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U.S. Supreme Court,
Judges and Judiciary,
Government

Oct. 23, 2020

Biden would have options beside court-packing, experts say

In an excerpt from a "60 Minutes" interview released Thursday, Biden said he would "put together a bipartisan commission of constitutional scholars to come back with a recommendation for how to reform the court system because it's getting out of whack."

Biden would have options beside court-packing, experts say
(New York Times News Services)

Legal scholars said Thursday that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, assuming he wins the presidency along with a Democratic Congress, would have a variety of options if he chose to try to combat a conservative Supreme Court.

In an excerpt from a "60 Minutes" interview released Thursday, Biden said he would "put together a bipartisan commission of constitutional scholars to come back with a recommendation for how to reform th...

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