How Democrats Could Pack the Supreme Court and How the GOP Could Stop Them Newsweek 5 hrs ago James Walker © Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images A police officer stands guard on the steps of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC. Democrats are reportedly planning bills that would allow them to pack the court.
Democrats in the House and Senate are planning to introduce bills that would expand the Supreme Court to 13 seats in an attempt to overturn the conservative majority at the top of the judiciary.
The Intercept and other news outlets have reported that Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) will introduce a bill in the upper chamber to expand the Supreme Court by four seats from its total of nine.
How Democrats Could Pack the Supreme Court—and How the GOP Could Stop Them
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Opinion: Biden s Supreme Court panel should listen to Justice Breyer Michael McGough © Provided by The LA Times President Biden has named a commission to consider possible changes to the Supreme Court. (Associated Press)
President Biden has turned to a familiar Washington institution the blue-ribbon commission to try to defuse a political problem. Progressive activists have been pressing the president to support an enlargement of the Supreme Court court-packing in Washington parlance.
Such a position would be a reversal for Biden, who in 2019 said: “I’m not prepared to go on and try to pack the court, because we’ll live to rue that day.”
Biden orders study on US Supreme Court term limits, more judges
France 24 4 hrs ago NEWS WIRES © AP - Patrick Semansky
President Joe Biden has ordered a study on overhauling the Supreme Court, creating a bipartisan commission Friday that will spend the next six months examining the politically incendiary issues of expanding the court and instituting term limits for justices, among other issues.
In launching the review, Biden fulfilled a campaign promise made amid pressure from activists and Democrats to realign the Supreme Court after its composition tilted sharply to the right during President Donald Trump s term. Trump nominated three justices to the high court, including conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who was confirmed to replace the late liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg just days before last year’s presidential election. That gave conservatives a 6-3 split with liberals on the court.