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Democrats in Congress introduced legislation Thursday expanding the size of the Supreme Court from nine to 13 justices, according to a press release from Democrat Congressman Jerry Nadler.
Led by Senator Ed Markey (D-MA), Representative Nadler (D-NY), Hank Johnson (D-GA) and Representative Mondaire Jones (D-NY), the Judiciary Act of 2021 seeks to add four seats to the high court for the first time in over 150 years.
“This bill would restore balance to the nation’s highest court after four years of norm-breaking actions by Republicans led to its current composition and greatly damaged the Court’s standing in the eyes of the American people,” the Democrats’ release claimed.
“In order for the Court to fulfill its duty to deliver equal justice under the law, and protect the rights and well-being of millions of Americans, the legislation expands the Court to restore balance, integrity and independence to it.”
The proposal to expand the Supreme Court was criticized by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who previously said during an interview with NPR that she was “not at all in favor” of the idea.
“[Expanding the court is] a bad idea…if anything would make the court appear partisan it would be that – one side saying, when we’re in power we’re going to enlarge the number of judges…so I am not at all in favor,” Ginsburg said.
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