Sen. Chris Coons Suggests He Is Open to Expanding the Supreme Court

Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) (R) during a committee meeting in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington April 3, 2017. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), a longtime ally of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, said he is open to expanding, or “packing,” the Supreme Court if Judge Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed later this month.

“Like Joe Biden, I’m not a fan of expanding the court, but we have a few weeks here to see whether there are four Republicans who will step back from this precipice,” Coons told CNN on Oct. 18.