Democrats in the House voted down a proposed Constitutional amendment to limit the Supreme Court to nine justices, amid ongoing debates over court-packing.
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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: House Democrats voted down a proposed Constitutional amendment to limit the Supreme Court to nine total justices. The amendment required a two-thirds majority to proceed, but failed to gain enough Democrat support, with 212 votes against 206. 📺 DETAIL: The amendment, introduced by Arizona Republican Representative Andy Biggs, sought to permanently establish the Supreme Court’s composition as one chief justice and eight associate justices. The proposal comes as left-wing activists have increasingly called on the Democrats to pack the court with additional justices to overturn the conservative majority on the bench. Democrat Whip Katherine Clark argued against the measure, claiming it would strip Congress of its constitutional authority. 💬 KEY QUOTE: “This proposed constitutional amendment would permanently fix the number of Supreme Court justices at nine, stripping Congress of yet another constitutional authority that is meant to be controlled by the American people’s representatives,” Clark’s office wrote in a statement to lawmakers. 🎯 IMPACT: The failure of the amendment leaves the door open for potential future efforts to expand the Supreme Court and pack it with liberal justices, a contentious proposal that has divided lawmakers along ideological lines. Calls for court-packing have grown louder in recent years as conservatives have secured key judicial victories. |
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