Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States

Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States

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The commission was established through [[Executive order|Executive Order]] 14023, issued on April 9, 2021.[https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/04/14/2021-07756/establishment-of-the-presidential-commission-on-the-supreme-court-of-the-united-states Establishment of the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States] from the [[Federal Register]] The order determined that the commission must issue a report within 180 days of its first public meeting, which took place May 19, 2021.[https://web.archive.org/web/20210723230901/https://www.whitehouse.gov/pcscotus/public-meetings/may-19-2021/ May 19, 2021] from [https://www.whitehouse.gov whitehouse.gov]
The commission was established through [[Executive order|Executive Order]] 14023, issued on April 9, 2021.[https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/04/14/2021-07756/establishment-of-the-presidential-commission-on-the-supreme-court-of-the-united-states Establishment of the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States] from the [[Federal Register]] The order determined that the commission must issue a report within 180 days of its first public meeting, which took place May 19, 2021.[https://web.archive.org/web/20210723230901/https://www.whitehouse.gov/pcscotus/public-meetings/may-19-2021/ May 19, 2021] from [https://www.whitehouse.gov whitehouse.gov]


An editorial of ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' wrote that the commission's membership "tilts sharply to the legal and political left",{{Cite news |author=The Editorial Board |date=2021-04-09 |title=Opinion {{!}} Biden Commissions the Supreme Court |language=en-US |work=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-commissions-the-supreme-court-11618008493 |access-date=2023-08-14 |issn=0099-9660}} and the libertarian [[Cato Institute]] estimated the ratio of progressives to conservatives as 3:1.{{Cite web |title=Biden's Supreme Court Commission: Who's On It and Why Explained |url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/bidens-supreme-court-commission-whos-on-it-and-why-explained |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=news.bloomberglaw.com |language=en}} However, an article in [[Vox Media|Vox]] described the membership as a "win for the [conservative] [[Federalist Society]]", saying that "while the author of one of the most significant attacks on Obamacare in the last decade [[[Thomas B. Griffith]]] is on Biden’s commission, none of the leading academic proponents of Supreme Court reform were appointed". These leading academic proponents included Daniel Epps and Ganesh Sitaraman, who had authored Pete Buttigieg's proposal to expand the Supreme Court, and who were not invited to the commission.{{Cite web |last=Millhiser |first=Ian |date=2021-04-10 |title=Biden's new Supreme Court commission is a win for the Federalist Society |url=https://www.vox.com/2021/4/10/22375792/supreme-court-biden-commission-reform-court-packing-federalist-society |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=Vox |language=en}}
An editorial of ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' wrote that the commission's membership "tilts sharply to the legal and political left",{{Cite news |author=The Editorial Board |date=2021-04-09 |title=Opinion {{!}} Biden Commissions the Supreme Court |language=en-US |work=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-commissions-the-supreme-court-11618008493 |access-date=2023-08-14 |issn=0099-9660}} and the libertarian [[Cato Institute]] estimated the ratio of progressives to conservatives as 3:1.{{Cite web |title=Biden's Supreme Court Commission: Who's On It and Why Explained |url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/bidens-supreme-court-commission-whos-on-it-and-why-explained |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=news.bloomberglaw.com |language=en}} However, an article in [[Vox Media|Vox]] described the membership as a "win for the [conservative] [[Federalist Society]]", saying that "while the author of one of the most significant attacks on Obamacare in the last decade [[[Thomas B. Griffith]]] is on Biden’s commission, none of the leading academic proponents of Supreme Court reform were appointed". These leading academic proponents included [[Daniel Epps]] and [[Ganesh Sitaraman]], who had authored Pete Buttigieg's proposal to expand the Supreme Court, and who were not invited to the commission.{{Cite web |last=Millhiser |first=Ian |date=2021-04-10 |title=Biden's new Supreme Court commission is a win for the Federalist Society |url=https://www.vox.com/2021/4/10/22375792/supreme-court-biden-commission-reform-court-packing-federalist-society |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=Vox |language=en}}


== Report ==
== Report ==