Pack the lower courts
Forget the question of whether the US Supreme Court should have more justices. Urgent, bipartisan reform is needed elsewhere in the federal judiciary.
By The Editorial BoardUpdated April 25, 2021, 1 hour ago
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The John Joseph Moakley Courthouse in Boston. We need more federal district and appellate court judges, and the Biden administration and lawmakers on Capitol Hill would be better served by keeping their focus on that.Stephan Savoia/Associated Press
The federal courts need fixing, and the Biden administration has created a panel to study how the US Supreme Court ought to be reformed, including the question of whether to âpackâ it with more justices.
Justices follow their own ethical standards
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President Biden s Supreme Court commission is already facing headwinds
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Biden’s Supreme Court commission already facing resistance as it considers wide range of ‘reforms’ John Fritze, USA TODAY © J. Scott Applewhite, AP FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2020, file photo the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court has dismissed a case over former President Donald Trump’s efforts to block critics from his personal Twitter account. Lower courts had ruled against Trump. But the justices said April 5, 2021, there was nothing left to the case after Trump was permanently suspended from Twitter and ended his presidential term in January. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) ORG XMIT: WX101
Dismissed by some on the right as an effort to pack the court with additional justices, the 36-member group is also already drawing fire from some quarters on the left for its composition of academics, limited mandate and six-month timeline to finish its work.
Instead, she was recognized as one of the best.
Noble Countyâs chief probation officer, Beam was presented with the Order of Augustus, a statewide award given annually to the stateâs top probation officer.
Beam said she was âshockedâ by the honor, and had come to the courtroom with some trepidation.
âItâs never good when you get a call from the judges,â Beam said.
Instead, she was greeted by her family, five current or former Noble County judges and her entire staff.
âEverything is because of you guys,â Beam said to her staff. âNobody is alone in this. We all have each otherâs back.â