Biden’s Supreme Court Reform Is Doomed to Fail: Noah Feldman

When President Franklin Delano Roosevelt introduced his Supreme Court reform package in 1937, he had just won reelection with more than 60% of the vote. His party held supermajorities in both chambers of Congress. By contrast, President Joe Biden’s court reform plan comes at the nadir of his political power — as a lame-duck president forced to drop out of the race for reelection, with a one-vote majority in the Senate and a minority in the House.

When you consider that FDR’s reform plan failed despite his being the height of his popularity, that gives you a hint of what is ...