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04-26-2021
A new survey reveals that packing the Supreme Court, an initiative endorsed by Democrats in Congress gets little support from voters. In fact, two-thirds of Americans said they oppose the idea.
The poll was conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy from April 15 - April 19, 2021, where 1,100 registered voters were interviewed nationwide by telephone.
Participants were asked this question: Do you feel President Joe Biden should or should not back a plan proposed by Congressional Democrats to increase the number of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States from nine members to thirteen members?
The results showed 65 percent of respondents dislike the idea, 31 percent supported it, and 4 percent were undecided.
Poll: 72 Percent of Independents Oppose Packing Supreme Court
24 Apr 2021
Mason Dixon Polling and Strategy released a poll indicating 72 percent of independents oppose packing the Supreme Court.
The poll asked, “Do you feel President Joe Biden should or should not back a plan proposed by Congressional Democrats to increase the number of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States from nine members to thirteen members?”
Thirty-three percent of Democrats said no, 95 percent of Republicans said no, and 72 percent of independents said no.
Seventy-eight percent of independents also said they were familiar with the issue of “court-packing.”
Mason Dixon said, “A total of 1,100 registered voters were interviewed nationwide by telephone” from April 15 through April 19, 2021. The margin for error is no more than ±3 percentage points.
Farewell for Chief Justice of India SA Bobde to be held virtually in view of Covid-19 Aneesha Mathur
The farewell function for Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, who will retire on April 23, will be held via video conference in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. The virtual farewell will commence at 5 pm on Friday.
Justice NV Ramana will take charge as the 48th Chief Justice of India on Saturday. Last month, CJI Bobde had recommended Justice Ramana as his successor.
Senior advocate and Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Vikas Singh said that due to the Covid-19 pandemic they were considering a virtual welcome for Justice Ramana. We may take a decision in the next week, added Singh.
They were responding to Biden’s creation earlier this month of a commission to study potential changes to the high court, as well as a House bill introduced last week seeking to enlarge the top judicial body from nine seats to 13.
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While the Democrats behind the bill argue it would help restore balance to the court, which currently holds a 6-3 conservative majority, the Thursday letter argued that both the commission and the bill are a “coordinated attempt to justify a naked political power grab by the leaders of Congress and the President.”
“We believe that such actions will seriously undermine our constitutional system, the public’s confidence in our courts, and the rule of law,” said the GOP attorneys general, which include Ashley Moody of Florida, Alabama’s Steve Marshall and Christopher M. Carr of Georgia.