In recent pieces, Professors Abbe R. Gluck and Cristina Rodríguez have discussed what comes next for health law and immigration policies as official pandemic-era emergency declarations have come to an end.
The presidential panel released 200 pages of documents on Thursday night detailing arguments for and against expanding the Supreme Court, a popular Democratic talking point in 2020.
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House Approves Jan. 6 Commission Over G.O.P. Opposition
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The House voted nearly along party lines Wednesday evening to create a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. President Biden delivered the commencement address at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy’s graduation.
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House Approves Commission to Investigate Jan. 6 Insurrection
The House of Representatives voted, 252 to 175, on Wednesday to create an independent commission to investigate the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol, with 35 Republicans joining the Democrats.
“In this past year, we have witnessed violent riots in the American cities all over this country. We have witnessed tremendous damage. In Minneapolis, city officials estimate 700 buildings were damaged, burned or destroyed, including 360 local businesses. There has not been a commission launched to study the reasons why that happened. There ha
‘We definitely have our work cut out for us.’ Biden’s Supreme Court commission holds its first public meeting.
President Biden’s Supreme Court reform commission met for the first time on Wednesday.Credit.Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times
May 19, 2021, 3:44 p.m. ET
President Biden’s commission to evaluate proposed overhauls to the Supreme Court held its first public meeting on Wednesday, approving its bylaws, announcing the formation of a series of subcommittees and promising to hold hearings from expert witnesses in June and July.
The 36-member, ideologically diverse panel of scholars, lawyers, political scientists and former judges, which Mr. Biden named in April, was formed after calls by some Democrats to expand the number of Supreme Court justices. But the public meeting, conducted over videoconference and streamed live on the White House website, showed that the commission’s aspirations go beyond scrutinizing court expansion or “packing” proposals.