House Judiciary Republicans Introduce Resolution Condemning Court Packing

Rep. Jim Jordan and House Judiciary Republicans submitted a resolution late Tuesday against “packing” the Supreme Court, which Democrats are calling for in the wake of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death.

“Any attempt to increase the number of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States or ‘pack the court’ would undermine our democratic institutions and destroy the credibility of our nation’s highest court,” the resolution states. 
 

#BREAKING: @JudiciaryGOP just introduced a resolution condemning Democrats’ calls to pack #SCOTUS. pic.twitter.com/FyVjHmIwBY

— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) September 22, 2020

Ginsburg herself said in 2019 that President Franklin Roosevelt’s attempt to pack the court was a “bad” idea, and “if anything would make the court look partisan, it would be that.”

The resolution also highlighted threats from Democratic lawmakers—Rep. Jerry Nadler, Sen. Ed Markey, Sen. Chuck Schumer, and Rep. Joe Kennedy—about expanding the Supreme Court.

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