Court-Packing Alternatives Start Gaining Traction With Democrats
- Proposals include term limits, bench balancing and a lottery
- Opponents raise constitutional questions about options
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While Democrats have pushed Joe Biden to support expanding the number of justices on the Supreme Court, the presidential nominee has approached the idea warily, saying last week he is “not a fan” of so-called court packing.
Yet Biden signaled that he could support making other changes to the high court as President Donald Trump’s nominee Amy Coney Barrett heads toward certain confirmation by the Senate just days before the Nov. 3 election.