Heavily stacked?
The USSC is about dead even. There's no clear cut majority on the court at the moment. Look at the recent decisions they have come down with. If the President wanted to stack the court, he could take the same path as FDR and attempt to get congress to change the number of seats on the court.
Flouting the Constitution? If any branch of government is flouting the Constitution at the moment, it is Congress, as the Constitution CLEARLY puts conduct of military operations in the hands of the executive branch. The appropriations bill currently in Congress would be a fiasco even if it passed and they could override a Presidential veto. It would be in the hands of the Supreme Court before you could say "Nancy Pelosi".
Congress could cut off funding for the military, but they know it would ultimately be political suicide to do so.
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