Most Democrats were upset by several U.S. Supreme Court decisions during its last session, including the overturning of Roe v. Wade and the expansion of individual gun rights regarding a restrictive New York concealed carry law.

Following those decisions, several Democrats once again floated the idea of expanding the number of high court justices to offset the current conservative majority responsible for those decisions.

In response, Republicans this week introduced a measure in the House that would codify in the Constitution the current number of justices, but Democrats used their slim majority in the chamber to block the effort, The Daily Wire reported.

Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) explained that the proposed constitutional amendment would limit the number of justices on the Supreme Court to nine, which has been the standard for the past 153 years.

“Fundamentally changing the composition of the court to satisfy the demands of one political party would permanently erode the independence of the judicial branch and forever alter the separation of powers, which is the very foundation our constitution and our nation were built upon,” Cole warned.

However, Democrats blocked the measure on Wednesday.

“Where does it end?” Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.), citing the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s opposition to packing the court, asked. “Once this body establishes that the size of the court can grow only so that we can secure the preferred judicial decisions of the House majority, where does it end?”

“Progressives want to pack the Supreme Court to get their extreme wish list, while they focus on headlines and fundraising pleas. They know their radical policies are unpopular, so they seek to avoid responsibility and have unelected justices impose them,” added Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-N.D.) in a tweet containing a video of his Wednesday floor speech in support of the amendment.

Currently, Senate Democrats are divided over the issue, as The Hill reports:

Senate Democrats say discussions about reforming the Supreme Court are picking up steam in the wake of decisions striking down Roe v. Wade and limiting the EPA’s ability to regulate climate-warming emissions.   

But the talk is being fueled by progressive senators while vulnerable Democratic incumbents, fearing backlash, are keeping their distance. 

The proposals under discussion include expanding the Supreme Court, imposing term limits on justices and requiring the high court to adopt a code of ethics to shed more light on special interest groups trying to influence its rulings.   

Democrats acknowledge they don’t have the votes to expand the Supreme Court or place term limits on justices, though they say the recent rulings by the court are fueling support for those ideas.   

Far-left groups have repeatedly pressured Democrats in Congress to expand — or ‘pack’ — the Supreme Court, but those calls have become much more frequent in recent months as they see Justice Clarence Thomas’ influence growing among other justices.

Judicial Crisis Network President Carrie Severino told The Daily Wire earlier this year that the left now realizes they have “lost their stronghold on the court.”

The left has long taken the high court for granted, she added, because they believed that it was “their ace in the hole for getting policies achieved that they couldn’t do through the elected branches.”

Now that this is not the case, Democrats and leftist activists widely advocate for expanding the court, she said.

Early in his tenure, President Joe Biden called for the formation of a panel to study the issue of expanding the court, how it would work, and how many more justices would be sufficient.

The 34-member commission performed a 180-day study of potential changes to the court, including court-packing and setting term limits for justices.

The final draft of the 288-page report didn’t offer specific recommendations, but rather provided a summary of arguments for and against critical issues ranging from court-packing to judicial term limits.

Notably, the commission took “no position” on court-packing, which is the liberal idea of adding justices to the Supreme Court.

“Given the size and nature of the Commission and the complexity of the issues addressed, individual members of the Commission would have written the Report with different emphases and approaches,” the report’s summary noted. “But the Commission submits this Report today in the belief that it represents a fair and constructive treatment of the complex and often highly controversial issues it was charged with examining.”