In this The Federalist article, Shawn Fleetwood reports that every House Judiciary Committee Democrat opposed a proposed constitutional amendment to keep the Supreme Court fixed at nine justices.
- The House Judiciary Committee considered HJR 1, a constitutional amendment that would require the Supreme Court to remain composed of nine justices.
- The measure passed out of committee along party lines, 15-8, with no Democrats supporting it.
- The amendment now heads to the full House, but constitutional amendments require two-thirds support in both chambers of Congress and ratification by three-fourths of the states.
- Fleetwood frames the Democratic opposition as significant because several prominent Democrats have recently revived support for expanding the Supreme Court.
- The article notes that the Keep Nine Coalition, a bipartisan group of former state attorneys general and grassroots organizations, supports the amendment.
- Keep Nine Coalition Director Roman Buhler warned that court expansion by either party could trigger a destructive cycle of partisan retaliation.
- The article connects the issue to renewed left-wing anger over Supreme Court rulings, including a recent decision involving race-based redistricting.
- House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is cited as saying “everything is on the table” when discussing how Democrats might respond to the current Court.
- Fleetwood also names Kamala Harris, Ro Khanna, Rashida Tlaib, and Ruben Gallego among Democrats who have recently backed court-packing proposals.
Read the full story: https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/03/not-a-single-house-judiciary-dem-supports-amendment-keeping-scotus-at-9-justices/
