Thursday on FNC’s “Fox & Friends,” network legal analyst Jonathan Turley weighed in on the Democrats’ push to pack the U.S. Supreme Court. Democrats will reportedly announce a bill Thursday to pack the court by expanding the number of justices from nine to 13.
Democrats will reportedly unveil a bill Thursday to pack the Supreme Court by expanding the number of justices from nine to thirteen, with the four new vacancies to be filled immediately by President Joe Biden and the Democrat-controlled Senate.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released a statement Friday calling President Joe Biden’s court-packing commission a “direct assault on our nation’s independent judiciary.”
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki declined to defend U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer on Friday from attacks by left-wing groups that say he should resign because he is opposed to packing the Court with additional justices.
Justice Stephen Breyer, widely known as one of the three liberal justices on the Supreme Court, warned against left-wing calls to pack America’s highest court with additional justices in order to weaken the conservative majority, explaining during a Tuesday Harvard Law School address that it would “diminish” confidence among the American people.
Former Vice President Mike Pence plans to build on what former President Donald Trump accomplished as he sets out to lead efforts to shape the future of the conservative movement and Republican Party, his chief of staff Marc Short told Breitbart News on Friday.
President Joe Biden has begun appointing members of a special commission that will consider expanding the Supreme Court, among other “reforms.”
Former Attorney General Eric Holder urged Democrats on Monday to pack the Supreme Court in response to what he called a crisis of “legitimacy” brought about by the appointment of a conservative majority.
During an interview aired on Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said that one way Democrats can make up for the large amount of judges that were confirmed by the Senate Republican majority
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) reiterated his promise to oppose packing the court or ending the filibuster. After viewing a clip of his earlier vow, Manchin responded, “It’s all the same.
ATLANTA — Rev. Raphael Warnock, Georgia Democrat candidate for U.S. Senate, was pressed during the Senate runoff debate Sunday on if he would expand the U.S. Supreme Court, and he refused to respond, saying, “I’m really not focused on it.”
Georgia voters should not be fooled by Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) pledge to oppose the radical-left Democrat plan to pack the Supreme Court and kill the filibuster.
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) vowed that he will not vote for packing the courts or ending the filibuster if Democrats take the majority in the Senate. Manchin also expressed opposition
Joe Biden told reporters in Philadelphia on Election Day that while he was “not a fan of court-packing” and thought it was not the “way to go,” he was “open” to “anything” that a panel of “scholars” might recommend to change the Supreme Court.
President Donald Trump called out his Democratic Party rival, Joe Biden, on Monday for failing to tell the American people whether he would pack the Supreme Court.
On Friday’s edition of “The McLaughlin Group,” The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift stated that while “we are a long way” from expanding the size of the Supreme Court, “there’s a reckoning to come” on the fact that five of the
Thursday, during an appearance on Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” conservative talker Mark Levin urged viewers to vote for President Donald Trump next week and protect certain American institutions.
Hillary Clinton said an incoming Biden administration and a Democrat-led Senate will rectify the fact that Amy Coney Barrett has been confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough took to social media on the occasion of Hillary Clinton’s 73rd birthday and the swearing-in of Amy Coney Barrett as the ninth justice on the U.S. Supreme Court to suggest that if Democrats take over the White House and Senate and make a move to pack the court with activist judges Clinton should be on the top of the list.
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” host Joe Scarborough again called for Democrats to pack the Supreme Court in response to the GOP nominating and confirming a justice in the final year of President Donald Trump’s first term in office. Scarborough earlier this month called on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to pack the Supreme Court “in response to Republican radicalism.”
Far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) made no secret of her intentions following the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, immediately demanding more judges be added to the judicial body.
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stated that we should “take a look and see” whether we should expand the size of the Supreme Court and “maybe we need more district courts as well.”
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The ReidOut,” Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) stated that “every option’s on the table” on packing the Supreme Court and “most Democrats, most progressives will tell you that.” Brown said, “I think everything’s on the table.
Democrat Sen. Ed Markey demands more justices be added to the Supreme Court in the wake of the anticipated confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett.
Former Vice President Joe Biden said Monday that he did not support term limits for Supreme Court justices — but would consider moving them to “another court,” which is the same thing.
Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) on Monday voiced his concern with Democrats packing the Supreme Court in response to Republicans nominating Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the court in the final year of President Donald Trump’s first term.
Ted Kaufman, the leader Joe Biden’s transition team, has signed onto a letter backing term limits for the U.S. Supreme Court.
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” Vice President Mike Pence said that voters know that 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Joe Biden will pack the Supreme Court if he’s elected. Pence stated that voters “deserve an answer
If President Donald Trump loses in November, and the left wins (via the Democratic Party), some very bad things will become norms.
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Daily Briefing,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) stated that 2020 Democratic presidential nominee former Vice President Joe Biden is “hedging” on the issue of court-packing and that “when he’s hedging, the
Thursday, CBS News aired a preview of 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s interview with the network’s Norah O’Donnell set to air Sunday on “60 Minutes.”
Trump has confirmed more federal judges in his first term than any recent U.S. president — but those gains could be undone if Biden wins.
Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) told Breitbart News Saturday that Montana Gov. Steve Bullock’s (D) embrace of court packing serves an “existential threat” to the United States of America.
Former Vice President Joe Biden claimed Friday, falsely, that President Donald Trump is already “packing” the Supreme Court.
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Biden Campaign National Co-Chair Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA) stated that 2020 Democratic presidential nominee former Vice President Joe Biden “has not dodged the question” on court-packing, “What he has said is he’s not going to answer the question,” and there is a difference between the two. Richmond also stated that “court-packing is when you rush through unqualified judges, 50 judges on the circuit court, and you put not one African-American on the circuit court.”
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN Tonight,” 2020 Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) stated that “if we want to talk about court-packing,” we should talk about the judges that Republicans have nominated and confirmed to the bench.
During an interview with 2020 Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) on Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN Tonight,” host Don Lemon stated that questions about court-packing are “a distraction” and that while the Biden campaign could put the issue
Former Vice President Joe Biden said during an ABC town hall on Thursday night that his decision on whether to pack the Supreme Court with additional justices if he became president would depend on how the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett “turns out.”
Ted Cruz noted that “packing the Court” meant “expanding the number of justices to achieve a political outcome,” not “filling judicial vacancies.”
Deans at the law schools at Harvard, Yale, New York University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Stanford all declined an invitation to comment from the College Fix on the chaos surrounding Supreme Court nominations.