“Democrats who advocate legislation to expand the Supreme Court to 13 members of the traditional nine will have a major setback,” Fox News’ chief legal correspondent and Fox News @ Night host Shannon Bream said on Wednesday.
‘Listen, this [changing the size of the Court] has not been done since 1869, “Bream told host Lawrence Jones, host of Fox News Primetime.” The Constitution does not set out exactly how many judges there should be at a time. The court started with six, and the theory has always been that the founders thought it would not be used to regularly decide difficult questions. ‘
The House Bill is sponsored by House House Justice Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, DN.Y., Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., And the freshman rep. Mondaire Jones, DN.Y., Senate legislation is sponsored by Senator Ed Markey. , D-Mass. The Intercept only reported on the legislation on Wednesday.
LIBERAL JUSTICE STEPHEN BREYER RECENTLY RISES COURT PACKAGING
The bill comes just days after Liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer warned during a lecture at Harvard Law School that politically-driven changes to the Supreme Court had jeopardized the rule of law in the United States. Democrats control the House and maintain the smallest possible margin in the Senate, with Vice President Kamala Harris able to break the votes in the Senate.
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‘When FDR talked about this, about packing the courts to get his [New Deal] policy was maintained and implemented, it did not go well for him, “Bream reminded viewers.” I think the American public is going to have a lot of questions.
‘Late justice [Ruth Bader] Ginsburg said: ‘Nine is a big number, I do not think we should mess with it’, so I think there will be a lot of pressure back on a number of fronts if they continue with this. ‘