"'The voters of this country should be heard," Joe Biden said this weekend as he exhorted Senate Republicans to block a vote on President Trump's Supreme Court nominee.
Mr. Biden has resisted naming individuals he'd consider for the Supreme Court, saying it would subject them to undue criticism.
Mr. Biden's chief stated requirement for a Supreme Court appointee is based on race and gender, not judicial philosophy or qualifications.
Given those requirements, legal observers have speculated that two women top his list: 44-year-old Justice Leondra Kruger of the California Supreme Court and 50-year-old federal district court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, whom President Obama reportedly vetted for Justice Scalia's vacancy.
Legislation expanding the Supreme Court would need Mr. Biden's signature, and he was asked Monday by a Wisconsin news station whether he was open to it.
If the Justices rule the way Democrats don't like, the pressure would be overwhelming for Mr. Biden to go along with court packing.
The integrity of the Supreme Court and judicial independence are on the ballot, and Mr. Biden has a duty to clarify his position if he really wants to give voters a chance to be heard.
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