Senate Republicans told the Supreme Court on Thursday that they will work to prevent Democrats from expanding the size of the nine-member panel.
That brief, led by Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, warned the court that it was "not well" and urged it to "heal itself before the public demands it be 'restructured in order to reduce the influence of politics,' citing language from a"It's one thing for politicians to peddle these ideas in Tweets or on the stump," the Republican senators wrote.
"While we remain Members of this body, the Democrats' threat to "restructure[ ]" the Court is an empty one," the senators wrote. They said they shared the view of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the senior member of the court's liberal wing, who said this year that she opposed court expansion, noting "Democratic candidates for president have proposed various reforms for the top court, including expanding its size and altering the way judges are selected.
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