Biden's Supreme Court Commission holds first meeting amid growing calls to expand the court

Washington — President Biden's commission tasked with studying potential reforms to the Supreme Court is set to gather for the first time Wednesday as pressure to expand the number of seats on the high court grows following its decision to hear a blockbuster abortion dispute in its next term.

Mr. Biden formed the commission through executive order last month to examine the "contemporary commentary and debate" about the role of the high court, as well as arguments for and against Supreme Court reform, including proposals to add seats to the high court. The 36-member commission, composed of legal scholars, retired federal judges and law professors, must submit a report to the president within 180 days of the first meeting on the functions of the high court. Bob Bauer, former White House counsel and adviser to Mr. Biden's campaign, and Cristina Rodríguez, a law professor at Yale and former deputy assistant attorney general, are co-chairing the panel.