WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Chuck Grassley issued the following news release:

With the 2026 midterms approaching and the 2028 presidential election right behind them, Democrats are raising a discredited ruse to pack the Supreme Court with additional justices.

Just last month, Democrats' 2024 presidential nominee Kamala Harris floated the idea of Democrats packing the Supreme Court as part of a "no bad idea brainstorm." Meanwhile, Democrats in Virginia recently threatened to pack their state Supreme Court to circumvent a ruling they didn't like.

Democrats have lit the match for this partisan firestorm and liberal elites are fanning the flames. This week The Hill published an opinion article claiming, "Expanding the Supreme Court isn't cou...