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Terrified of a New Trump-Appointed Judge, Activists Want to Expand the Supreme Court to 11—or Even 15—Judges!

Michael Foust : Jul 5, 2018
ChristianHeadlines.com

"The idea of expanding the size of the Supreme Court will get traction IF the Democrats take the White House and Congress in 2020. It is the only way to keep there from being a very conservative Court for the next 10-20 years." -Erwin Chemerinsky

(Washington, DC)— [Christianheadlines.com] Liberals and others on the Left fearful of President Trump's Supreme Court choices are now advocating an idea from the past: court packing. (Photo: Current US Supreme Court Justices [Justice Kennedy will be leaving]/Wikimedia Commons)

Court packing—which was advocated and abandoned by Franklin Delano Roosevelt—involves adding justices to the Supreme Court to offset any supposed ideological imbalance.

The Supreme Court currently has nine justices, four of which are part of a conservative bloc. If Trump's next nominee...

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