Lawmakers Propose Amendment to Limit Supreme Court to 9 Justices

A pediment on the U.S. Supreme Court building with sculptural reliefs pertaining to law and order. Below the reliefs is the inscription "Equal justice under law." The History Press

Reps. Denver Riggleman (R-Va.) and Collin C. Peterson (D-Minn.) are proposing to amend the U.S. Constitution in order to permanently set the number of Supreme Court justices at nine, a move that is aimed at undermining efforts to pack the nation’s top court.

The congressman said they were worried that partisan efforts to expand the court’s size could set off a battle that could further polarize the country.