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Court Packing vs. Court Stacking: A Fact-Check of Every Major Claim

Trump hasn't 'packed' the courts (added seats), but McConnell's vacancy blockade and 271 lifetime appointments across two terms constitute the most aggressive court-stacking operation in modern…

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Originalism When Convenient: A Case-by-Case Audit of the Conservative Supreme Court's Own Standard

The conservative majority says it decides by text, history, and tradition. A case-by-case audit of six landmark rulings finds the method applied where it helps and set aside where it would not.

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