Recently, Democrat 2020 hopefuls Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, and Kirsten Gillibrand signaled that they're open to expanding the number of justices on the Supreme Court, in order to counteract the number of federal judicial appointments Donald Trump has made and will continue to make.
In response, GOP Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Mark Green have both spoken out to propose constitutional amendments that would lock SCOTUS at its existing count of nine.
It is not inherently right just because the number of seats on the Supreme Court remains unchanged since 1869.
"The temptation to create a Court of super-legislators must be resisted," read a statement from Green.
"Limiting the number of seats to the nine we have currently would help ensure the U.S. Supreme Court remains an impartial branch beholden to the Constitution and no political party."
"Schemes to pack the court are dangerous to the Founders' vision of an independent judiciary that serves as a check on both the executive and legislative branches of government," Green said earlier this week when he announced his intention to introduce the constitutional amendment.
Republicans don't bother to vet our own judicial nominees for their positions on vital issues such as Roe v. Wade before giving them lifetime power, and don't even discuss the numerous actions they could take to curb judicial activism - such as limiting the courts' jurisdiction over hot-button issues, reconsidering lifetime appointments, supermajority congressional vetoes of SCOTUS rulings, abolishing or reshaping rogue courts like the liberal Ninth Circuit, or simply reasserting the White House and Congress' rights, as co-equal branches of the federal government, not to follow rulings that violate the Constitution.
https://thefederalistpapers.org/opinion/gop-moves-introduce-constitutional-amendment-supreme-court
In response, GOP Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Mark Green have both spoken out to propose constitutional amendments that would lock SCOTUS at its existing count of nine.
It is not inherently right just because the number of seats on the Supreme Court remains unchanged since 1869.
"The temptation to create a Court of super-legislators must be resisted," read a statement from Green.
"Limiting the number of seats to the nine we have currently would help ensure the U.S. Supreme Court remains an impartial branch beholden to the Constitution and no political party."
"Schemes to pack the court are dangerous to the Founders' vision of an independent judiciary that serves as a check on both the executive and legislative branches of government," Green said earlier this week when he announced his intention to introduce the constitutional amendment.
Republicans don't bother to vet our own judicial nominees for their positions on vital issues such as Roe v. Wade before giving them lifetime power, and don't even discuss the numerous actions they could take to curb judicial activism - such as limiting the courts' jurisdiction over hot-button issues, reconsidering lifetime appointments, supermajority congressional vetoes of SCOTUS rulings, abolishing or reshaping rogue courts like the liberal Ninth Circuit, or simply reasserting the White House and Congress' rights, as co-equal branches of the federal government, not to follow rulings that violate the Constitution.
https://thefederalistpapers.org/opinion/gop-moves-introduce-constitutional-amendment-supreme-court
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