Nonilex<p>But in practice, they are also constrained by norms & conventions. Since the early 20th century, for instance, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> has not dissolved <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalCourts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalCourts</span></a> whose <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a> displease it—which did happen in the more distant past. The idea of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CourtPacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CourtPacking</span></a> has been considered out of bounds ever since <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDR</span></a> tried & failed to reshape <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> in the 1930s by proposing to appoint up to 6 additional justices.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartisanCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivistCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/illiberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illiberalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extremism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUSreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUSreform</span></a></p>