Democrats are again calling to pack the U.S. Supreme Court with four more members after the court declined to block a Texas law that makes abortions illegal six weeks after pregnancy.
Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., also tied the call for court packing to the Supreme Court's recent ruling striking down President Joe Biden's extension on the pandemic-inspired federal eviction ban.
"There is no middle ground when it comes to fundamental rights and liberties," said Rep. Mondaire Jones, D-N.Y. "There is only one way to take seriously the threat of the Supreme Court majority and protect millions of Americans. We must #ExpandTheCourt." Jones, along with Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., are sponsors of the Judiciary Act, which aims to add four members to the court to counter the conservative leaning it has seen as a result of former President Donald Trump's appointments.
Biden denounced the high court's 5-4 ruling as "An unprecedented assault on a woman's constitutional rights." He took particular aim at a provision of the bill passed by Republican lawmakers in Texas that allows members of the public to sue doctors who perform abortions after six weeks or anyone facilitating the procedure.
The American Civil Liberties Union, Planned Parenthood, the Center for Reproductive Rights and other groups filed an emergency request with the Supreme Court on Monday asking it to stop the Texas law from taking effect.
The five most conservative justices on the court - including the three nominated by Trump - said they would allow the Texas law to take effect while the other four justices said it should be put on hold.
The Supreme Court is also due to hear a case in the coming months involving a Mississippi law that prohibits abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy, except in cases of medical emergency or a severe fetal abnormality.
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/court-packing-democrats-aoc/2021/09/02/id/1034858/
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