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Home Front: Politix
Plugs begins creation of committee to PACK the Supreme Court
2021-01-28
[Right Scoop] Biden has officially begun the creation of a so-called bipartisan committee which will be used an excuse to increase the number of seats on the Supreme Court — a radical proposition to be sure:
POLITICO — The Biden administration is moving forward with the creation of a bipartisan commission to study reforms to the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary.

The commission will be housed under the purview of the White House Counsel’s office and filled out with the behind-the-scenes help of the Biden campaign’s lawyer Bob Bauer. Its specific mandate is still being decided. But, in a signal that the commission is indeed moving ahead, some members have already been selected, according to multiple people familiar with the discussions.

The White House declined to comment. But a source familiar with the discussion expects between nine and 15 members total to be appointed to the commission.

Here’s the three chosen for the committee thus far, which is clearly in its beginning states:
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