Biden Supreme Court commission debates court-packing amid liberal backlash to split approach to reform

President Biden's Supreme Court commission will discuss a variety of reform proposals at its Friday meeting, as it seeks to shape a report due later this year.

The meeting opens at 10 a.m. with discussion of the reason many are calling for court reform. Most of the substantive discussion on court-packing is likely to happen between 11:10 a.m. and 12:50 p.m. when the commissioners will deliberate "Membership and Size of the Court," according to the public agenda of the meeting. 

"Proponents of Court expansion argue that by adding two or more seats to the Supreme Court, Democratic lawmakers could help restore balance to – and, thus, the legitimacy of – the Court. Those who take this perspective also emphasize that a failure to respond to the hardball tactics since 2016 might encourage future aggressive measures in the Senate confirmation process," the discussion materials released Thursday say of court-packing.