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Eric Holder Says Next Democratic President Should Consider Court Packing
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Mar 07, 2019 07:41pm |
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| Category | Interview |
| Author | Sam Stein |
| News Date | Thursday, March 7, 2019 08:35:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Former Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday that the next Democratic president should “seriously” consider adding additional seats to the United States Supreme Court should they be elected alongside a Democratic majority in the Senate.
The comments came during a discussion Holder held with the Yale Law National Security Group. There was no recording of the event and only a snippet of what Holder said was tweeted out publicly. But a spokesman for Holder confirmed to The Daily Beast that he did embrace the idea of court-packing.
“In response to a question, Attorney General Holder said that given the unfairness, unprecedented obstruction, and disregard of historical precedent by Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans, when Democrats retake the majority they should consider expanding the Supreme Court to restore adherence to previously accepted norms for judicial nominations,” said spokesman Patrick Rodenbush. |
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