Long before the Supreme Court rescinded abortion rights, gun control and environmental regulations, Biden commissioned a body of academics and judicial experts to study the structure and composition of the nation’s high court
When Gertner initially joined the administration’s commission, her reverence for the high court made her resistant to larger changes like expansion. Instead she believed modest structural reforms, like term limits, would be useful. That changed after she heard testimony from experts who believed that seats should be added to the court.included endorsements for new codes of ethics and more court transparency. It steered clear of endorsing topics like expansion and term limits.“This is absurd.
Then-Vice President Joe Biden, left, listens as Laurence Tribe speaks in the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 19, 2010. | Susan Walsh/AP Photo “The president has blasted the court’s decision in Dobbs attacking Americans’ most personal rights as ‘extremist,’ ‘outrageous,’ and ‘awful’ and taken swift action while warning against the national abortion ban congressional Republicans are seeking,” White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates said, noting Biden also has criticized the high court’s decisions on gun control and environmental regulation.
Biden’s critics say they didn’t then and don’t imagine him now outwardly embracing court expansion. But they also want him to stop taking it off the table and to criticize the court more forcefully and consistently.
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