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14 Times Democrats Admitted Court-Packing Is A Terrible Idea

"Where does it stop?"

Beth Baumann
14 Times Democrats Admitted Court-Packing Is A Terrible Idea
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This month, Democrats in both chambers of Congress have made clear their intention of expanding the Supreme Court, with the clear intention of swinging the Court’s sphere of influence away from conservatives and back towards the Left. But while Democrats increasingly support such a proposal, it wasn’t long ago that leaders in the party strongly opposed the idea.

Here are 14 times Democrats said court-packing was an idea they could not get behind.

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