Posted on 07/16/2024 5:34:46 PM PDT by bitt
There is nothing in the Constitution that fixes the number of justices. The original number was 6. Since there was a shortage of federal judges at the time they also went out and road the federal district circuits. Nine has become the traditional and accepted number. A Constitutional amendment fixing it at 9 should be done ASAP.
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