Leonard Pitts Jr.: It takes two parties to be bipartisan
by Leonard Pitts Jr., Tribune Content Agency
Apr 14, 2021
2 minutes
There is nothing sacred about nine.
The number was not carried down from a mountain on stone tablets, nor did it appear in a burning bush. In fact, before the Supreme Court contained nine justices, it contained six, the number fixed when the tribunal was established in 1789. Then, in an attempt to hobble his successor, President John Adams reduced it to
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