Pelosi Says She Will Not Bring Court Packing Bill To House Floor

Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi has stated that she will not bring a mooted Supreme Court packing bill to the House floor if presented. However, she says she does not oppose increasing the size of the Supreme Court in principle and supports President Biden's proposal to have a commission study the issue of reform further.

• Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) and a number of liberal colleagues in the House have raised the prospect of presenting a bill to increase the number of seats on the Supreme Court bench by four (from nine at present) to counterweigh the current 6-3 split in favour of conservative justices.
• The issue of increasing the SCOTUS bench ('court packing' is a term often used) remains extremely controversial, with opponents arguing it risks an 'arms race' of the bench being increased in size each time a different party gains control of the presidency and congress to allow judges of their ideological view to hold a majority.