court stacking

court stacking
n.
The practice by the president of appointing to federal benches only judges who espouse a particular ideological viewpoint, in order to increase the likelihood that courts will rule in that direction.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.

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