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https://www.theatlantic.com/idea…
"Judiciary Reform Is Not Revenge. Expanding the Supreme Court makes sense for both practical and constitutional reasons.
And Congress complied. In one of the first pieces of legislation it produced, the Judiciary Act of 1789, Congress mandated that the Supreme Court have six justices, each of whom would also preside over one of six specific geographic areas [...]
In 1837, the number of circuits was increased to nine, as was the number of justices. For a brief period beginning in 1863, there were 10 circuits and 10 justices."
Basically, according to historical precedent set by the framers of the consitution it would be 100% ok for Democrats to 4 more justices if they take the white house/senate/congress in the next election. I hope they do to put a stop to this charade for a few decades.