Graham Says 'Radical' Democrats Want to Pack the Supreme Court

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., the Senate Judicairy Committee chairman, says that "the real energy in the Democratic Party is to pack the court, is to expand it from nine to whatever number they need to make it liberal."

Graham made his comments during a session where Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans powered past a Democratic boycott Thursday to advance Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court nomination to the full Senate, keeping President Donald Trump's pick on track for confirmation before Election Day.

Graham also responded to comments made by Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden who won’t rule out studying the addition of members to the U.S. Supreme Court as part of a commission he plans to name to look at court reforms if he’s elected.

During an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes” recorded Monday but not yet aired, Biden was asked by anchor Norah O’Donnell if the commission would study whether to pack the court. Biden says the commission’s charge would “go well beyond packing.”

Graham said he had "no idea" what Biden was trying to say, but said due to "the radical nature of the modern Democratic Party, you need to believe them when they say they're going to expand the court because they will."

Biden said last week he was “not a fan” of the idea of adding justices to the court to balance it ideologically. He said he would answer the question of whether he planned to support it before the final presidential debate, scheduled for Thursday in Nashville, Tennessee.

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[Hwarang-lee.]

3 years later and it turns out this was another lie

[netizen_m]

It’s so weird that people who are packing the court are complaining about people packing the court...what a weird time this is.

[enckidoofalling]

Come out of the closet Lyndsay!! Start telling the truth and being a yes man

[richardmaclean]

Nah Republicans y’all did that. Opened the packing package.

Supreme Court
Chief Justice

Barack Hussein Obama

It’s too delicious not to piss you off.

[mrboadambob]

it's better than letting the party that doesn't represent a plurality of the people pack the court

[larrymiller]

They got to win to pack the court
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