Republicans are trying to put a constitutional lock on the current right-wing Supreme Court majority.
On Wednesday, House Judiciary Committee Republicans advanced a resolution that would seek to permanently cap the Supreme Court at nine justices, an extraordinary move to protect the right-wing supermajority from one of the most important reforms Congress can pursue.
Republicans are doing this because Court expansion is gaining ground, and the same right-wing movement that spent decades capturing the judiciary now wants to make sure Congress cannot rebalance it.
This is not about protecting the judiciary. It is about protecting Republican power.
The current Supreme Court majority has overturned Roe v. Wade, weakened voting rights, expanded gun rights, limited our ability to restrain corporate power, and repeatedly handed down rulings that align with the priorities of the right-wing legal movement.
A Court entrusted with interpreting the law should be guided by fairness, impartiality, and fidelity to the Constitution. Instead, this Supreme Court majority has issued decision after decision that proves it cannot be trusted to protect our rights and freedoms.
Now Republicans want to lock that Court in place.
The Constitution does not set the number of Supreme Court justices. Congress does. In fact, the size of the Supreme Court has changed several times throughout United States history.
Republicans understand that Congress has the authority to reform the Court, so they are trying to rewrite the rules before a pro-democracy Congress and president can use that authority to restore balance.
They can dress this up however they want, but a party-line push to permanently freeze the Supreme Court at nine justices is not about principle. It is about power.
It is about shielding a captured Court from accountability. It is about preserving a majority that has done enormous damage to our rights, our freedoms, and our democracy. And it is about trying to scare people away from expansion because the demand for real Court reform is getting harder to ignore.
We should take their panic seriously. Not as a reason to back down, but as proof that the pressure is working.
Expanding the Supreme Court under the next pro-democracy president must remain on the table. Congress has the power to act, and we need to make sure lawmakers hear us clearly: this broken status quo cannot continue.
Sign the petition now and urge Congress to support Supreme Court expansion.
Republicans are trying to permanently protect a Supreme Court majority that has betrayed the public’s trust. We are demanding a Court that is fair, honest, and worthy of the power it holds.
That is exactly why we have to keep pushing.
