Pelosi does not plan on supporting court packing bill

Conservative News DailyApril 15, 2021

WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 15: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) attends a news conference about the Paycheck Fairness Act on Capitol Hill on April 15, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) signaled she will not support Congressman Jerry Nadler’s (D-N.Y.) bill to expand the Supreme Court. On Thursday, Pelosi was asked about Nadler’s proposal to expand the High Court by four seats during a press conference.

Do not fall for the Left’s game. Dems put forward a Supreme Court packing bill. Pelosi not there yet but says she supports Biden “bipartisan” commission

Commission is 2-to-1 stacked w/ liberals

Supporting commission = Supporting court packing‼️

On @OutnumberedFNC at 12 PM!

— Kayleigh McEnany (@kayleighmcenany) April 15, 2021

However, the House Speaker said she would support Joe Biden’s newly-formed Supreme Court commission, which will look into the impacts of the proposal. Pelosi responded with a concise and blunt: “No.”

NEW: Speaker Pelosi says she will not commit to bringing Rep. Jerry Nadler’s bill seeking to expand SCOTUS by 4 seats to the floor.

Says she supports Pres. Biden’s commission to study such a proposal, but doesn’t know if packing the court is a good or bad idea.

— Jennifer Franco (@jennfranconews) April 15, 2021

Other top Democrats, including Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), have refused to support the proposal.

Furthermore, back in 2005, when he was still a senator, Joe Biden panned the idea. He called it a “power grab.”

FLASHBACK

In 2005, Joe Biden called FDR’s court packing attempt a “power grab.”

“I remember this old adage about power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely — corrupted by power, in my view, [FDR] unveiled his court-packing plan.” pic.twitter.com/pvdIjBvIou

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) April 15, 2021