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Packing the Court: Amid national crises, Lincoln and his Republicans remade the Supreme Court to fit their agenda

  • Written by Calvin Schermerhorn, Professor of History, Arizona State University
Packing the Court: Amid national crises, Lincoln and his Republicans remade the Supreme Court to fit their agendaThe 9-member Chase Court in 1867, dominated by Northern Republicans.Alexander Gardner/The U.S. Supreme Court

As a political battle over the Supreme Court’s direction rages in Washington with President Donald Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett, history shows that political contests over the ideological slant of the Court are nothing...

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