Since 1869 there but nine justices on the bench. Before that it fluctuated from 852 as many as ten. This term, Court Packing stems from 1937 when fdr tried to change it to add more justices had favorable rulings for the new deal. But the senate rejected it overwhelmingly. But in 1983 then Senator Joe Biden of the Judiciary Committee thought it was a bonehead idea. But now President Biden has ordered the 36 person six Month Study of expanding the court. As a group of Progressive Democrats as you mentioned introducing a bill changing the number from nine to 13 to shake up the current 63 conservative majority. Senator Markey One of the bills cosponsors make clear why he believes the changes necessary. We are here because the united states Supreme Court is broken. The court is out of balance. Too many americans view it as a partisan political institution not our impartial judicial branch of government. But republicans are outraged introducing their own legislation to maintain the bench and