Supreme Court Expansion Opinion & Commentary

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Read opinion essays and commentary supporting, analyzing, and debating Supreme Court expansion, including its political and democratic implications.

Last updated August 11, 2026

August 11, 2026 - How Democrats Can Repair the Broken Supreme Court, by Adam Schiff (Los Angeles Times)

August 11, 2026 - Clausewitz and the Supreme Court, by Kiran Pfitzner (Liberal Currents)

July 21, 2026 - From 13 Justices to Term Limits: Six Reforms That Could Reshape the US Supreme Court, by Adam Schiff (APT News, YouTube)

July 19, 2026 - Tit for Tat Does Not Work If You Do Not Retaliate Against Defectors, by Adam Gurri (Liberal Currents)

July 9, 2026 - There Is No “Ending” Citizens United Without Supreme Court Expansion, by G.S. Hans (Balls and Strikes)

July 6, 2026 - Reining in a Rogue Supreme Court, by Norman Ornstein (The Contrarian)

July 6, 2026 - Demand That Candidates Say “Expand the Court”, by Noah Berlatsky (Everything Is Horrible)

July 6, 2026 - Three Changes that Could Restore the Supreme Court’s Independence, by Svante Myrick (The Hill)

July 2, 2026 - Democrats Should Get on Board with Supreme Court Expansion – Fast, by Brian Tyler Cohen (Democracy Docket)

June 26, 2026 - Dems Must Talk Seriously About Supreme Court Expansion, by Michael Tomasky (The New Republic)

June 26, 2026 - The Unfortunate Necessity of Court Packing to Stop America’s Authoritarian Drift, by Andy Craig (The UnPopulist)

June 23, 2026 - Expanding the Supreme Court Isn’t Court-Packing, by Steven Lubet (The Hill)

June 17, 2026 - The Next Front in the Fight for Trans Rights Is the Courts, by Alejandra Caraballo (Dame Magazine)

May 22, 2026 - Filibuster Reform Is No Longer Enough, by Brian Beutler (Off Message)

February 23, 2026 - The Long History of Supreme Court Reform, by Jesse Wegman (Brennan Center for Justice)

February 13, 2026 - Can We Expand the Supreme Court?, by Jake Orlowitz (Medium)

December 19, 2025 - Why Democrats Need to Expand the Supreme Court, by Jamelle Bouie (YouTube)

December 5, 2025 - Democrats Need to Treat the Supreme Court Like the Villain It Is, by Paul Waldman (The Cross Section)

July 31, 2024 - Term Limits Aren’t Enough. The Supreme Court Needs More Justices, by Caroline Fredrickson (Bloomberg Law)

July 9, 2024 - The Case for Expanding the Supreme Court Has Never Been Stronger, by Holly Brewer (The New Republic)

February 13, 2024 - The Case For Expanding The Supreme Court, by Michelle H. Davis (Lone Star Left)

May 9, 2023 - Without Supreme Court Expansion, Liberals Might Not Control the Court Until 2065, by Yvette Borja (Balls and Strikes)

May 19, 2022 - We’ve Expanded the Supreme Court Before. It’s Time to Do So Again, by Anushka Sarkar (The Fulcrum)

December 15, 2021 - Expand the Supreme Court, by Elizabeth Warren (Boston Globe)

December 10, 2021 - I Spent 7 Months Studying Supreme Court Reform. We Need to Pack the Court Now, by Kermit Roosevelt III (Time)

December 9, 2021 - The Supreme Court Isn't Well. The Only Hope for a Cure Is More Justices, by Nancy Gertner and Laurence H. Tribe (Washington Post)

October 4, 2021 - Myth Busters: The Facts About Supreme Court Expansion, by Laura Williamson (Demos)

April 20, 2021 - Why the Supreme Court May Need Court-Packing to Keep its Integrity, by Chris Geidner (MS Now)

March 12, 2021 - The Urgent Need for Court Expansion, by Aaron Belkin (SCOTUSblog)

October 27, 2020 - How to Fix the Supreme Court, by Various Legal Scholars (New York Times)

October 21, 2020 - Don’t Call it ‘Court Packing.’ Call it How We Save Democracy, by W. Kamau Bell (CNN)

September 25, 2020 - Expanding the Supreme Court Is Not ‘Radical’, by Jay Willis (The Appeal)

September 23, 2020 - There Is Only One Way Out of This Crisis: Expand the Court, by Elie Mystal (The Nation)

September 20, 2020 - The Supreme Court Struggle Is About Democracy, by E.J. Dionne Jr. (Washington Post)

September 18, 2020 - Abolish The Filibuster And Pack The Court, by Jay Willis (The Appeal)

September 17, 2019 - Mad About Kavanaugh and Gorsuch? The Best Way to Get Even Is to Pack the Court, by Jamelle Bouie (New York Times)

April 2, 2019 - In Defense of Court Expansion, by Aaron Belkin (American Constitutional Society)

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