{"id":26658,"date":"2023-05-23T11:53:54","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T18:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=26658"},"modified":"2023-05-23T11:53:55","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T18:53:55","slug":"rep-barbara-lee-joins-chorus-of-people-calling-for-more-seats-to-be-added-to-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/05\/23\/rep-barbara-lee-joins-chorus-of-people-calling-for-more-seats-to-be-added-to-supreme-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Barbara Lee Joins Chorus of People Calling for More Seats to Be Added to Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

22 MAY 2023\/SF POLITICS<\/a>\/JOE KUKURA<\/a> (SFist.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As she runs for the U.S. Senate, East Bay Rep. Barbara Lee joined a rally on Sunday calling for four more seats to be added to the Trump-heavy Supreme Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s becoming a fashionable thing on the political Left to call for expanding the Supreme Court<\/a>, and it has been since the Amy Coney Barrett nomination was hastily rammed through<\/a> while Merrick Garland never got a hearing in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The recent ethics problems for Clarence Thomas<\/a> have even more calling for the court to be expanded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senator Elizabeth Warren has been saying for years<\/a> the Court should have seats added, and last week a gaggle of senators formally introduced a bill<\/a> increase the Supreme Court seats from nine to 13<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few reps from the House of Representatives signed on to that bill as co-sponsors of the House version, one of them being Los Angeles Rep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adam Schiff. Adam Schiff also happens to be running for the Senate<\/a>, aspiring to get Dianne Feinstein\u2019s seat<\/a>. And one of his opponents in that race is East Bay representative Barbara Lee<\/a>, who is apparently trying to outflank Schiff on the Supreme Court front by herself calling for more justices on the Supreme Court<\/a>, as NBC Bay Area reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I\u2019ve witnessed political gamesmanship over lifetime appointments, I\u2019ve seen more ethics scandals than I can count,” Lee said at a Sunday rally for the Supreme Court reform group Just Majority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“But let me tell you, I\u2019ve never been more fearful for the future of our highest court than I am today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As many Democrats are keen to point out these days, the Constitution does not require the current nine-judge arrangement on the court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The number of justices on the court has gone up and down since the court\u2019s first hearings in 1790, though it has remained a nine-judge body since 1869<\/a>, according to the Bay Area News Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lee also called for term limits for Supreme Court justices, and some sort of oversight for when justices run into ethical problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Through the Judiciary Act we can add four seats to the bench and restore a Supreme Court that is truly representative of the people,\u201d Lee said Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related: <\/strong>Clarence Thomas’s Trip to Bohemian Grove Figures Into New Report About Undisclosed Gifts From a Billionaire [SFist]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Image: OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – MAY 21: Congresswoman Barbara Lee of California speaks at a “Just Majority” nationwide bus tour press conference to call for reforms to the U.S. Supreme Court on May 21, 2023 in Oakland, California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Photo by Kimberly White\/Getty Images for Demand Justice)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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