Democrats from the House and Senate are introducing bills to expand the Supreme Court’s number of justices. Vox called it a counterbalance to Republican manipulation of the judiciary while the right drew from historical criticism of similar measures in the past. Summary Democrats in the House and Senate will introduce legislation on Thursday to add four justices to the Supreme Court, increasing the number of justices from 9 to 13. Assuming President Biden has the opportunity to fill these new …
Category: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Who is Amy Coney Barrett? Summary President Trump is expected to announce today that he is nominating Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, filling the seat of the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Barrett is …
Trump will announce a SCOTUS nominee by the weekend. What will happen? Summary President Trump said yesterday that he has a shortlist of five potential Supreme Court nominees, and plans to announce his choice on Saturday after …
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is dead. What’s going to happen? Summary Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died last night at age 87, after a long battle with cancer. Ginsburg served on the Supreme Court for 27 years after …