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  • Congressional Control over the Supreme Court

    07/16/2024 8:59:23 PM PDT · by wildcard_redneck · 20 replies
    Congressional Research Service ^ | December 6, 2023 AD | Joanna R. Lampe - Legislative Attorney
    Many prominent Court reform proposals from recent years fall into two main categories: those that would change the size of the Supreme Court (sometimes called “court packing”) and those that would impose term limits or age limits for Supreme Court Justices. Congress has broad authority to set or change the size of the Supreme Court through ordinary legislation, but implementation of term or age limits would likely require a constitutional amendment.