The number of Supreme Court Justices changed 6 times before Congress settled on the 9 we're now accustomed to. Here's a history of "court packing" in the US.
Meanwhile liberal Democrats in Congress have proposed enlarging the court from nine to 13. They remain furious at former Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell who refused to consider President Barack Obama’s choice for the court, then Judge Merrick Garland, but rushed through President Donald Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett in just over a month.
Republicans are accusing them of trying to pack the court.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she had no plans to move the Democratic proposal forward, but when was the last time there was a plan to add justices? What does the U.S. Constitution have to say about the court’s size and makeup?
Meanwhile liberal Democrats in Congress have proposed enlarging the court from nine to 13. They remain furious at former Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell who refused to consider President Barack Obama’s choice for the court, then Judge Merrick Garland, but rushed through President Donald Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett in just over a month.
Republicans are accusing them of trying to pack the court.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she had no plans to move the Democratic proposal forward, but when was the last time there was a plan to add justices? What does the U.S. Constitution have to say about the court’s size and makeup?
Meanwhile liberal Democrats in Congress have proposed enlarging the court from nine to 13. They remain furious at former Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell who refused to consider President Barack Obama’s choice for the court, then Judge Merrick Garland, but rushed through President Donald Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett in just over a month.
Republicans are accusing them of trying to pack the court.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she had no plans to move the Democratic proposal forward, but when was the last time there was a plan to add justices? What does the U.S. Constitution have to say about the court’s size and makeup?
Meanwhile liberal Democrats in Congress have proposed enlarging the court from nine to 13. They remain furious at former Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell who refused to consider President Barack Obama’s choice for the court, then Judge Merrick Garland, but rushed through President Donald Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett in just over a month.
Republicans are accusing them of trying to pack the court.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she had no plans to move the Democratic proposal forward, but when was the last time there was a plan to add justices? What does the U.S. Constitution have to say about the court’s size and makeup?