With the Senate and Supreme Court landscapes looking like a roadblock to legislative wins, a growing number of candidates are looking to change the rules of engagement should they win unified control of government.
Late this week, former Rep. Beto O’Rourke became the second presidential candidate to float expanding the Supreme Court to 15 seats.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.WASHINGTON — The biggest policy-related fight roiling the 2020 Democratic field may not be over any of the increasingly ambitious proposals flooding the race, but the ways progressives would like to turn some of them into reality.
“The whole time Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been alive, Republicans have won the popular vote exactly one time,” Sean McElwee, co-founder of Data For Progress, said. “Despite that, they have control of the presidency, control of the Supreme Court, control of the Senate, and until recently, control of the House.”
While Buttigieg and O’Rourke have talked about restructuring how the court operates, Pack the Courts has advocated for simply adding more Democratic-appointed justices, which would require only a majority vote if the filibuster were eliminated. “[I]t is incredibly unfortunate that the Supreme Court has become so politicized, but I don't think our argument should be to make things worse,” he said in an email.
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