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Flipping through news channels I hear talk about “Biden packing the court” casually suggested as if it’s a totally reasonable option.


FDR threatened the very same thing when parts of his New Deal were getting overturned.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_Procedures_Reform_Bil...

It was tactical move and it worked; not unlike what McConnell did to Obama's Supreme Court pick in 2016 when the GOP controlled the House and the Senate. Politics is hardball, always has been.




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