If an increase of judges on the Supreme Court would increase the efficient administration of justice, I'd be all for it. But that is clearly not the purpose.
The obvious purpose of increasing the number of justices is to dilute opposition to the growth of government programs. The growth of government power would be attended by diminishing of American freedom. Since freedom has always set this country apart from the rest of the world, is it wise to pack the court?
What do the college trained minds think?
Campus Reform asked students at the University of Florida whether they support the Democrats’ proposal to expand the U.S. Supreme Court from nine to 13 justices. A few students said yes, some hedged, and one said no.
Then the reporter played a video clip of Joe Biden during congressional hearing in 1983 calling President Franklin Roosevelt’s proposal to pack the high court a “bone-head idea” and a “terrible, terrible mistake to make.” The reporter also played a clip of the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg calling court packing a bad idea.(BCN)
Do the students still support the idea? Watch the brief clip.
(Campus Reform)
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