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A despot may also pack the Supreme Court to change the rules, although the existing Supreme Court may prevent the court from being packed. I am curious what would happen if all the members of the existing Supreme Court were to suffer an unfortunate accident in this situation. edit: Of course you still need Congress to approve the nominees.

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To me, this is the most obvious one. A single bomb could wipe put the entire court and in a polarized congress, the vote could go along party lines and only a majority is needed to approve.

The ruling party just needs to include a few picks from the other party to give the appearance of balance.

Bonus points: the president can then pardon the bomber.

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