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“Court Packing”: Legislative Control over the Size of the Supreme Court

by Shoshana Weissmann, Anthony Marcum
Dec 14, 2020
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issues: Federal Government Affairs, Governance, Judicial Governance
originally published in EveryCRSReport

Besides the possible constitutional issues discussed above, many commentators worry that proposals that seek to control which party nominates federal judges may increase the perceived politicization of the judiciary and decrease its perceived legitimacy.

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