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If FDR couldnt pack the courts what makes you think Biden can with far less support
I don't think he can, but he shouldn't give up the fight before it's even started. If you have the presidency the bully pulpit you could at least start to put the idea into the minds of the Americans and normalize. It certainly better than just bending over.
Mean there's not a very good chance for a single-payer healthcare system to be instituted anytime soon but that doesn't mean politician shouldn't openly advocate for it.
this is the same president that used the bully pulpit to force a deal... on striking rail workers who were asking for reasonable days off.
To be clear, there is zero fight to be had. The composition of the Court can only be modified by Congress. The GOP led House is not going to pass a bill allowing the Democrat President to add new judges to the Court.
Given that reality, there's simply nothing Biden could do even if he wanted to.
Obama couldn't even get Merrick Garland on the bench... This country is ill