14. The subsequent rounds of expanding & contracting the Court (up to 10 in 1863, then seats eliminated so Andrew Johnson couldn't name any Justices, then back to 9 for good in 1869) were all part of the Civil War & Reconstruction, to wrest the Court away from the Dred Scott era.
I think precipitating a constitutional crisis in which states seriously consider nullifying SCOTUS decisions is a bad road to go down and one whose history is not encouraging.
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Again—there’s no nullification unless it’s happens. It’s MAD—it’s designed to get Ribdrts SCOTUS not to, say, go back to pre 1937 jurisprudence.
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IOW, you see the threat itself as a way to demolish judicial independence.
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It’s leverage. If, say, SCOTUS is going to make Dem social transfer legislation unconstitutional. Or if it makes it unconstitutional for states to create neutral gerrymandering commissions.
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