How to Fix a Broken Supreme Court
Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2023 11:32 am
I agree 100%.
The problem with increasing the size of the court is that once you do, and the other party gains a majority, they can increase it again in the name of "fairness."
I'd like to see the House of Representatives increase. It's been 435 since New Mexico and Arizona joined the US in 1913. A 1929 law passed with Republicans in control of Congress, capped the size at 435. In the 1930 census, one representative represented roughly 280,000 people. In the 2020 census, one representative represents 760,000 people. Of course, communications and travel are much better now than a century ago, but that's still too many for effective governance, especially when the Founders felt the House should be the people's house. (In 1790, one representative represented 34,000 people.) Increasing the size by, say 100, to 535 would make representatives more responsive to the needs of the local populace, and reduce the outsized weight that the smaller states have in the Electoral College.