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steve vladeck: why does the supreme court have nine justices? and why

On this, the act's sesquicentennial, it's worth reflecting on how we ended up with nine justices — and why recent proposals that Democrats should expand the size of the court when that party is next in control of both chambers of Congress and White House are dangerously myopic.. ..

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March Trump attacks Senator John McCain, telling Ohio, I have to be I've never liked him much falsely taking credit for giving McCain the funeral he wanted while simultaneously grousing and I did not get 'thank you — surely just oversight on McCain's part, perhaps owing to the fact that he was dead.. ..

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