Editor s note: This article is a part of a series reviewing Utah and U.S. history for KSL.com s Historic section.
SALT LAKE CITY President Joe Biden issued an executive order earlier this month that created a commission to review possible U.S. Supreme Court reforms, including the potential of expanding the number of justices in the court.
The idea, of course, has led to plenty of debates that began before and after the order was signed April 9. Sens. Mitt Romney and Mike Lee supported a bill in 2019 that would have permanently kept the number of Supreme Court justices to its current number: nine. It s been that way since 1869.