Shawn Fleetwood writes for the Federalist about a campaign to preserve the current size of the US Supreme Court.
When President Trump returned to office last year, Democrat calls to pack the U.S. Supreme Court noticeably went quiet. Like clockwork, the party’s vociferous demands to stack the high court with left-wing activists to produce decisions favorable to them vanished like a thought in Joe Biden’s head. …
… Clearly feeling confident about their prospects in the upcoming midterms, several Democrats immediately resuscitated their dormant campaign to pack the Supreme Court as a means of protecting their political power. From House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to former Vice President Kamala Harris, the number of Democrats throwing their weight behind this extreme power grab seems to grow by the day.
The court’s defenders, however, are hoping to stave off this radical push to add more justices with a solution of their own.
The House Judiciary Committee announced that it will consider a constitutional amendment proposal … that aims to address this problem. Dubbed the “Keep Nine” amendment, the measure would amend the Constitution to require that SCOTUS “be composed of nine justices,” which has been the established number since 1869.
The amendment is being championed by the aptly named Keep Nine Coalition. Comprised of a bipartisan group of previously elected officials and grassroots organizations, the alliance seeks to protect the Supreme Court’s long-term independence and legitimacy by pushing lawmakers to pass the aforementioned amendment.
“We’ve survived for [nearly] 250 years with a court that has been able to say no to politicians when it really had to. Not every time, but enough of the time to make an important difference,” Keep Nine Director Roman Buhler told The Federalist. “We have three branches of government. If we lose that, [it will be like] trying to ride a tricycle with two wheels. It doesn’t work.”
