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- The Judiciary Act would expand the Supreme Court from nine to 13 justices. If enacted during this Congress, those four justices would be nominated by President Joe Biden and subject to confirmation by a Democratic-led Senate, likely leading to four more left-leaning justices.
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Judiciary Act of 2023. This bill increases from 9 to 13 the number of Justices on the Supreme Court.
APRIL 15, 2021. Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia (for himself, Mr. NADLER, and Mr. JONES) intro-duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-diciary. A BILL. To amend title 28, United States Code, to allow for twelve associate justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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Consecutive presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama each got two Supreme Court justices confirmedby the Senate during their presidencies. Their successor Donald Trump, though, got three — despite serving fewer years than any of those predecessors. Those three justices made the Court much more ideologically conservative, particular...
The Judiciary Act would expand the Supreme Court from nine to 13 justices. If enacted during this Congress, those four justices would be nominated by President Joe Biden and subject to confirmation by a Democratic-led Senate, likely leading to four more left-leaning justices. That would more than cancel out the three most recent justices, who were ...
Supporters argue that not only would an expansion dilute the power of any one individual justice, but it would restore the Supreme Court to its original formulation of one justice per appeals court (the judicial level below the Supreme Court). “It’s easy to take for granted that the number of justices on the Supreme Court must be nine. But it is no...
It’s not just Republicans who oppose this; the most senior Democratic-appointed Supreme Court justice, Stephen Breyer, also expressed concern. “What I’m trying to do is to make those whose initial instincts may favor important structural change or other similar institutional changes, such as forms of court packing, think long and hard before they e...
The House version has attracted 20 cosponsors, all Democrats. It awaits a potential vote in the House Judiciary Committee — whose chair, Rep. Jerrold Nader (D-NY10), has signed on as a cosponsor, indicating it will likely receive a vote in committee. The Senate version has not yet attracted any cosponsors. It awaits a potential vote in the Senate J...
Apr 15, 2021 · Judiciary Act adds four seats to the Supreme Court. WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 15, 2021) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (NY-10), Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Hank Johnson (GA-04), and Representative Mondaire Jones (NY-17) today ...
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4 days ago · Apr 15, 2021. H.R. 2584 (117th). To amend title 28, United States Code, to allow for twelve associate justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. In GovTrack.us, a database of bills in the U.S. Congress.
