July 5, 2023 8:19am EDT
Democrats ramp up pressure on Biden to pack the Supreme Court after latest rulings
President Biden himself called the Supreme Court 'not normal'
By Anders Hagstrom | Fox News
Democrats are ramping up pressure on President Biden to pack the Supreme Court following a series of legal losses for the party last week.
The Congressional Progressive Caucus redoubled its efforts to impose term limits and confirm new justices to outweigh the current 6-3 conservative majority. Democrats have also pushed claims that the current court is illegitimate, an argument Biden himself contributed toward after the end of affirmative action last month.
"We must pass Reps. Jerry Nadler, Hank Johnson, and Mondaire Jones' Judiciary Act to add justices and expand the Supreme Court, and their Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act to institute a Supreme Court ethics and recusal standard and require disclosure of lobbying and dark money interests," Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said in a Wednesday statement.
"Recent partisan decisions by the Supreme Court that destroyed historic protections for reproductive rights, voting rights and more have undermined public trust in the court — even as inappropriate financial relationships between justices and conservative donors raised new questions about its integrity," Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., said.
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