WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and 16 Republican colleagues introduced a constitutional amendment to maintain a total of nine Supreme Court justices on the bench at a time. Once approved by Congress, the amendment would go to the states for ratification.
“Packing the courts to achieve a preordained outcome is not what our Founding Fathers had in mind. Nine justices has been a good number for 156 years; I’m sure it will be for another 156,” said Dr. Cassidy.
“For years, Democrats have openly said they intend to pack the Supreme Court. They seek to use the Court to advance policy goals they can’t accomplish electorally. Such a move would be a direct assault on the design of our Constitution, which is designed to ensure the Supreme Court remains a non-partisan guardian of the rule of law. This amendment is a badly-needed check on their efforts to undermine the integrity of the Court,” said Senator Cruz.
Cassidy and Cruz are joined by U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), John Cornyn (R-TX), Mike Lee (R-UT), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Todd Young (R-IN), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Jim Banks (R-IN), Jim Risch (R-ID), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Katie Britt (R-AL), Tim Sheehy (R-MT), Roger Wicker (R-MS), and Deb Fischer (R-NE) in co-sponsoring the proposed constitutional amendment.
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