U.S. Supreme Court

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Introduction
Pros
- Pro 1: Court-packing is needed to offset the dangerously partisan Supreme Court.
- Pro 2: The Supreme Court has an ideological imbalance that court-packing can correct.
- Pro 3: Historical precedent allows for more than nine Supreme Court Justices, lending credibility to the notion of expanding the Court.
Cons
- Con 1: Court-packing would increase political interference in an independent branch of government.
- Con 2: The Supreme Court, throughout its long history, has largely been balanced, making court-packing unnecessary.
- Con 3: Historical precedent strongly supports a nine-judge Supreme Court.
Current U.S. Supreme Court Justices
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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Tags and sources added.	The Editors of ProCon	Dec 10, 2024
	New article added.	The Editors of ProCon	Oct 25, 2024