Some members of Congress are attempting to pull the blindfold off of lady justice by introducing legislation that would increase the number of justices on the Supreme Court from nine to 13. We flatly reject this idea. We do not comment on any other reform proposals.

By way of context, this misguided proposal arises from an overreaction to the 2016 Republican blocking of the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. This proposal is made by one or more Democrats who are still angry about that. The proposal is really a fringe measure that has no hope of getting to the floor, but it nonetheless provides a springboard for analyzing the shortcomings of this proposal.

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