Sherrilyn IfillMany commentators are tweeting & tooting that we need to expand the SCOTUS. That is not the answer to everything. Unless you just want a larger Court, not bound by ethics rules, engaging in the kind of behavior described in the NYT piece. What we need are guardrails - an understanding that the Court sits w/i our democracy. Our job us to strengthen it by creating the processes that promote impartiality & insulation from lobbying, not crossing our fingers & hoping for the best.
23Cobwebs@ifilljustice There are 13 Court of Appeals that 9 Supreme Court Justices oversee. There use to be 9 Court of Appeals with each of the 9 Supreme Court Justices oversaw ‘one’ of the Court of Appeals.
Now 3 of the Supreme Court Justices oversee Two Court of Appeals.
There needs to be 13 Supreme Court Justices.