Republican hypocrisy on an epic scale has politicized the Supreme Court.
Republicans have packed the Court.
It is now time that we must make the case for adding four justices to the Supreme Court. From 1789 to 1869 — 80 years — the number of judges changed six times. In the years from 1869 to present — 151 years — the number has not changed at all, even though the U.S. population has more than octupled from 38,500,000 in the 1870 census, to 330,000,000 today, over that same 151-year period.
Original: 1789 — SIX
1801 — 5
1807 — 7
1837 — 9
1863 — 10
1866 — 7 (to block Andrew Johnson from appointments)
Republican hypocrisy on an epic scale has politicized the Supreme Court.
Republicans have packed the Court.
It is now time that we must make the case for adding four justices to the Supreme Court. From 1789 to 1869 — 80 years — the number of judges changed six times. In the years from 1869 to present — 151 years — the number has not changed at all, even though the U.S. population has more than octupled from 38,500,000 in the 1870 census, to 330,000,000 today, over that same 151-year period.
Original: 1789 — SIX
1801 — 5
1807 — 7
1837 — 9
1863 — 10
1866 — 7 (to block Andrew Johnson from appointments)
1869 — 9