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Jasmine Crockett: “If we have 13 circuit courts, then we should have 13 judges.”

Featuring: Jasmine Crockett, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 30

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett: "This Court Is Racist, Immoral, and Lacks Ethics"

Published | Video Starts at 02:24

So let me be clear about a couple of things. Number one, the court absolutely needs to be expanded because it's been expanded in the past. And yes, it makes sense. If we have 13 circuit courts, then we should have 13 judges. But let's just pretend that the size of America was the same. Let's pretend that the complexity of the cases was the same as it was when we originally got the nine. (02:24–02:30)

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Asserts that the number of Supreme Court judges should match the number of circuit courts.

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