,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #geh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october  
#bd 7legislative day1 ,october #ai71    
#bjbj,mr4 ,daines submitted the         
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on the ,judiciary    
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
the ,senate that the number of justices 
of the ,supreme ,court of the ,united   
,states should remain at #i4  ,whereas  
the ,act entitled ,an ,act to amend the 
judicial system of the ,united ,states1 
approved ,april #aj1 #ahfi 7commonly    
known as the ,judiciary ,act of #ahfi7  
7#af ,stat4 #dd2 chapter #bb71 states   
that the ,supreme ,court of the ,united 
,states shall hereafter consist of the  
,chief ,justice of the ,united ,states  
and eight associate justices2 ,whereas  
the ,supreme ,court of the ,united      
,states has consisted of a ,chief       
,justice and #h associate ,justices for 
#aea years2 ,whereas previous attempts  
to increase the number of justices on   

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 the #aicg ,senate ,judiciary  
,committee report1 in response to the   
,court-packing plan by ,president       
,roosevelt1 decried the plan as a       
needless1 futile1 and utterly dangerous 
abandonment of constitutional principle1
 that its ultimate operation would be to
 make this government one of men rather 
than one of law and that it was a       
measure1 which should be so emphatically
 rejected that its parallel will never  
again be presented to the free          

representatives of the free people of   
,america2 ,whereas1 during the ,trump   
,administration1 ,democrats have refused
 to recognize the legitimacy of         
nominations made by ,president ,trump to
 the ,supreme ,court of the ,united     
,states and have advocated for packing  
the ,court with additional justices     
appointed by a future ,democrat         
president2 ,whereas1 in #aihc during a  
,senate ,judiciary ,committee hearing1  
then-,senator ,joe ,biden noted that    
,court packing was a bonehead idea and a
 terrible1 terrible mistake that put in 
question for an entire decade the       
independence of the most significant    
body--including the ,congress1 in my    
view--the most significant body in this 
country1 the ,supreme ,court of the     
,united ,states of ,america2 ,whereas1  
in #bjje during a speech on the ,senate 
floor1 then-,senator ,joe ,biden praised
 members of the ,democrat ,party for    
their act of courage in opposing the    
,court-packing plan of ,president       

,roosevelt1 which he described as a     
power grab2 ,whereas1 in #bjai1 the late
 ,justice ,ruth ,bader ,ginsburg stated1
 ,i think it was a bad idea when        
,president ,franklin ,roosevelt tried to
 pack the ,court1 and that if anything  
would make the ,court look partisan1 it 
would be that2 ,whereas the             
,constitution of the ,united ,states is 
based on the principle of separation of 
powers to provide for checks and        
balances on each branch of the ,federal 
,government and expanding the ,supreme  
,court of the ,united ,states purely for
 political advantage threatens the      
separation of powers and the system of  
checks and balances established in the  
,constitution of the ,united ,states2   
,whereas the ,federal judiciary is      
insulated from political influence      
through lifetime appointments and other 
measures to preserve its independence   
and an attempt to expand the ,supreme   
,court of the ,united ,states 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 pack   
the ,court would undermine the          
democratic institutions and destroy the 
credibility of the highest court in the 
,united ,states3 ,now1 therefore1 be it 
,that the ,senate opposes any attempt to
 increase the number of justices of the 
,supreme ,court of the ,united ,states  
or otherwise pack the ,court4