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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 such in 1937 but was rebuked by the majority of his own [[Democratic Party]] for it, including even his steadfast [[New Deal]] ally Robert F. Wagner. On July 22nd 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 Southern [[segregation]]ists [[Hugo Black]], [[Allen J. Ellender]], [[Hattie Caraway]], and [[Theodore Bilbo]].
'''Court packing''' (also spelled "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 such in 1937 but was rebuked by the majority of his own [[Democratic Party]] for it, including even his steadfast [[New Deal]] ally Robert F. Wagner. On July 22nd 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 Southern [[segregation]]ists [[Hugo Black]], [[Allen J. Ellender]], [[Hattie Caraway]], 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]].
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]].