VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-09-02
“You can be damn sure that if there had been a long-standing progressive majority on the court, Republicans would have already voted to expand it,”
Josh Orton · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-02
Orton argued Republicans would have already expanded the court if there had been a long-standing progressive majority.
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