In the Senate, Ted will: Oppose activist judges and any court-packing attempt to expand the Supreme Court.
In the Senate, oppose activist judges and any court-packing attempt to expand the Supreme Court.
Occurrences
Evidence
The campaign issues page says, "In the Senate, Ted will: Oppose activist judges and any court-packing attempt to expand the Supreme Court."
Congress.gov lists Sen. Ted Budd as an original cosponsor of S.J.Res.16, a joint resolution "to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices."
Budd said "some district judges have overstepped" and that "these activist judges are undermining our nation’s constitutional balance of power" while joining the Judicial Relief Clarification Act.
Assessments
Budd promised to oppose activist judges and attempts to expand the Supreme Court once in the Senate. During his Senate term, he took concrete actions matching that promise: he cosponsored S.J.Res.16 to require a nine-justice Supreme Court and joined legislation framed as a response to activist judges limiting nationwide judicial relief. Because the promise was to oppose these developments rather than to secure final enactment of a specific law, these Senate actions satisfy the promised outcome in the same term.