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16. The threat of packing motivated FDR's SCOTUS to cooperate.

Tue Sep 22, 2020, 01:26 PM

Sep 2020

Unlikely to work this time; we'll have to actually execute the plan.

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Biden refusing to say if he'd expand the courts is basically him saying it. [View all] Drunken Irishman Sep 2020 OP

Yay wryter2000 Sep 2020 #1

I agree - very good news and Biden is doing it right. lagomorph777 Sep 2020 #13

If Franklin Roosevelt couldn't get it done Frasier Balzov Sep 2020 #3

The circumstances were vastly different. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2020 #12

The threat of packing motivated FDR's SCOTUS to cooperate. lagomorph777 Sep 2020 #16

I must have missed the part where it's 1942 BannonsLiver Sep 2020 #18

You're right. It was easier to get it done back then. Frasier Balzov Sep 2020 #21

This x1000 Doremus Sep 2020 #24

It really isn't up to him; that has to be done by Congress. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2020 #6

That's only technically true... Drunken Irishman Sep 2020 #8

Absolutely, plenty of time following the election. Thekaspervote Sep 2020 #7

He has previously said that he opposes the idea FBaggins Sep 2020 #9

Yes. So has Bernie. I'm guessing they've changed their minds. Drunken Irishman Sep 2020 #11

Nothing is off the table. C_U_L8R Sep 2020 #14

Its a moot point if we do not take back the Senate!! aeromanKC Sep 2020 #17

None of that needs to be the focus until and unless we win the election still_one Sep 2020 #19

When asked, his reply should always be, "We'll see what happens." GoCubsGo Sep 2020 #20

Good with this kwolf68 Sep 2020 #22

Good point PatSeg Sep 2020 #25