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2024-10-26 18:35:43 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 97CD8799769E488989C3B0DA18157E2C7E88BC6D50F4330E67480AAAC4876ADD
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Court packing is the act of expanding the number of seats in a court in order to change its ideological makeup. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_Procedures_Reform_Bill_of_1937 Neither Trump nor Republicans in general have packed or threatened to pack the US Supreme Court. Democrats on the other hand have repeatedly said they would. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/democrats-introduce-bill-expand-supreme-court-9-13-justices-n1264132 https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2023/07/05/democrats-push-for-court-packing-after-controversial-supreme-court-rulings-why-the-proposal-is-likely-doomed/
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