13. The Court-packing of 1837 did not lead directly to Dred Scott. But it was part of an ideological Jacksonian reshaping of the Court, the product of which was the Dred Scott decision. And Dred Scott was one of the major triggers for the Civil War:https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/11/john-kelly-civil-war-debate-tim-kaine-america-slavery/ …
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24. Precisely! The Court as it has existed for 150 years, independent of political control, was made possible by stabilizing its size & resisting periodic efforts to break the independence Hamilton envisioned. This proposal would destroy that forever.https://twitter.com/rachelshelden/status/1107746476053225472 …
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25. Direct political meddling was, of course, one of the causes of Dred Scott (Buchanan conspired behind the scenes with Taney), corrupting Alexander Hamilton's vision of judicial independence secured by knowing politicians couldn't just change the courts at will:pic.twitter.com/cf6hAaiT8n
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26. Simplest explanation for the Democrats' effort to change the meaning of the term "Court-packing" away from its historically bipartisan commonly-understood meaning: they wish to disarm the opponents of actual Court-packing of the language in which to express the concept.pic.twitter.com/1vj68wmxpX
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27. You know who sees Court-packing for what it is - the quickest way to destroy the Court as the guardian of the rule of law in America? Ruth Bader Ginsburg. https://www.npr.org/2019/07/24/744633713/justice-ginsburg-i-am-very-much-alive?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter …pic.twitter.com/fl6nf2A4qa
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Well, everyone knows Custer died at Little Bighorn. What this book presupposes is... maybe he didn't?pic.twitter.com/X5k70YEQsR
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@baseballcrank: "This is the Rubicon. Cross it, and the damage to the American republic as we have known it is irreparable. We've had cri […]" https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1107651163447533569.html … Enjoy :)
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