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[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

A tactic FDR used was threatening to add justices to the court. That's what's meant by stacking the court.

The threat was enough to get them to do what he wanted, since they realized they could either go along with him, or go against it and be marginalized since they have no actual power to enforce their rulings.