JD Vance stated the Trump administration's commitment to preserving the tradition of nine Supreme Court justices and pushed back against Democratic proposals to alter the Court's structure, expand statehood for political advantage, and change fundamental constitutional rules.
House Democrats sank a Republican-backed constitutional amendment that would have permanently capped the Supreme Court at nine seats, a vote GOP leaders staged to force every lawmaker on the record weeks before the midterm elections. The measure failed 212-206 on Wednesday, far short of the two-thirds supermajority the House requires to advance a constitutional amendment. […] The post House Democrats vote down amendment to cap Supreme Court at nine justices appeared first on American Almanac .
House Democrats sank a Republican-backed constitutional amendment that would have permanently capped the Supreme Court at nine seats, a vote GOP leaders staged to force every lawmaker on the record weeks before the midterm elections. The measure failed 212-206 on Wednesday, far short of the two-thirds supermajority the House requires to advance a constitutional amendment. Every Democrat who voted opposed it. Speaker Mike Johnson had fast-tracked the resolution under a procedure known as "suspension of the rules," which limits debate but raises the passage threshold from a simple majority to two-thirds, a bar Republicans knew they could not clear without significant Democratic support. The result was never really in doubt. Republicans…Open
Democrats in the House voted down a proposed Constitutional amendment to limit the Supreme Court to nine justices, amid ongoing debates over 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…Open
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.
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 […]
Congressman Jamie Raskin of Maryland joins The Weeknight to respond to House Speaker Mike Johnson's plot to cap the number of Supreme Court justices.
Speaking to reporters, Johnson criticized the Democratic Socialists of America over their calls to pack the Supreme Court and insisted the chamber would force Democrats to go on the record on the issue.
By Mike McDaniel Court-packing is a necessary component of the coming revolution.
A vote for Democrats this November gives them license to wage war against and destroy the Supreme Court.
By Susan Quinn To paraphrase Benjamin Franklin: we are governed by a Constitution—if we can keep it.