US Supreme Court’s oldest judge warns liberals not to make structural changes

The US Supreme Court (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Justice Stephen Breyer has said liberal advocates of big changes at the US Supreme Court, including expanding the number of justices, should think “long and hard” about what they are proposing.

Politically driven change could diminish the trust Americans place in the court, Mr Breyer said in the prepared text of a long speech he gave remotely to Harvard Law School students, faculty and alumni.