Congressman Bill Pascrell is a relentless (and shrill) voice in favor of packing the U.S. Supreme Court, a cause which has picked up some steam on the Left in the wake of this summer’s landmark Dobbs decision.
“I urge all my colleagues to support expanding the supreme court,” Pascrell tweeted just this week. “Balancing the court will undo decades of republican court packing, reinvigorate our Constitution, and protect American democracy.”
Unfortunately for Pascrell, there’s scant evidence that many Americans – aside from his fellow radical Leftists – agree it’s a good idea.
On Friday, the Democrat-leaning Monmouth Poll released new survey results which found Americans supportive of some reforms for the High Court (like term limits for justices who currently serve life terms) but strongly against expanding its membership behind nine justice.
Only 36% of those polled back an expansion akin to what Pascrell proposes.
A relatively unimpressive 67% of his fellow Democrats agree with him while a mere 30% of independents and 14% of Republicans support the idea.
For now? Absent another hugely controversial court decision in the near term, it looks like Pascrell will remain an old man yelling at a cloud with absolutely nothing to show for it.
