It’s not unprecedented for Congress to adjust the size of the Supreme Court to defeat white supremacy. We’ve done it three times before.
Here are some examples from our nation’s First Reconstruction. 
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Then in 1866, after Lincoln’s assassination, the white supremacist Andrew Johnson was President. A seat on the Court sat empty. If Johnson filled it, the Court could have halted Reconstruction. So Congress shrank the Court from 10 justices to 7, and Johnson never filled a seat.
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In 1869, Ulysses S. Grant succeeded Johnson. Grant strongly supported Reconstruction. So Congress once again expanded the Court, to its current nine justices.
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Here’s why this matters. On three separate occasions, Congress changed the size of the Supreme Court to help defeat white supremacy. Today's far-right majority has been reviving Jim Crow. We must learn from history and do what it takes to stop them. We must
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Your terminology is period-inaccurate. In 1861, Confederates were the "white supremacists." In the context of 2021, you would consider every last citizen of the 1861 United States by that label. The problem is that you transfer that blanket smear to 2021, and that's racist.
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Ironically, the Supreme Court of the late 1800's was not as favorable to people's rights as some hoped. This time when we add Justices, they need to be very progressive.
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Did you ever consider the fact that expanding a corrupt system might be a REALLY BAD IDEA? That's actually the EXACT OPPOSITE of getting a thing in check.
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