“President Joe Biden has ordered a study on overhauling the Supreme Court, creating a bipartisan commission [last] Friday that will spend the next six months examining the politically incendiary issues of expanding the court and instituting term limits for justices, among other issues.” (AP News)
“Justice Stephen Breyer [last] Tuesday said liberal advocates of big changes at the Supreme Court, including expanding the number of justices, should think ‘long and hard’ about what they’re proposing. Politically driven change could diminish the trust Americans place in the court, Breyer said.” (AP News)
The left is skeptical of the commission and argues in favor of structural changes to the Supreme Court.
The right is critical of the commission and argues against structural changes to the Supreme Court.
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