court packing

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A change to the number of justices that make up a court of law, in particular the US Supreme Court. uncountable
    — We understand these objections; until recently, we shared them, and dismissed court packing as institutionally corrosive and politically unserious. But no longer. The current battle over the Supreme Court changes the calculus; if [Amy Coney] Barrett is confirmed and Trump loses the election, adhering to norms and accepting the status quo on January 20 poses a greater harm than expanding the Court would.
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