2020 Dems weigh Supreme Court expansion

By Caitlin Yilek

Published March 18, 2019 11:26am ET

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2020 Dems weigh Supreme Court expansion — The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for a formal group portrait to include a new Associate Justice, top row, far right, at the Supreme Court Building in Washington, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. Seated from left: Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr. Standing behind from left: Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Elena Kagan and Associate Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh. | (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Several 2020 Democratic candidates are open to expanding the Supreme Court as a response to Republicans blocking nominees during the Obama administration.

“We are on the verge of a crisis of confidence in the Supreme Court,” Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., told Politico. “We have to take this challenge head on, and everything is on the table to do that.”

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