May 22, 2023
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), who is a leading candidate to replace ailing Sen. Dianne Feinstein in California, called Sunday to pack the Supreme Court by adding new seats and filling them with liberal justices. Lee's call amplifies the effort by Democrats, including House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), to counter the Court's conservative majority by creating a new, artificial liberal majority. The East Bay Times reported: Flanked by local leaders, U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee called for a radical overhaul of the U.S. Supreme Court at a press conference in Oakland on Sunday, calling the way the court currently operates "a crisis of democracy". Lee is one of many progressive voices now advocating for Congress to expand the Supreme Court. On Sunday, she described the court's current situation as beholden to an "unethical, unaccountable conservative majority," and made the case that adding justices would not be without precedent. The numbe