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FOX News host Shannon Bream reacts to the breaking news on ‘Fox News Primetime’<\/p>\n
Democratic lawmakers are set to unveil legislation Thursday to expand the number of justices on the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n
Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Reps. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., Hank Johnson, D-Ga., and Mondaire Jones, D-N.Y., will hold a press conference on Thursday to introduce the proposal on the steps of the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n
Given their control of the White House and the Senate, the legislation could allow them to supersede the current conservative majority by “packing” the Court with liberal justices.<\/p>\n
Spokespeople for the lawmakers\u2019 offices did not return Fox News\u2019 requests Wednesday night for further details. <\/p>\n
The Intercept reported on Wednesday that the legislation will propose expanding the court to 13 justices, from nine.<\/p>\n
The Supreme Court has had nine justices since the 19th century, though it is not required by the Constitution. <\/p>\n
GOP REPS ANNOUNCE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO KEEP SUPREME COURT AT 9 ‘BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE’<\/strong><\/p>\n Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, introduced legislation earlier this year that included a constitutional amendment to preserve the current number of sitting justices, as well as provisions prohibiting congress from passing legislation to expand the number.<\/p>\n Cruz first introduced that legislation in October, as some Democrats indicated an openness to expanding the size of the high court following the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.<\/p>\n Ginsburg\u2019s vacancy was filled by Donald Trump-appointee Amy Coney Barrett, marking Trump\u2019s third appointment to the Supreme Court. Justice Barrett also tilted the ideological power balance of the court in favor of conservatives 6 to 3.<\/p>\n Democrats often attribute part of that shift in the court to the fact that then-Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., refused to consider Merrick Garland \u2013 nominated by President Barack Obama in 2016 \u2013 to fill a vacant seat during an election year. That seat, belonging to Antonin Scalia, was eventually filled by conservative Justice Neil M. Gorsuch.<\/p>\n Trump also appointed Justice Brett Kavanaugh.<\/p>\n