Americans clash over Supreme Court expansion as fight over 9 justices heats up: ‘Let’s pack it now’

Voters on Capitol Hill are split over whether the Supreme Court should grow beyond nine justices, according to interviews conducted by Fox News Digital as Congress considers rival ideas for changing the institution. Some want no change at all, while others say any enlargement should happen without delay.

The street-level debate follows the House defeat in September of a Republican-backed constitutional amendment that would have fixed the bench at nine permanently; it fell short of the required two-thirds majority. Democratic lawmakers have separately offered legislation to add seats, impose term limits and strengthen ethics rules, and Fox News reports many in the party have grown angrier about rulings they see as driven by politics rather than law.

Tim of Washington, D.C., urged leaving things alone and suggested advocates of a larger court, of either party, may simply be biased. Derek, also from Washington, said extra justices could force broader consensus, but only if the increase is modest; one or two more seemed acceptable, while doubling would go overboard. Carl of Texas took the opposite tack: "let's pack it now."

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