Jackson is open to adding Supreme Court justices
Troy JacksonDemocratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine
Jackson says he is not against adding justices and calls for ethics reform and term limits.
“we have to have real ethics reform that's accountable, that you can hold people to. I think that we should have term limits. And I'm not against putting more people on the court because this court obviously is not working.”
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Susan Collins and Troy Jackson split over Supreme Court expansion
Troy Jackson says he is open to adding Supreme Court justices alongside ethics reform and term limits. Susan Collins says expansion would undermine judicial independence and turn the Court into a political body. They differed at their October 15 Maine Senate debate.
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The full debate includes court expansion, ethics and term-limit proposals, followed by a separate exchange about campaign finance.
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Panelist Phil Hirschkorn of NEWS CENTER Maine asks Jackson for his view of reforms a Biden commission considered, such as 18-year term limits and expanding the Court from nine to 13 justices. Jackson first says some justices lack ethics and accept trips and gifts from people who will come before them.
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Jackson goes on to say the Court is working at the behest of Donald Trump and the billionaire class, and that something meaningful is needed to win back public confidence. His answer leaves the number of added seats open. After Collins answers, he says the current Court is the best that money can buy.
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The reference point is increasing the number of Supreme Court justices. Jackson says he is not against adding justices because the current Court is not working, which treats expansion as an acceptable reform. He leaves the number of seats open.
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Read the full caseCollins opposes expansion as political interference
“What we want is a Supreme Court that is insulated from politics. ... To try to pack the court by increasing the numbers goes completely against the vision of those who wrote the Constitution. ... it's inconsistent with the whole idea of the Supreme Court being insulated from politics. ... That would make it a totally political body.”Read statement
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