Oh, sorry, I forgot to finish my point. The notion that FDR didn’t “bully” the Supreme Court is nonsense. I don’t have the citation with me (all my books are packed for the move), but I’m fairly certain it’s settled history that the Court was scared stiff by Roosevelt, even if it won the court-packing battle. Moreover, the Court never again asserted its proper role in overturning unconstitutional economic schemes because of FDR’s bullying. I know Chait likes those schemes so he may not be troubled by any of that, but if his complaint is how Bush subverts the rules he might at least nod to the fact that no president, save perhaps Wilson, more proudly and permanently subverted the rules than FDR did.