During the campaign, President Joe Biden frequently evaded questions about “court packing”, the practice of using a Democratically controlled Congress to try and expand the number of judges on the Supreme Court. These “deflections” attracted plenty of scrutiny in the press, not that we ever believed for a second that, once in power (and with a Democratic majority in Congress) Biden wouldn’t move to rip out the most important piece of President Trump’s legacy.
Well, it appears that day has finally arrived. Because last night, the first leaked reports landed warning that Democrats in Congress would move to introduce new legislation Thursday to expand SCOTUS from 9 to 13 justices, according to NBC News.