Eric Holder said the next Democratic President should consider adding seats to the Supreme Court to “restore norms for judicial nominations”. His comments were delivered in a speech to the Yale Law National Security Group. Democratic candidates need to address this issue. How are they going to counter the degradation of our Justice System and Supreme Court under Republican control of Senate/Presidency?
Former Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday that the next Democratic president should “seriously” consider adding additional seats to the United States Supreme Court should they be elected alongside a Democratic majority in the Senate.
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“In response to a question, Attorney General Holder said that given the unfairness, unprecedented obstruction, and disregard of historical precedent by Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans, when Democrats retake the majority they should consider expanding the Supreme Court to restore adherence to previously accepted norms for judicial nominations,” said spokesman Patrick Rodenbush.
Holder’s willingness to entertain the idea of court packing makes him one of the most senior Democratic officials to do so. To date, virtually all elected Democrats have either ignored the proposal or dismissed it out of hand. The one 2020 Democratic candidate who has said that court packing should be a consideration is South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg.
“It’s no more a departure from norms than what the Republicans did to get the judiciary to the place it is today,” Buttigieg has said. “Bold, ambitious ideas need a hearing right now."
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