Democrats propose measure to expand US Supreme Court to 13 judges

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

A group of congressional Democrats introduced legislation to add four seats to the Supreme Court, a long-shot bid designed to counter the court’s rightward tilt during the Trump administration and criticised by Republicans as a potential power grab that would reduce the public’s trust in the judiciary.

President Joe Biden last week created a commission to spend the next six months examining the politically incendiary issues of expanding the court and instituting term limits for justices.