04-15-2021
From left, Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., and Rep. Mondaire Jones, D-N.Y., hold a news conference outside the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Democrats are pushing a new bill in Congress that would pack the Supreme Court. They unveiled the measure Thursday in a news conference at the steps of the High Court.
Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., and Rep. Mondaire Jones, D-N.Y., appeared to announce their legislation that would increase the number of justices to 13 from the current nine.
Democratic lawmakers on Thursday introduced a new bill that would expand the size of the Supreme Court to 13 justices, nearly four years after a top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee praised opposition to a prior similar effort.
In March 2017, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., issued a lengthy statement following the nomination of Justice Neil Gorsuch. Leahy, a former chairman and ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, criticized Republican political maneuvering that allowed for Gorsuch s appointment instead of President Obama s nominee, Merrick Garland, referencing a past attempt to politically influence the makeup of the high court. The Judiciary Committee once stood against a court-packing scheme that would have eroded judicial independence, Leahy said. That was a proud moment.
Senator Markey, House Democrats propose bill to expand number of Supreme Court justices to 13
By Amanda Kaufman Globe Staff,Updated April 15, 2021, 2:45 p.m.
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Senator Ed Markey spoke alongside fellow members of Congress as they introduce a bill to expand the number of seats on the Supreme Court from nine to 13 on Thursday.SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images
Massachusetts Senator Edward J. Markey on Thursday announced he is introducing a bill that would expand the number of justices on the Supreme Court,
arguing that increasing its size would restore justice to a body that Republicans âbrokeâ because of the way they confirmed two
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