For Immediate Release

Contact: Matt Lehrich, Marie Aberger

GROWING MOMENTUM: A DOZEN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS JOIN MOVEMENT TO EXPAND THE SUPREME COURT JUST HOURS AFTER BILL ANNOUNCEMENT

Within only a few hours of the announcement, the Judiciary Act receives support from a dozen members of Congress

WASHINGTON, DC (April 15, 2021) — Today, just hours after the introduction of historic legislation to expand the Supreme Court to 13 seats, more than a dozen Members of Congress have expressed support for the legislation.

The Judiciary Act of 2021, introduced by Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (NY-10), and Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Hank Johnson (GA-04), and Vice Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Mondaire Jones (NY-17) would expand the Supreme Court by adding four seats. Over a dozen of their Democratic colleagues have since expressed support for the need to expand the Supreme Court, demonstrating the bill’s fast-growing momentum in the caucus.

The following members have expressed support for the Judiciary Act: 

• Congressman Jamaal Bowman (D-NY)

• Congresswoman Cori Bush (D-MO)

• Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (D-NY)

• Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)

• Congressman Kai Kahele (D-HI)

• Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA)

• Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)

• Congresswoman Marie Newman (D-IL)

• Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI)

• Congressman Mark Takano (D-CA)

• Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)

• Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez (D-NY)

A copy of the legislation can be found HERE.

Take Back the Court raises awareness about the urgent need to expand the number of seats on the Supreme Court to address the theft of the court by Senator Mitch McConnell during the Obama Administration. Without adding seats, Congress will not be able to restore the right to vote, ensure reproductive freedom, protect workers, halt our climate emergency, or pass new legislation. Court expansion, which can be accomplished without a constitutional amendment, is the only reform that enables the un-rigging of the system and the restoration of democracy. Learn more at https://www.takebackthecourt.today.