell: “If your wallet is stolen, you don’t forgo efforts to recover it just because it might be stolen again.” https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/democrats-case-court-packing/616446/ 4 comments politics
- Biden Inherits F.D.R.’s Supreme Court Problem: Roosevelt tried to pack the Court to protect his ambitious agenda from conservatives. Biden, facing a similar threat, has appointed a commission to study options. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/26/biden-inherits-fdrs-supreme-court-problem 3 comments politics
- Obama Administration backs Meat Packing Industry in landmark California law banning the slaughter, sale or receipt of any downed livestock following undercover investigation in Chino slaughterhouse. Case to go before the CA Supreme Court. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/08/mn6d1ls2g7.dtl 4 comments politics
- Biden to release plan on Supreme Court packing before election day; says he's "not a fan" of court packing, but his decision will depend on if Republicans rush Amy Coney Barrett confirmation. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-court-iduskbn27107r 166 comments politics
- Court faults redistricting plan that 'packed' black voters - A deeply divided Supreme Court dealt a blow Wednesday to a Republican redistricting plan in Alabama that packed black voters into urban districts to dilute their impact elsewhere. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/03/25/supreme-court-political-redistricting/21698137/ 22 comments politics