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The Case for 29 Supreme Court Justices

Notes from America with Kai Wright

CHAPTER

The Benefits of Court Expansion

A 15-14 majority on a 29 member court will often yield a more moderate decision than a 5-4 majority on a 9 member court. If you invited five judges off the street over for a barbecue, they wouldn't be able to agree on whether hot dogs and hamburgers count as sandwiches. The benefits of this kind of court expansion are so great that I'd be willing to split the new justices 10 and 10 with conservative choices. All 20 have to think the Supreme Court has too much power.

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