After the Supreme Court delivered a unanimous ruling Monday to keep former President Donald Trump on presidential primary ballots amid dozens of challenges in states seeking his removal, some left-leaning groups renewed their long-standing calls to increase the number of justices on the bench.
All nine justices on the high court, which has a 6-3 Republican-appointed majority, ruled that states do not have a role in disqualifying federal officeholders and candidates. In their six-page ruling, the justices reversed the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision that Trump had engaged in insurrection and should therefore be barred from running for office under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. However, the unanimity did not stop some activist organizations from decrying the Supreme Court’s opinion.
“Expand the Court,” left-wing judicial group Demand Justice posted to X, formerly known as Twitter, just hours after the Supreme
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