A jury is twelve - make the Supreme Court the same.

Why? An even number leads to stalemates. 9 has worked for over 150 years, and now, just what makes 12 necessary?

Well 150 years ago there were also 9 district courts, where we now have 13.

And while we're at it, it's time to fix apportionment - 435 representatives and 535 electoral ballots to represent 330 million Americans is insane - we should go back to the founder's concept of the smallest state establishing a baseline for equitable representation.

Had the country continued along the original design, we would need a stadium just to hold a congressional meeting; just not feasible. Currently, the census uses updated population figures to balance out the representation per state, some states gaining or losing seats every ten years based on population trends. It's major flaw, imo, is that it doesn't limit itself to citizens, counting everyone who dwells in a state, citizen or not. This robs citizens of representation in heavily populated areas where non-citizens live...Cali, for example. Cali, based on it's illegal immigrants alone, has 6 seats that should legitimately be given to other states, but that's something else altogether.

Having 13 districts courts serves the greater need of the population and helps with backlogs. Adding more SOTUS judges does none of that.

If we baselined against the populations of the smallest state (Wyoming / 536k in 2010 census) as the founders proscribed, and granted them based on multiples thereof, there would be 531 representatives and 631 electoral ballots. The main difference would be in the apportionment of those to the states, as they'd be equitable instead of heavily stacked in the favor of the smallest states.

As for what you call a major flaw, it's literally how the Constitution stipulates it should be done, as it was from an age when a majority of our population (women, minorities, and slaves) were unable to vote. If it was fine when white men could talk for them, it should work when they're able to convey their own opinions.

As for the SCOTUS justices, what's to say it wouldn't help with backlogs if the body could be subdivided? It makes no sense that it would work in any court but the highest in the land.

You can't subdivide the SCOTUS. That would just make competing courts whereas it's supposed to be the final word. You'd set up court-shopping and create conflicts that the court was meant to put an end to.

Except you can - the current procedure through which SCOUTS decides which cases to hear is an example of this.

More justices reviewing cases sent would expedite the return of those to the lower courts in cases where the districts courts either ignored precedent or where SCOTUS refuses to hear an appeal to a lower court decision.

Plus my cuurent nominee?

Because you mistakenly believe he's not just going to win re-election, but also sweep both Houses of Congress?

I mean, sure, cowardly running away from your own argument as if you hadn't just made it is definitely a choice you can make.

The Senate will remain Republican, the House will remain Democrat, with a slightly Lowe majority, and Trump will be re-elected. Status Quo power.

Oh I see - you just didn't understand the question.

You realize he can't expand the court unless he has majorities in both Houses of Congress, right?

If the Communist Demicrats keep going America might just elect enough Republicans to take the House.

DrSarcasm. Learn what words mean before you use them. You don't know what a Communist is OR what a Democrat is. You can't even SPELL Democrat! For my entire life, Republicans hated Russia, even to the point of paranoia. But as soon as you all join an idiot cult worshipping an orange clown OWNED by an anti-American war criminal Russian dictator, suddenly you and Trump are all lining up to kiss Putin's a**.

Biden won and that didn't happen. But Moscow Mitch and the Republikkkans DID blatantly violate the Constitution and their own oaths of office in order to stack the Court in favor of an orange fascist dictator-wannabe, and the Supremely Corrupt is doing his bidding, placing him above the Law and Constitution ... like they did today!