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Sep 23, 2020 · By the start of the Civil War, the number of Supreme Court justices had increased to nine in order to cover additional circuit courts in the expanding American West.
- Dave Roos
Basically, the U.S. Constitution grants Congress the power to determine how many justices sit on SCOTUS. This number has ranged between 5 and 10, but since 1869 the number has been set at 9. And the number of justices on the Supreme Court has been politically manipulated over the years.
- Cydney Grannan
Jul 6, 2018 · Next Monday night, President Donald Trump will announce his nominee to replace Anthony Kennedy as the Supreme Court’s ninth Justice. So why are there nine seats on the Court, and who set that precedent?
Apr 10, 2019 · Thought Experiment. Why does the Supreme Court have nine justices? And why can't Democrats add more? The Constitution doesn't prevent Congress from court-packing. But such a move would...
- Professor at Georgetown Law
Jun 20, 2022 · As the the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court pointed out, Congress has the right to determine the number of justices. The Constitution doesn’t specify how many there are supposed to be. Since its establishment in 1789, the number of Supreme Court Justices has changed six times.
Sep 20, 2020 · Why the Supreme Court ended up with nine justices—and how that could change. The U.S. Supreme Court changed size seven times in its first 80 years, from as few as five justices to...
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Sep 20, 2020 · NINE JUSTICES MAKE up the U.S. Supreme Court: one chief justice and eight associate justices. But it hasn’t always been this way.
