Michael Mann Urges Democrats to Back Supreme Court Expansion as 13-Justice Push Gains Traction
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 30
Michael Mann Urges Democrats to Back Supreme Court Expansion as 13-Justice Push Gains Traction
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 30
Summary
Michael Mann said Democratic Senate candidates should face a litmus test on expanding the Supreme Court, arguing support for court packing must be a condition for running.
Mann tied that demand to climate policy, saying Democrats need a larger court to overcome judicial barriers to environmental regulation and recent limits on agency authority.
The report says Mann misstated the court’s 2024 Loper Bright ruling, which ended Chevron deference but did not strip the EPA of rulemaking power.
Mann’s call comes after his own court fight: a judge cut a $1 million punitive award in his defamation case to $5,000 and later sanctioned him and his legal team, ordering $1.1 million in legal expenses.
The push fits a broader Democratic debate over court expansion, with figures including Elizabeth Warren, Eric Holder and James Carville also backing some form of a larger bench.