Democrats to introduce bill to expand Supreme Court to 13 justices
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Several Democrats in the House and Senate plan to introduce a bill to add four more justices to the Supreme Court, which would bring the total number of justices to 13.
Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts and Congressmen Jerry Nadler, Hank Johnson and Mondaire Jones said Wednesday they will formally announce the bill in a press conference on Thursday. They will be joined by a number of progressive activists. The lawmakers are proposing amending Section1, Title 28 of the U.S. Code, which calls for "a Chief Justice and eight associate justices, any six of whom shall constitute a quorum'' and inserting "a Chief Justice of the United States and twelve associate justices, any eight of whom shall constitute a quorum."Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.
The knock at the door came at nighttime on Mother's Day 2008 in Oregon, where Jessica Ellis' parents lived. It was around 9:20 p.m. and his wife, Linda, was already in bed; her father Steve Ellis told CBS News, that he thought someone let their animals out — but two soldiers in Class A uniforms were standing at the door.