Republicans Snap Back At Democrats That Suggest Court Packing Is The Way Forward For The Supreme Court
With control of the Court, Mitch McConnell is against any plan that changes that.
The Democrats’ amicus brief demonstrates that their court-packing plans are more than mere pandering. They are a direct, immediate threat to the independence of the judiciary and the rights of all Americans.…
For our part, we promise this: While we remain Members of this body, the Democrats’ threat to ‘restructure’ the Court is an empty one. We share Justice Ginsburg’s view that ‘nine seems to be a good number.’ And it will remain that way as long as we are here.
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— Senator Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans responding to an amicus brief sent by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D. RI) along with five Democratic senators urging the Supreme Court not grant cert to “political ‘projects” like a case from New York challenging gun regulations. The Democratic letter went on to warn the Court that is may be “restructured in order to reduce the influence of politics” if such cases found their way to the Court’s docket.
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