White House commission on Supreme Court releases draft materials that punt on major issues, but calls for more transparency
CNN
A commission set up by President Joe Biden to explore potential changes to the US Supreme Court released draft materials Thursday addressing a number of topics related to the court, punting on the big-ticket issues but calling for further transparency.
The materials released on Thursday evening, prepared by a "working group" made up of a subset of the 36 commission members, fell short of making any solid recommendations for change, but instead amounted to appraisals from subcommittee members on the issues that will be presented to the full commission on Friday for further exploration.
The commission was established in April as part of a campaign promise Biden made in response to liberal outrage concerning Republicans refusal to hold hearings for then-President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland, back in 2016 due to the pending election. Republicans subsequently pushed to place Amy Coney Barrett on the bench just weeks before the 2020 presidential election.
