GOP Packed the Supreme Court | Ranking Member Raskin's Opening Statement at Hearing

Judiciary: House Committee · May 21, 2026

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Opening remarks and framing

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A lawmaker opened the statement addressing the chairman and framed the hearing around court packing and judicial legitimacy, saying "court packing, like justice itself, lies in the eye of the beholder."

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A lawmaker on the House Judiciary Committee delivered an opening statement arguing that recent Senate confirmation practices produced a conservative Supreme Court majority, criticized the Court's recent decisions, and said he introduced the "SCOTUS Act" to change how the Supreme Court grants review by moving certiorari agenda-setting to a panel of federal circuit chief judges.

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