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The four former top legal officers of the U.S., all Republicans, sent a letter Tuesday morning to ABC network executives saying the network’s moderators for the scheduled Sept. 10 presidential debate should ask two court-related questions. Their letter notes that so far in this campaign, “the presidential candidates have had little opportunity to explain their stances” on current Supreme Court topics.
Noting that “multiple measures have been proposed to transform the Court,” mostly by liberal Democrats, former Attorneys General William Barr, Ed Meese, Mike Mukasey, and Jeff Sessions note that one of those measures, “to expand the size of the U.S. Supreme Court by adding additional justices to the bench,” would “require only a majority vote in Congress” , and thus is very much in play politically.
Unstated in the letter, except perhaps in reading between the lines, is that expansion of the court, colloquially known as “court packing,” is a terrible idea — especially when motivated by partisan or ideological agendas. Yes, the Constitution does allow Congress to alter the size of the high court, but for the past 160 years, the court has remained at nine justices.
The four attorneys general are joined on the letter by Kelly Shackelford, the president of the First Liberty Institute, which litigates religious liberty cases. Together, they suggest debate moderators should ask a second question: “What criteria will you consider when deciding who to nominate to the U.S.
No matter how the candidates answer these questions, kudos to the letter’s five signatories for asking ABC to treat this topic with the attention it deserves.
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