{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.daines.senate.gov/news/press-releases/daines-to-introduce-senate-resolution-condemning-court-packing", "Daines to Introduce Senate Resolution Condemning Court Packing", "2020-10-21", "2020", "2020-10", "Republican", "House", "MT", "Steve Daines", "D000618", "www.daines.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "10.21.20\n\t\t\t Daines to Introduce Senate Resolution Condemning Court Packing \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t Packing the Supreme Court is an attack on the Montana way of life, separation of powers\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t U.S. SENATE U.S. Senator Steve Daines is set to introducea Senateresolution condemning the promises made by Democratic leaders to increase the number of Supreme Court Justices on the bench,known as court packing. Daines is fighting to highlighthowcourt packing is an attackon theMontana way of life, Montana jobs,American democracy and the separation of powers.\r\n\r\nPacking the Supreme Court is a power grab by the Democrats and an attack on our Montana way of life, from protecting the Second Amendment to Montana energy jobs,Daines said.This goes against a 150 year precedent and would make the Court an extension of the legislative branch, which is what our Founding Fathers feared when they created the separation of powers.\r\nClickHEREto watch fullremarks.\r\n\r\nDaines, joined by several of his colleagues, gave remarks highlighting impacts of court packing in Montana: This will be an attack on the Second Amendment...it will also show what happens when you put liberal activist judges on the bench as we've seen in Montana, where there was a liberal judge that stopped the Keystone pipeline. It's liberal judges that stopped timber projects. They don't allow our loggers to be in our forests thinning them to prevent catastrophic wildfires...\r\nThere have been nine Supreme Court Justices on the bench for 151 years, since passage of the Judiciary Act of 1869.\r\nTo read a draft ofSenator Daines' resolution, clickHERE.\r\n\r\nThis week,Daines also cosponsoredSenatorCruz'sconstitutionalamendmentto restrict the number of justices on the Supreme Court to nine.\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n  \n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.daines.senate.gov/news/press-releases/daines-to-introduce-senate-resolution-condemning-court-packing"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.947848591953516, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}