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AMERICANTHINKER (American Thinker Blog) - The U.S. Supreme Court just launched a constitutional crisis

By Matthew G. Andersson SCOTUS focused on postal rules it failed to anchor its attention fully to the one document that mattered: the larger U.S. Constitution.

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THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - House Democrats Block Amendment Stopping Supreme Court Packing.

Democrats in the House voted down a proposed Constitutional amendment to limit the Supreme Court to nine justices, amid ongoing debates over court-packing.

PULSE POINTS 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…Open

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JUSTTHENEWS (Misty Severi) - House Democrats block proposed Constitutional amendment that would cap SCOTUS at nine justices

The vote, which failed in a 212-206 split, comes as calls to pack the court have grown in recent years, largely due to the success of Republicans in confirming conservative justices to the bench, who have gone on to rule in landmark cases.

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THEFEDERALIST (Shawn Fleetwood) - 205 House Democrats Vote To Kill Anti-Court Packing Amendment

Nearly every House Democrat voted to kill a constitutional amendment proposal on Wednesday that would have kept the Supreme Court at nine justices. In a 212-206 vote, with 15 members not voting, the House failed to garner the two-thirds majority needed to pass HJR 1. Known as the “Keep Nine Amendment,” the measure sought to […]

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THEFEDERALIST (Shawn Fleetwood) - As Dems Renew Court-Packing Scheme, Activists Push ‘Keep Nine’ Amendment To Protect SCOTUS

'At crucial points in American history, it's been the independent court and the respect for that court that has held the country together through some pretty tough times.'

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