BALTIMORE — U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin thinks it’s time to expand the U.S. Supreme Court.
A constitutional law scholar and Montgomery County Democrat who is considering joining the race for U.S. Senate in Maryland, Raskin said Tuesday he believes the court has lost its legitimacy through a series of conservative appointments, decisions and scandals — and that the only way to fix it is by adding more members to its ranks.
“We need to make some dramatic changes,” Raskin said outside the Chevy Chase Library alongside reproductive rights advocates just days before the one-year anniversary of the court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
