TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Oct 15, 2021

A bipartisan committee assembled by President Joe Biden to study potential reforms to the high court released its preliminary findings yesterday, The Hill reports. The committee noted “considerable” risks to court expansion, including the potential to undermine the high court’s legitimacy. The lengthy “discussion materials,” which are broken up into five sections, explore the arguments for and against adding justices to the high court, as well as other potential reforms. The committee met again today to discuss the preliminary findings, which were criticized by some liberal members for its treatment of the court expansion proposal. Two conservative members today resigned from the committee, but did not publicly give a reason for their departure.