Sen. Elizabeth Warren called on Congress to expand the U.S. Supreme Court Monday
Warren, a former law professor at Harvard University, also pushed for a “binding code of ethics” for justices—and though she did not single out any justices by name, her comments come as Thomas faces heavy scrutiny for aHer comments also come one day after shefor Supreme Court reform, along with a group of progressive organizations and Democrats in
Congress, including Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Ayanna Pressley —part of a 20-stop bus tour in preparation for the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing in the coming weeks to examine potential ethics guidelines following the release of Thomas’ undisclosed gifts.Warren’s plea is not her first for the court to be expanded: she had argued in a December 2021
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