Yeah, it should, but instead of legislating the number as 13 until a future law changes it, the number of seats should be tied to the number of Federal Court Circuits. That’s how it used to be, with one Justice overseeing each circuit. They stopped at 9 Justices, but there are 13 circuits right now.
The court should be expanded to 13 seats.
Yeah, it should, but instead of legislating the number as 13 until a future law changes it, the number of seats should be tied to the number of Federal Court Circuits. That’s how it used to be, with one Justice overseeing each circuit. They stopped at 9 Justices, but there are 13 circuits right now.
They should be appointed on a regular basis (e.g., every two years) instead of having a fixed number of seats and waiting for vacancies.
As long as you’ve got at least six (the original number), the exact number of justices isn’t critical.