“I Regret the Necessity of This Controversy”: The Perils of Reviving Court Packing in 2020

• In Event: Public opinion and recent elections

Brief Overview

Democrats pushing court-packing will face resistance from their own party. An analysis of a 2018 Pew poll indicates Democrats are more supportive of judicial independence and less supportive of “bend[ing] the rules to get things done.”

Author

• William Blake, University of Maryland-Baltimore County