Joe Biden says he will reveal his position on court-packing “once the election is over,” reports NBC News.
Biden and his team have regularly deflected questions on the topic. Talk of packing the court, or adding more Supreme Court justices, has increased since President Donald Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
If confirmed, she would shift the ideological leanings of the court from 5-4 conservative to 6-3 conservative.
“I know it’s a great question and I don’t blame you for asking it, but you know the moment I answer that question, the headline in every one of your papers will be about that, other than focusing on what’s happening now,” Biden told reporters Thursday.
“The election has begun. There’s never been a court appointment once an election has begun,” he insisted. “Four million or so people have already voted. They're [Republicans are] denying the American people the one shot they have under constitutional law to be able to have their input."
Biden and running mate Sen. Kamala Harris have refused to take a stance on the topic, even when asked directly during the presidential and vice-presidential debates.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt first proposed packing the court when he introduced a bill in 1937 to add one more justice to the Supreme Court for each justice over the age of 70.
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