Balancing the Supreme Court with a new Chief Justice.

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87. It wasn't the lack of will.

It was disagreement that it should be done. There were several Senators at least who honestly believed it was the wrong thing to do. You my disagree with their position (I know I do), but it wasn't an unwillingness on their part to do what was right, It was a disagreement as to what was right. At least some of those who disapproved of expanding the court were NEVER going to change their mind. And I remind you again, that Joe Biden repeatedly publicly opposed expanding the court. What would you have said if they had passed the legislation and Biden vetoed it? (which would have been 100% consistent with his public statements). I guarantee, Joe Biden didn't lack the will to do anything.

And you're wrong that nobody pushed it. Several Senators introduced legislation to make it happen and there was never enough support for them to come close to passing.

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/democrats-introduce-bill-to-expand-u-s-supreme-court/

On Tuesday, May 16, a group of U.S. Senate and House Democrats reintroduced the Judiciary Act of 2023, a bill that would add four seats to the U.S. Supreme Court, bringing the bench from nine to 13 justices. The bill was introduced by Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Reps. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), Hank Johnson (D-Ga.), Cori Bush (D-Mo.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.).

https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-introduces-sweeping-court-reforms-to-restore-public-trust-as-supreme-court-faces-legitimacy-crisis

Wyden Introduces Sweeping Court Reforms to Restore Public Trust as Supreme Court Faces Legitimacy Crisis

In the wake of recent rulings upending decades of precedent and evidence of unethical behavior, Wyden’s Judicial Modernization and Transparency Act would modernize the courts by expanding the Supreme Court to 15 justices over three presidential terms, prevent political inaction from bottling up nominations to the Supreme Court, and restore appropriate deference to the legislative branch by requiring a supermajority to overturn acts of Congress, among other modernizing provisions to improve access to justice.