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Rep. Jim Jordan pushes resolution against 'packing' Supreme Court, blast Democrats
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, submitted a resolution to Congress late Tuesday seeking to prevent any party from “packing” the Supreme Court and calling for a limit to nine justices.
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, submitted a resolution to Congress late Tuesday seeking to prevent any party from “packing” the Supreme Court and calling for a limit to nine justices.
“Any attempt to increase the number of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States or ‘pack the court’ would undermine our democratic institutions and destroy the credibility of our nation’s highest court,” Jordan wrote.
The resolution comes amid partisan fighting in Washington following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last week.
Meanwhile, President Trump wrote on Twitter that he will announce his nominee to succeed Ginsburg on Saturday, a move Democrats have called unjust based on Senate Republicans' claims in 2016 that a Supreme Court justice should not be replaced during an election year.
“Democrats can’t win elections, the Republicans control the Senate, we control the White House,” Jordan told Fox News’ "The Evening Edit," on Tuesday night. “The Senate’s going to move forward with that nomination just like the Constitution says.” CLICK HERE FOR MORE ON OUR TOP STORY.
In other developments:
- GOP Senate pushes to confirm SCOTUS pick by end of October
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg to lie in repose at the Supreme Court this week
- Sarah Sanders blasts Dems who 'viciously' attack Judge Barrett while lecturing about 'empowering women'
- Ingraham: Democrats show they're no longer party of JFK by targeting Amy Coney Barrett's Catholicism
- Sen. Mike Lee: 'I hope and expect' Amy Coney Barrett will be Trump's SCOTUS nominee
In other developments:
- GOP Senate pushes to confirm SCOTUS pick by end of October
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg to lie in repose at the Supreme Court this week
- Sarah Sanders blasts Dems who 'viciously' attack Judge Barrett while lecturing about 'empowering women'
- Ingraham: Democrats show they're no longer party of JFK by targeting Amy Coney Barrett's Catholicism
- Sen. Mike Lee: 'I hope and expect' Amy Coney Barrett will be Trump's SCOTUS nominee
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