On the op-ed page of the New York Times, Jean Edward Smith argues that if the Roberts Court keeps on its current path, a future Democratic President and Democratic Congress should consider a court-packing plan and add Justices to ensure a liberal majority on the Supreme Court. This might be necessary, Smith contends, because the Roberts Court has “adopt[ed] a manifestly ideological agenda,” “plung[ing] the court into the vortex of American politics” where it now decides political questions rather than the purely legal decisions of the Warren Court.
Discuss.