The vote was 212-206. All but one Democrat voted against it, as openness within the party to expand the high court by four seats grows.
The joint resolution, offered by Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., calls for amending the Constitution to say: “The Supreme Court of the United States shall be composed of nine justices consisting of one chief justice and eight associate justices.”
The office of House Minority Whip Katherine Clark, D-Mass., encouraged lawmakers to vote “no,” saying the amendment would take away a power intended for Congress and do nothing to address the “affordability crisis” under President Donald Trump.
“This proposed constitutional amendment would permanently fix the number of Supreme Court justices at nine, stripping Congress of yet another constitutional authority that is meant to be controlled by the American people’s representatives,” Clark’s office wrote to lawmakers Wednesday ahead of the vote.
lock Supreme Court
And throw away the key
A Constitutional Amendment passing any time in the foreseeable future is a pipe dream. It needs 2/3 of each the House and Senate plus 3/4 of the state legislatures.
The Constitution is dead. Has been for decades.
Less dead, more undead.
An unamendable constitution is a document locked in time and shape.
A workable constitution is open to amendmenets. A workable constitution also spawns and nourishes a workable state system, which the US is arguably not.
I wanted to disagree, but I think I can only disagree about the time of death.
May 7, 1992. When the 27th amendment was ratified, after 202 years in process. It was a minor ammendment that really changed nothing. (Congress pay raises take place in the next term). Sort of like an insect infected by a zombie fungus.
The last amendment of any real significance was the 26th. Passed March 23, 1971, it reduced the voting age to 18. That’s the last sign of real life the document has had. It’s been 55 years since then…
What I want to know is who was the “Democrat” who voted for the amendment?
Gotta be Fetterman
Edit: nope, I was wrong, Don Davis (NC). It’s stated near the end of the article
