Former Vice President Joe Biden said he would announce a clear position on the contentious issue after the confirmation vote on Amy Coney Barrett.
Biden has previously criticized the idea of changing Senate rules in order to clear the way for a president to appoint additional justices to the Supreme Court who share that president's ideological leanings.
Biden said his position on whether to add seats to the Supreme Court would depend heavily on how Republicans handledto fill the seat left open by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Senate Republicans are squeezing Barrett's nomination, hearings and confirmation vote process, which typically takes months, into a matter of days in order to get it done before Election Day on Nov. 3.
The Constitution did not establish nine justices on the nation's top court. Congress can pass a law to change the number of justices.
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