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onenote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 11:32 AM
Response to Reply #102
105. sorry but you're mistaken if you're claiming the president can decide the size of the court
The size of the court is set by statute. To increase the size of the court it doesn't just take the president naming some additional justices and having the Senate confirm them. It takes an act of Congress to change the size of the court. The current size of the court was set over 100 years ago and the last time a President proposed changing it -- FDR -- he suffered a hugely embarassing defeat.
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