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====Opposition to court packing scheme====
 
====Opposition to court packing scheme====
 
:''See: [[Court packing]]
 
:''See: [[Court packing]]
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After President Roosevelt's [[liberal]] agenda faced setbacks by the Supreme Court, he proposed a scheme to [[pack the court]] by increasing the total number of judges to serve there. Bailey and other conservatives including Roosevelt's own vice president [[John Nance Garner]] fiercely denounced the effort, saying: "To weaken [either the Constitution or the Supreme Court] is to weaken the foundations of our Republic. To destroy either is to destroy the Republic."<ref>Zelizer, Julian E. (October 15, 2018). [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/opinion/supreme-court-packing-democrats-.html Packing the Supreme Court Is a Terrible Idea]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved February 16, 2021.</ref>
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After President Roosevelt's [[liberal]] agenda faced setbacks by the Supreme Court, he proposed a scheme to pack the court by increasing the total number of judges to serve there. Bailey and other conservatives including Roosevelt's own vice president [[John Nance Garner]] fiercely denounced the effort, saying: "To weaken [either the Constitution or the Supreme Court] is to weaken the foundations of our Republic. To destroy either is to destroy the Republic."<ref>Zelizer, Julian E. (October 15, 2018). [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/opinion/supreme-court-packing-democrats-.html Packing the Supreme Court Is a Terrible Idea]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved February 16, 2021.</ref>
    
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