,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #aach  ,,in ,,the ,,house    
,,of ,,representatives  ,september #bb1 
#bjbj,mr4 ,jordan 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,sensenbrenner1 ,mr4 ,chabot1 ,mr4      
,gohmert1 ,mr4 ,collins of ,georgia1    
,mr4 ,buck1 ,mrs4 ,roby1 ,mr4 ,gaetz1   
,mr4 ,johnson of ,louisiana1 ,mr4       
,biggs1 ,mr4 ,mc,clintock1 ,mrs4 ,lesko1
 ,mr4 ,reschenthaler1 ,mr4 ,cline1 ,mr4 
,armstrong1 ,mr4 ,steube1 and ,mr4      
,tiffany7 submitted the following       
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on the ,judiciary            
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
the ,house of ,representatives that the 
number of ,justices of the ,supreme     
,court of the ,united ,states should    
remain at nine4  ,whereas ,article ,,ii1
 ,section #b1 of the ,constitution      
expressly provides that the ,president  
8shall nominate1 and by and with the    
,advice and ,consent of the ,senate1    
shall appoint ''' ,judges of the supreme
 ,court '''02 ,whereas the ,act entitled

 8,an ,act to amend the judicial system 
of the ,united ,states01 approved ,april
 #aj1 #ahfi 7commonly known as the      
,judiciary ,act of #ahfi71 states that  
8the ,supreme ,court of the ,united     
,states shall hereafter consist of a    
,chief ,justice and eight associate     
justices02 ,whereas the ,supreme ,court 
of the ,united ,states has consisted of 
a ,chief ,justice and eight associate   
,justices for #aea years2 ,whereas      
previous attempts to increase the number
 of ,justices to the ,supreme ,court of 
the ,united ,states have been rejected  
and widely condemned by individuals of  
both political parties2 ,whereas1 in    
#aicg1 when former ,president ,franklin 
,delano ,roosevelt proposed the         
,judicial ,procedures ,reform ,bill of  
#aicg1 a bill that sought to expand the 
number of ,justices on the ,supreme     
,court of the ,united ,states from #i   
,justices to #ae ,justices1 he was      
harshly criticized by both parties and  
his own ,vice ,president1 ,john ,nance  

,garner2 ,whereas1 during the ,trump    
,administration1 ,democrats have refused
 to recognize the legitimacy of         
,president ,trump's ,supreme ,court     
nominees and have advocated for packing 
the court with additional ,justices     
appointed by a future ,democrat         
president2 ,whereas1 in #bjai1 the late 
,justice ,ruth ,bader ,ginsburg stated1 
8,i think it was a bad idea when        
,president ,franklin ,roosevelt tried to
 pack the court01 and that 8if anything 
would make the court look partisan1 it  
would be that02 ,whereas the ,house     
,committee on the ,judiciary ,chairman  
,jerrold ,nadler stated in a tweet1 8,if
 ,sen4 ,mc,connell and ,senate,g,o,p    
were to force through a nominee during  
the lame-duck session--before a new     
,senate and ,president can take         
office--then the incoming ,senate should
 immediately move to expand the ,supreme
 ,court402 ,whereas ,senate ,minority   
,leader ,charles ,schumer stated1 8,let 
me be clear3 if ,leader ,mc,connell and 

,senate ,republicans move forward with  
this1 then nothing is off the table for 
next year4 ,nothing is off the table402 
,whereas ,representative ,joe ,kennedy  
,,iii stated in a tweet1 8,if ,senate   
,majority ,leader ,mc,connell holds a   
vote in #bjbj1 we pack the court in     
#bjba4 ,it's that simple402 ,whereas    
,senator ,ed ,markey stated in a tweet1 
8,no ,supreme ,court vacancies filled in
 an election year4 ,if ,senate ,majority
 ,leader ,mc,connell violates it1 when  
,democrats control the ,senate in the   
next ,congress1 we must abolish the     
filibuster and expand the ,supreme      
,court402 ,whereas1 in ,july #bjai1 the 
,democrat ,presidential ,candidate ,joe 
,biden said1 8,i'm not prepared to go on
 and try to pack the court1 because     
we'll live to rue that day0 and 8,i     
would not get into court packing4 ,we   
add three justices4 ,next time around we
 lose control1 they add three justices4 
,we begin to lose any credibility the   
court has at all402 ,whereas the        

,constitution is based on the principle 
of separation of powers to provide for  
checks and balances on each branch of   
the ,federal ,government1 and expanding 
the ,supreme ,court purely for political
 advantage threatens the separation of  
powers and the system of checks and     
balances established in the             
,constitution2 ,whereas the ,federal    
judiciary is insulated from political   
influence through lifetime appointments 
and other measures to preserve its      
independence1 and an attempt to expand  
the ,supreme ,court purely for political
 purposes threatens the independence and
 integrity of the ,supreme ,court and1  
thus1 the entirety of the judiciary it  
oversees2 and ,whereas any attempt to   
increase the number of ,justices of the 
,supreme ,court of the ,united ,states  
or 8pack the court0 would undermine our 
democratic institutions and destroy the 
credibility of our ,nation's highest    
,court3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the
 ,house of ,representatives condemns and

 opposes any attempt to increase the    
number of ,justices of the ,supreme     
,court of the ,united ,states or        
otherwise 8pack the court04