Former Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday that Democrats should seriously consider adding two seats to the Supreme Court if they win the White House and a Senate majority.
Holder, who announced earlier this week he will not run for president in 2020, told a crowd at Yale Law School that Democrats should use their potential power to pack the court to counter Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s “power grabbing antics,” according to reports.
A spokesman for Holder confirmed the comments.
“In response to a question, former Attorney General Holder said that given the unfairness, unprecedented obstruction, and disregard of historical precedent by Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans, when Democrats retake the majority they should consider expanding the Supreme Court to restore adherence to previously accepted norms for judicial nominations. He views this as a corrective,” Patrick Rodenbush said in a statement.
Former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was accused of trying to pack the court when he proposed in 1937 expanding the Supreme Court to 15 judges.
