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How calls to 'pack' the Supreme Court evolved over the years

Expanding the Supreme Court to more than nine seats sounds like a radical idea, and the term for it, “court packing,” sounds derisive because it has created controversy every time it has come up. But it has been attempted — and done — in American history before.

This is how those calls have evolved over the years.

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