In a dig at 2020 Dems, Trump asserted that the Supreme Court will remain with nine judges for at least the next six years
"The only reason that they’re doing that, they want to try and catch up, so if they can't catch up through the ballot box, by winning an election, they want to try doing it in a different way," he said.The 2020 Election. The New Congress. The Mueller Investigation. Be in the Know.By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Three Democratic senators — Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Kamala Harris of California and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts —this week they’d be open to the idea, following a similar willingness expressed by fellow Democratic candidates Pete Buttigieg and Beto O’Rourke. Their openness follows pressure from several liberal activist groups for a more aggressive approach to the judiciary after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made confirming conservative judges a cornerstone of his agenda.
While several 2020 Democrats have been receptive to the idea of diluting the Supreme Court’s conservative majority — a historic move that would surely encounter intense resistance — others have been more tepid about trying to institute such a sweeping change, instead proposing other reforms like imposing term limits or more stringent ethics rules on justices.“We would have no interest in that whatsoever,” he said. “It will never happen.
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