Why are there an odd number of justices on the Supreme Court? to avoid conflicts with the Congress to balance the differences in oral arguments to prevent a tie when voting on a case to create a court that shares the same views

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Tate Barr

14 November, 11:01

Why are there an odd number of justices on the Supreme Court? to avoid conflicts with the Congress to balance the differences in oral arguments to prevent a tie when voting on a case to create a court that shares the same views

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Rayan Cabrera · Answer 1

To prevent a tie when voting on a case.

Jax Frank · Answer 2

This is most likely because of the ease when making judicial rulings. If there is an odd number of judges, then there will rarely be a tie vote. This can only occur when judges decide to abstain from voting. Most likely, the current court has an odd number of Justices to prevent an evenly split decision.