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0 pointsDanGarthwaite7y ago0 comments

Only by convention and precedent. FDR's threats to pack the court certainly influenced them and if implemented would have subverted them.

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icebraining7y ago

FDR couldn't implement that by himself, though; the bill had to be approved by Congress.

Retra7y ago

Convention 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.

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