Poll: Americans Largely Split on Supreme Court Packing, Reform

April 18, 2021

However, when it comes to packing the Supreme Court, the numbers show that many Americans oppose the Judiciary Act of 2021. The bill aims to add four new seats to the Supreme Court; although, just 38% of American adults favor this. A whopping 42%

of Americans described themselves as opposed to adding another four seats to the current nine.

Since Democrat lawmakers officially came forward with the Judiciary Act of 2021, the White House has worked not to take sides on this issue. During a press conference last week, White House press secretary Jen Psaki declared that Biden supports free speech and recognizes that different congressmembers will have different views.

Psaki would not state whether or not Biden currently supports or opposes expanding the Supreme Court to 13 seats.

The Supreme Court expansion debate

Several liberal congressmembers are supportive of expanding the court; however, Democrat Party leaders (such as the president and House Speaker) don’t seem too eager to act on this. Meanwhile, Republicans are firmly against packing the court.