单词 | court packing |
释义 | > as lemmascourt packing court packing n. originally and chiefly U.S. (usually depreciative) the action, process, or practice whereby a governing authority expands the number of seats on a court (esp. the U.S. Supreme Court) in order to appoint judges likely to support its own legislative programme and political agenda; cf. packing n.2Earliest in Supreme Court packing (see quot. 1889; cf. Supreme Court n. 2).Associated especially with Franklin D. Roosevelt's attempt in 1937 to increase the number of U.S. Supreme Court justices who would support his New Deal (see new deal n. 2b; cf. quot. 1937). ΚΠ 1889 Cincinnati Commerc. Gaz. 30 Oct. 4/1 The old Gang of the Democratic party..who..tried ballot-box stuffing and forgery and bribery, and Supreme Court packing, to get another Senatorial seat.] 1902 Columbia Law Rev. 2 80 The questions..could not be reconsidered and the result reversed by a tribunal of changed membership without charges of court-packing. 1937 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 11 Feb. 4/2 Roosevelt..stated reasons entirely beside the real point in his message presenting the court packing proposal. 1992 J. D. Hunter Culture Wars xi Such issues as abortion, gay rights, funding for the arts, women's rights, child-care policy,..and court-packing are followed in the press and..debated passionately. 2020 N. Y. Times (Nexis) 19 Sept. (US Politics section) Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death revives talk of court packing... The idea, recalling a plan by President Franklin D. Roosevelt,..faces roadblocks among members of both parties. < as lemmas |
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