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longship

(40,416 posts)

5. Been tried before.

Reply to samsingh (Original post)

Sat Jul 5, 2014, 04:23 PM

Jul 2014

IMHO, it would take an act of congress. Good luck with that, President Obama.

FDR tried it and would likely have gotten himself impeached if he had succeeded.

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How can the SCOTUS bench be increased to 11 from the 9? [View all] samsingh Jul 2014 OP

No. former9thward Jul 2014 #1

FDR tried to increase the size of the court. murielm99 Jul 2014 #2

Ha, good luck with that. Franklin Roosevelt tried it in 1937 The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2014 #3

Fascinating. I never knew about this. arcane1 Jul 2014 #8

There were political cartoons at the time. emsimon33 Jul 2014 #12

no Duckhunter935 Jul 2014 #4

Been tried before. longship Jul 2014 #5

FDR gave this a shot. Wasn't very well received. cerveza_gratis Jul 2014 #6

No and nor should it be. hrmjustin Jul 2014 #7

no pipoman Jul 2014 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author lostincalifornia Jul 2014 #10

Do you really think this is something that could be done by executive order? tritsofme Jul 2014 #11

Impeach the SC Taliban Five emsimon33 Jul 2014 #13

The size of the Court is determined by Congress. PoliticAverse Jul 2014 #14

so if we decisively could win back Congress samsingh Jul 2014 #15

Not likely SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2014 #18

I think that people are saying that i t couldn't be done el_bryanto Jul 2014 #16

I remember it being called "the switch in time that saved nine." LuvNewcastle Jul 2014 #19

if anyone Democrat did what thomas has done they would be pressured to resign samsingh Jul 2014 #21

Not going to happen. ohnoyoudidnt Jul 2014 #17

Can you imagine the media uproar if one side tried to do this? N/t Calista241 Jul 2014 #20

the media roars when Obama creates jobs samsingh Jul 2014 #22