Joe Biden issued an executive order Friday to establish a 180-day study to identify the easiest way possible to expand the Supreme Court. The original article from Erin Coates on westernjournal.com. No surprise here. We knew this would be done if the election steal was not reversed in a timely manner.
The Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States will “provide an analysis of the principal arguments in the contemporary public debate for and against Supreme Court reform,” according to a statement from the White House.
Specifically, the commission will look into a number of areas related to so-called court “reform” proposals, including “the length of service and turnover of justices on the Court” and “the membership and size of the Court,” the statement said.
Biden has faced pressure to pack the Supreme Court with additional justices after President Trump successfully appointed three conservative justices during his presidency.
The 36-member commission will look into the history of the court, how justices are nominated and any consequences that could come with expanding the court, but the executive order does not charge the commission with making recommendations.
Obvious to all Americans with an IQ above that of a chihuahua is that increasing the number of justices from the nine the court has had since 1869 would dilute the power of the conservative majority, which was recently established under the leadership of a true patriot, President Trump.
And if the commission is not charged with making recommendations, what will they be doing to earn their pay? I imagine they’ll be busy devising rationale and strategy for combatting conservatism.
During his campaign, Biden repeatedly refused to say whether he supports democrats’ calls to pack the Supreme Court. Again, this was obvious obfuscation to all Americans in possession of at least an ounce of common sense.
Biden has said that the system of judicial nominations is “getting out of whack,” but he still hasn’t come out in support of court-packing, The New York Times reported.
He promised to create the 180-day commission during an interview with Norah O’Donnell of CBS News in October.
Former President Barack Obama’s White House counsel, Bob Bauer, and his deputy assistant attorney general in the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, Christina Rodriguez, will lead the panel.
“This action is part of the Administration’s commitment to closely study measures to improve the federal judiciary, including those that would expand access the court system,” the White House statement read.
Court-packing came to the forefront of political discussions particularly after Justice Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed shortly before the 2020 presidential election.
The court has been set at nine members since just after the Civil War, but former President Franklin D. Roosevelt unsuccessfully tried to increase the number of seats in the 1930s.
If Biden chooses to try to increase the number of seats, he will need approval from Congress, where Democrats hold the majority in both the House and the Senate.
Justice Stephen Breyer, the oldest member of the court and the senior liberal member, warned against expanding the court for political reasons. Breyer stated that “packing the Supreme Court would erode public respect for the institution and the rule of law.”
What say you Def-Con News readers? I’m almost willing to buy into that theory about Obama and Hillary having a sixteen year plan to destroy America. Obama put in his eight years then along came President Trump and turned things around. It seems now the Biden regime is busily playing catch-up. And what are the Republicans doing to stop this excreta from accumulating?
