Big First candidates Republican Tracey Mann and Democrat Kali Barnett were both asked about the so-called 'Keep Nine' amendment, introduced in the U.S. House in September by Representatives Collin C. Peterson (D-MN) and Denver Riggleman (R-VA).
"It should be nine," Mann said. "I strongly oppose this notion of packing the courts. There's no doubt that in the history of the country and for generations now, everyone's agreed that we should have nine members on the Supreme Court and I would strongly support a Constitutional Amendment to that effect. It just makes sense."
Barnett wants to have a discussion about the issue, but not right away.
"I think that we should constantly be looking and growing at the way that our government functions," Barnett said. "It is something that I do think that we should have a discussion about. I think that it's concerning that, in the heat of a presidential election year, that we have rushed through a process to swear in a new Supreme Court justice when we really should be focused on the pandemic that is taking thousands of lives here in our country. I think that we absolutely need to be focused on that."
Mann and Barnett are on the ballot November 3.