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Hirono: Packing the Court ‘Long Overdue Court Reform’

As Democrats and Republicans spar over whether or not President Donald Trump should be able to nominate someone for the U.S. Supreme Court because he is in the final year of his first term, Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) pushed for adding more justices to the court.

Hirono

Ocasio-Cortez: Impeachment of AG Barr, Trump on the Table to Stop SCOTUS Pick

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Sunday night at a joint press conference with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called on Democrats to buy time with procedural tools which she said could include impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr.

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) pauses while speaking during a press conference

GOP Rep. Jordan: Americans Don’t Like Being Threatened by Pelosi, Nadler

During this week’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), the ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, reacted to threats from Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) to “pack the court” and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to possibly use impeachment to thwart President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court appointment.

Jim Jordan, Congressman from Ohio

FNC’s Wallace Says GOP Position on Supreme Court Vacancy in 2016 Versus Now ‘Hypocrisy’

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace pressed Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) on this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday” on whether there was “hypocrisy” between the Cotton’s 2016 comments to avoid a Supreme Court justice confirmation during a presidential election year and his current call to move forward with a nomination after Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death.

Fox News Sunday' anchor Chris Wallace.

Pelosi on Using Impeachment to Stop SCOTUS Nomination: ‘We Have Arrows in Our Quiver’

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said on Sunday’s broadcast of ABC’s “This Week,” that Democratic lawmakers have “arrows in our quiver,” when asked if impeachment was a possibility to stop a lame-duck Supreme Court nomination should President Donald Trump lose the White House in November and the vacancy following the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has not been filled.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in W

Fmr AG Holder: ‘Additional Justices’ Needed on Supreme Court if Trump Appointment Confirmed

Saturday, during an appearance on MSNBC’s “PoliticsNation,” former Attorney General Eric Holder told host Al Sharpton if Republicans succeeded in confirming a replacement for Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg appointed by President Donald Trump, a future Democrat Senate majority along with Joe Biden, if he is elected president, should consider “court reform.”

In this Sept. 15, 2018 file photo, former Attorney General Eric Holder addresses the Human