see url:
https://www.britannica.com/story/why-are-there-nine-justices-on-the-us-supreme-court
see url:
https://www.foxnews.com/media/new-york-times-frames-biden-scotus-commission-balance-conservative-majority
GOP & Trump didn't court pack says Fox News? First time it has
happened? US politicians and media outlets have such short memories...I
have noticed...almost as bad as their British counterparts...Seize the
moment not the truth...😉
see full report...
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The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) was established by
Congress in 1789 and acts as the head of the U.S.’s federal court
system. The Supreme Court is the court of last resort, and most of its
significance arises from its being an appellate body—that is, a body
that has the power to review and change the decisions of lower
courts—since it does not hear many cases each year. How did the U.S.
decide that nine was the magic number of justices to sit on its
most-powerful judicial bench?
Basically, the U.S. Constitution grants Congress the power to determine
how many justices sit on SCOTUS. This number has ranged between 5 and
10, but since 1869 the number has been set at 9. And the number of
justices on the Supreme Court has been politically manipulated over the
years.Take Congress’s beef with President Andrew Johnson. (He was
Abraham Lincoln’s vice president and successor.) Congress wasn’t too
fond of Johnson, since its members thought that he had abused his
presidential power by removing the respected secretary of war, Edwin M.
Stanton, from office. Congress wanted to limit Johnson’s power as much
as it could. It passed legislation in 1866 decreasing the number of
judges from 10 to 7 so that Johnson wouldn’t be able to appoint a new
justice. Congress’s decision was short-lived, however; SCOTUS shrank
only to eight justices before the 1869 decision to set the number to
nine. Not coincidentally, this was the same year that Andrew Johnson
ceased to be president.
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