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In reply to the discussion: I have suggested this before and it was pretty much dismissed as "You can't do that because [View all]frazzled
(18,402 posts)It was quashed in the Senate by Democrats, no less. He wanted to pack the courts but ultimately could not.
It was not because it was unconstitutional (the Constitution does not specify the size of the court). Congress can specify the number of members, and it was the Judiciary Act of 1869 that set the court at nine members (a Chief Justice plus 8 associate justices). Congress did not want to pass Roosevelts proposal to expand that.
Its called democracy. We have the rule of law. We can change the laws, but we cant make shit up without the three branches of government each doing their job.
To annul a presidency, Congress would essentially have to pass a Constitutional ammendment and then have it ratified by 3/4 of all the states. Not likely.