ANALYSIS/OPINION:
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wisely said when asked about the size of the high court, “Nine seems to be a good number. It’s been that way for a long time.” “I think it was a bad idea when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt tried to pack the court,” she added. On this issue, she was absolutely right.
The latest efforts to expand the size of the Supreme Court of the United States should be viewed through political lenses. Last week, one of the major proponents of the new legislation Sen. Ed Markey stood outside the Supreme Court at a podium with a sign that read, “Expand the Court.”
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FILE – In this Nov. 6, 2020, file photo, the Supreme Court is seen at sundown in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Congressional Democrats introduced controversial legislation Thursday to increase the number of Supreme Court justices from nine to 13. GOP lawmakers criticized the legislation, known as the Judiciary Act of 2021, for being another push to reverse President Trump’s impact on the nation.
On the contrary, Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) called the Supreme Court broken while proposing the bill after President Trump’s appointments gave the court a six to three conservative leaning.
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New York Democrat Rep. Mondaire Jones said there’s no question Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer should retire during President Biden’s presidency.
Jones is the first to publicly call on Breyer to retire, though he joins the liberal group Demand Justice which has called for the 82-year-old, President Clinton-appointed justice to step down. There’s no question that Justice Breyer, for whom I have great respect, should retire at the end of this term. My goodness: have we not learned our lesson? Jones told Cheddar News responding to a comment that some Democrats were frustrated late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Ginsburg did not retire during the Obama presidency.
Rep. Jones becomes first N.Y. lawmaker to call on Justice Breyer to retire from Supreme Court
Rep. Mondaire Jones is on a roll for Supreme Court reform.
Fresh off of introducing a bill to expand the Supreme Court, the first-term New York Democrat called on Justice Stephen Breyer to retire Friday, becoming the first member of Congress to do so out of concern for the political balance of the high bench.
Jones, who represents Westchester and Rockland Counties, said the 82-year-old justice should step aside to ensure that President Biden not a future Republican chief executive gets to pick his successor.