The Rev. Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III have joined calls to expand the U.S. Supreme Court under the backdrop of an impending case that is expected to restrict or end the use of race as a factor in college admissions.
During a Tuesday press conference in Chapel Hill, Sharpton and King cited the case as further proof of why expansion was necessary.
In response, some Democrats and progressives, including members of Congress, have made calls to expand the Supreme Court, in hopes of allowing President Joe Biden to appoint more liberal justices to supplant the current 6-3 conservative majority.
Polls on affirmative action show mixed results. A Washington Post-Schar School poll finds that 63% support banning the consideration of race in college admissions. A Pew Research poll shows 74% of Americans do not think race or ethnicity should be a factor in college admissions decisions.
“I think my dad would say now is the time, as he said many times throughout his leadership,” King III said. The Supreme Court has been expanded a number of times throughout history, and the current nine-seat limit is not enshrined in the Constitution. The last time the seating on the Supreme Court changed was in 1869, when it was expanded from seven to nine.
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