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The US Supreme Court building. Source: Joe Ravi, “Panorama of the West Facade of United States Supreme Court Building at Dusk in Washington, D.C., USA,” CC-BY-SA 3.0, wikimedia.org, Oct. 10, 2011
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Court packing is increasing the number of seats on a court to change the ideological makeup of the court. [1] The US Constitutiondoes not dictate the number of justices on the Supreme Court, but states only: “The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behavior, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services a Compensation which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.” [2]