# How easy is it to pack the Supreme Court?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [October 16, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easy-is-it-to-pack-the-supreme-court/923111 "2020-10-16T13:51:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easy-is-it-to-pack-the-supreme-court/923111/1 "2020-10-16T13:51:13Z")

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What is the mechanism required to add new justices? First the president needs to want to do this of course or its going no where. Like how many senators are required and is it even possible for the democrats to get enough to do so? It seems like the republicans could have already done so since they have the presently and a majority in the Senate. It doesn’t seem to me to be an easy thing to do so I’m confused as to why it is considered a big deal that Biden even entertain the idea. What am I missing other than the republicans using this as a scare tactic because they go nothing else?

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