Editorial: Court-packing isn't the way to depoliticize the Supreme Court

Egged on by progressive activists, some 2020 Democratic presidential candidates are expressing interest in the idea of increasing the number of seats on the Supreme Court. It's easy to understand why the idea of "packing" the court with new justices appeals to Democrats, but it's a bad idea that would further politicize a court that has already moved too far in that direction.

The size of the court isn't fixed by the Constitution, and Congress is free to add or subtract seats. But since 1869