By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — In a floor speech on Wednesday night, U.S. Senator Jerry Moran spoke strongly against the court-packing proposal introduced last week in Congress.
"This is a ploy, a transparent ploy for power that would undermine trust in the fair application of law and delegitimize the highest court of the land," Moran said. "If this was really a serious policy piece of legislation, we certainly wouldn't change the number of Supreme Court justices immediately."
There are many people who have spoken in the past against such proposals, including one Moran cited with a fairly high current profile.
"In fact, Senator Joe Biden, on this Senate floor, called FDR's attempt to pack the court, quote 'a power grab' and as presidential candidate this last year, he refused to endorse expanding the number of justices."
Moran said this is something Republicans could have tried, but chose not to.
"On the Republican side of the aisle, we've seen our share of defeats in recent years," Moran said. "Not once when the Republican Party controlled Congress and had the White House, were there efforts to expand the Supreme Court. Can you imagine how the left or the media would react if President Trump attempted to expand the court to 13 justices and add four Republican nominated justices during his tenure?"
Moran said the Supreme Court should not serve as another legislative body.