If “new” judges can be hired, they can be fired. None of this is covered by either rules or law. “Screw the SCOTUS”, they are saying.
All Federal judgeships are lifetime appointments..................
> None of this is covered by either rules or law. <
Until recently I thought that the Constitution set the number of Supreme Court justices at nine. I was wrong. The Constitution gives Congress the power to set that number. And they could pick any number they want. It would all be quite legal.
Absent a presidential veto, a Democrat Congress could set the number at, say, 12 (Ive heard that number mentioned). Of course a Republican Congress could do the same.