{"id":1554528,"date":"2022-07-14T13:52:45","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T17:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1554528"},"modified":"2022-07-14T16:34:48","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T20:34:48","slug":"house-democrats-block-gop-resolution-limiting-number-of-scotus-justices-to-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrats-block-gop-resolution-limiting-number-of-scotus-justices-to-9\/","title":{"rendered":"House Democrats Block GOP Resolution Limiting Number of SCOTUS Justices to 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-democrats-block-gop-resolution-limiting-number-of-scotus-justices-to-9%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1554528&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/politics\/house-gop-re-election-arm-targeting-democrats-most-expensive-4th-july-ever\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>House Democrats<\/u><\/a> again blocked a Republican resolution in the lower chamber aiming to create a constitutional amendment to cap the number of Supreme Court justices at nine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The joint resolution led by Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., was voted down by 218 Democrats in the House as more of the blue party members sound off against the court over the overturn of Roe v. Wade.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson and Rep. Kelly Armstrong, R-N.D., both spoke on the House floor in support of the &#8220;Keep the Nine&#8221; resolution on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/vulnerable-house-dem-compares-supreme-court-prayer-decision-taliban-court-packing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>VULNERABLE HOUSE DEM COMPARES SUPREME COURT PRAYER DECISION TO TALIBAN, CALLS FOR COURT-PACKING<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1239671160.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Rep. Dusty Johnson&#039;s, R-S.D., resolution to create a new constitutional amendment capping the number of Supreme Court justices at nine was blocked by House Democrats on Wednesday.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Rep. Dusty Johnson&#8217;s, R-S.D., resolution to create a new constitutional amendment capping the number of Supreme Court justices at nine was blocked by House Democrats on Wednesday.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;When Washington changes the rules only to acquire power or only to maintain power, it undermines public trust in the institutions that bind Americans together,&#8221; Johnson said. &#8220;We don\u2019t need a further undermining of these institutions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Frankly, where does it end?&#8221; the congressman continued. &#8220;Once this body establishes that the size of the Court can grow, only so we can secure the preferred judicial decisions of the House Majority, where does it end?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-joint-resolution\/11?s=1&#038;r=76\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>said his resolution<\/u> <\/a>&#8220;puts into the Constitution what has already been the case since 1869 \u2013 nine Justices on the Supreme Court.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we can just put into the Constitution to \u2018Keep the Nine\u2019 we will be able to somewhat insulate the Court from the most corrosive political maneuvering that this body is capable of,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Progressives in both chambers have become increasingly more vocal in their support of packing the Supreme Court amid the fallout of Roe\u2019s overturn.<\/p>\n<p>One of those lawmakers is vulnerable Pennsylvania Democrat Rep. Susan Wild, who compared the Supreme Court\u2019s decision on prayer in public schools to the Taliban in an interview last week.<\/p>\n<p>Wild claimed the Court\u2019s ruling that a Christian high school football coach could pray after games &#8220;is what happens in theocracies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1241480851.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Rep. Susan Wild, D-Penn., (L) compared the Supreme Court&#039;s recent decision ruling that a Christian high school football coach could pray after games to the Taliban.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Rep. Susan Wild, D-Penn., (L) compared the Supreme Court&#8217;s recent decision ruling that a Christian high school football coach could pray after games to the Taliban.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(CQ-Roll Call)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We could talk about the recent prayer decision out of the Supreme Court and all that stuff and we can talk about the fact that, really, this is all just about making Christianity the law of the land,&#8221; Wild claimed. &#8220;And quite honestly, that\u2019s what it appears to be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s scary. This is what happens in theocracies,&#8221; the member of Congress and attorney of over three decades claimed. &#8220;This is what happens in countries that we can\u2019t imagine living in or being a part of \u2013 where the religion \u2013 you know, think about the Taliban.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Think about women in Afghanistan who, not so long ago, were able to wear normal clothing and go to school,&#8221; she added. &#8220;And all in the name of religion and it\u2019s just such a bad, bad precedent to be setting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Georgia Rep. Hank Johnson is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/2584\/cosponsors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>leading a Democrat bill<\/u><\/a> with 57 of his blue House colleagues to increase the number of Supreme Court justices.<\/p>\n<p>The bill has garnered support from &#8220;Squad&#8221; members and Democratic leadership, including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jerrold Nadler of New York, as well as Rep. Maxine Waters of California.<\/p>\n<p>Several of the members supporting the Georgia Democrat\u2019s bill to pack the court, including Ocasio-Cortez and fellow &#8220;Squad&#8221; Democrat Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, also voted against giving Supreme Court justices and their families more police protection.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To become a constitutional amendment, the South Dakota Republican\u2019s resolution would have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/federal-register\/constitution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">needed to clear a two-thirds majority<\/a> in both the House and Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Then, the resolution would be sent to the states \u2014 not the president\u2019s desk \u2014 for ratification, requiring three-fourths, or 38 states, to agree to the amendment for it to become law.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Houston Keene is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital. \u00a0Story tips can be sent to Houston.Keene@Fox.com and on Twitter: @HoustonKeene\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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