court-packing

Ted Cruz delivered a whopper with the claim that Republicans never rigged the courts when they controlled the White House and the Senate. (Correction: An earlier version said that Ted Cruz lied about court packing, but the dishonesty lies in the claim that Republicans never "rigged the game." Republicans blocked Obama nominees from Senate confirmation in his final years in office, and displayed a blatant double standard in blocking Merrick Garland's Supreme Court nomination in 2016 but quickly confirming Amy Coney Barrett in 2020.)

Demand Justice has quietly staffed up and recruited hundreds of volunteers to pressure Democratic lawmakers to add four more seats to the court.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) delivered a whopper with the claim that Republicans never rigged the courts when they controlled the White House and the Senate. (Correction: An earlier version said that Ted Cruz lied about court packing, but the dishonesty lies in the claim that Republicans never "rigged the game." Republicans blocked Obama nominees from Senate confirmation in his final years in office, and displayed a blatant double standard in blocking Merrick Garland's Supreme Court nomination in 2016 but quickly confirming Amy Coney Barrett in 2020.)

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has finally laid out his plan to explore court reform. He proposed a bipartisan commission of constitutional scholars to study a number of ideas that “go well beyond packing.”