Pack the lower courts
Forget the question of whether the US Supreme Court should have more justices. Urgent, bipartisan reform is needed elsewhere in the federal judiciary.
By The Editorial BoardUpdated April 25, 2021, 1 hour ago
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The John Joseph Moakley Courthouse in Boston. We need more federal district and appellate court judges, and the Biden administration and lawmakers on Capitol Hill would be better served by keeping their focus on that.Stephan Savoia/Associated Press
The federal courts need fixing, and the Biden administration has created a panel to study how the US Supreme Court ought to be reformed, including the question of whether to âpackâ it with more justices.