Guess what? There can be 11 Supreme Court - Justices or 13! Odd number is best

Posted: Sep 21st, 2020 - 8:58 pm

Who decides how many Justices are on the Court? Have there always been nine?

The Constitution places the power to determine the number of Justices in the hands of Congress. The first Judiciary Act, passed in 1789, set the number of Justices at six, one Chief Justice and five Associates. Over the years Congress has passed various acts to change this number, fluctuating from a low of five to a high of ten. The Judiciary Act of 1869 fixed the number of Justices at nine and no subsequent change to the number of Justices has occurred.

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Guess what? There can be 11 Supreme Court - Justices or 13! Odd number is best (Views: 112, 2020-09-21, 8:58 pm)
- So, all Trump is doing - is rallying the Democratic base (Views: 76, 2020-09-21, 9:00 pm)
  - Bernie supporters are already going to vote for Biden. - nm (Views: 40, 2020-09-22, 4:18 am)
    - No, they are not... not all - nm (Views: 33, 2020-09-22, 10:32 am)
      - They certainly aren't going to vote for Trump, and Democrats - have gone to court to get the Green (Views: 37, 2020-09-22, 10:35 am)
  - What if Congress and the President agree to add 47 more - justices? By 2050 we may have (Views: 49, 2020-09-22, 4:57 am)
    - Oops..! Accidental "dislike" - Sorry :) (Views: 28, 2020-09-22, 7:39 pm)
      - I've also done that... - :) (Views: 24, 2020-09-23, 5:41 am)
  - It's Democrats that are talking about packing the court, - not President Trump. (Views: 43, 2020-09-22, 5:15 am)
    - They will do it. They used impeachment just because - they don't like Trump. It was never (Views: 45, 2020-09-22, 5:38 am)
      - They watered down impeachment. It doesn't have - the same gravity it used to. (Views: 40, 2020-09-22, 5:40 am)
        Yep. At some point a Democrat - will be in the White House (Views: 40, 2020-09-22, 8:25 am)
  - Your base is preparing for post election violence. - nm (Views: 43, 2020-09-22, 5:17 am)
- Packing the court was FDR's plan. He wanted to expand - the court to 15 and "pack" the (Views: 38, 2020-09-22, 4:17 am)
  - It was also ruled packing to be unconstitutional. There is nothing - stopping a newly made court (Views: 38, 2020-09-22, 4:27 am)
  - He was stopped by a Democrat Congress, too, they - not support packing the court. (Views: 38, 2020-09-22, 4:46 am)
- Since the left seems to think it's okay, may we should - just add a few more judges (Views: 35, 2020-09-22, 4:22 am)
- Where would it end? Each new party would simply come - in and try this, and by the time (Views: 35, 2020-09-22, 4:30 am)
  - The intent of the founders was not for each election - to result in more justices to swing (Views: 30, 2020-09-22, 4:36 am)
- To “pack” the court would require a law. Currently, the - Supreme Court’s size is fixed at 9 (Views: 37, 2020-09-22, 4:33 am)
- Back then, the Supreme Court was not created to be - political like it is now. In fact, they (Views: 37, 2020-09-22, 4:45 am)
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  - Joe Biden ALREADY said if he doesn't win he's going to - challenge the election. He's going (Views: 45, 2020-09-22, 5:31 am)
- If you want a lear, historically accurate description of how - the Founders and their Constitution (Views: 36, 2020-09-22, 5:57 am)