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As Henry Farrell of Crooked Timber points out, the perception of FDR's court-packing as a dangerous, norm-breaking effort that failed — as it's presented, for example, in "How Democracies Die" — is incomplete, at best.

From Salon • Oct. 10, 2020

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg came out against court-packing in a July NPR interview, saying, “Nine seems to be a good number.”

From Fox News • Aug. 29, 2019

Indeed, Roosevelt’s court-packing proposal failed to gain support even from his fellow Democrats.

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2018

The idea grew out of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s ill-fated court-packing plan.

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2013

And Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes went toe-to-toe with FDR, who wouldn’t let up with the court-packing.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2012