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Only by convention and precedent. FDR's threats to pack the court certainly influenced them and if implemented would have subverted them.
by DanGarthwaite 7y ago
Only by convention and precedent. FDR's threats to pack the court certainly influenced them and if implemented would have subverted them.
- icebraining 7y agoFDR couldn't implement that by himself, though; the bill had to be approved by Congress.
- Retra 7y agoConvention and precedent (and tradition) are also forms of hierarchical power. Those who assert them in the course of making a decision exercise power over those who intend to deny them.