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'''Court packing''' refers to schemes to increase the number of justices on the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] in order to change the results on key issues and to promote their own agenda. President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] attempted this in 1937 but was rebuked by his own [[Democratic Party]] for it. Candidate [[Joe Biden]] and [[Democrat]]s plan to try this again if they win in the 2020 election, with their proposed [[swamp]] of Joseph Biden, running mate [[Kamala Harris]], [[Speaker of the House]] [[Nancy Pelosi]], and Senate Minority Leader [[Charles Schumer]].

'''Court packing''' refers to schemes to increase the number of justices on the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] in order to change the results on key issues and to promote their own agenda. President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] attempted this in 1937 but was rebuked by the majority of his own [[Democratic Party]] for it, including steadfast [[New Deal]] ally Robert F. Wagner. On July 22th of that year, the U.S. Senate voted 70–20 to send the Judicial Procedures Reform Bill to committee where the language corresponding to its totalitarian aims were removed.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/75-1/s42 TO RECOMMIT TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIAL BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT. S. 1392, A BILL TO REORGANIZE THE JUDICIARY BRANCH.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved June 29, 2021.</ref> All "nays" were from Democrats, including [[segregation]]ists [[Allen J. Ellender]] and [[Theodore Bilbo]].

 

Candidate [[Joe Biden]] and [[Democrat]]s plan to try this again if they win in the 2020 election, with their proposed [[swamp]] of Joseph Biden, running mate [[Kamala Harris]], [[Speaker of the House]] [[Nancy Pelosi]], and Senate Minority Leader [[Charles Schumer]].

Running for president in 2020, candidate [[Joe Biden]] repeatedly refused to answer questions about his court packing plan if he were elected:

Running for president in 2020, candidate [[Joe Biden]] repeatedly refused to answer questions about his court packing plan if he were elected: