EDITORIAL: Mere threat to restrict filibusters may reduce them

Everything isn’t always what it seems to be in politics, and sometimes just the threat to do something can produce the desired result.

History buffs are familiar with the Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937, frequently called the court-packing plan. Because the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled several parts of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal legislation unconstitutional, Roosevelt suggested this bill to add more members to the Supreme Court. The Constitution does not specify how many members the court must have.

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