RE: Expanding The Supreme Court
September 26, 2020 at 6:39 pm
(This post was last modified: September 26, 2020 at 6:42 pm by awty.)
https://constitution.laws.com/the-suprem...20in%20all.
As with other questions, the number of Justices in
the Supreme Court is not dealt with the Constitution. When the Court was first
established, it consisted of six members, comprising the Supreme Court Chief Justice
and five other Associate Justices. Without any fixed requirement for this
number, however, it frequently changed, with six shifts in all. The last such
change, in 1869, set the number at nine, which has continued in American
judicial practice up to the present.
Um...no,
While changing the constitution by adding an amendment is a difficult process it is not required in order to change the number of supreme court justices.
As with other questions, the number of Justices in
the Supreme Court is not dealt with the Constitution. When the Court was first
established, it consisted of six members, comprising the Supreme Court Chief Justice
and five other Associate Justices. Without any fixed requirement for this
number, however, it frequently changed, with six shifts in all. The last such
change, in 1869, set the number at nine, which has continued in American
judicial practice up to the present.
(September 26, 2020 at 5:09 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(September 26, 2020 at 12:33 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: Constitutional amendment is not involved.
Um actually that is what an "amendment" is. It is the literal ability to change the Constitution.
Chimp is right, while not impossible, it is damned hard to do so.
Um...no,
While changing the constitution by adding an amendment is a difficult process it is not required in order to change the number of supreme court justices.
