Another week without new court hearings! So Bill and Venesia discuss the recent executive order for a SCOTUS commission, the Congressional attempts to set a number of Court seats, the secretive nature of the Court's "Shadow Docket" and Justice Breyer's lecture on keeping politics out of the Court. Plus: when have presidents refused to enforce the decisions of the Supreme Court? All this and more!
Harvard's 2021 Scalia Lecture, presented by Justice Breyer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHxTQxDVTdU&t=363s
Executive Order on the Establishment of the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/04/09/executive-order-on-the-establishment-of-the-presidential-commission-on-the-supreme-court-of-the-united-states/
House Committee on the Judiciary hearing, the Shadow Docket: https://youtu.be/oC1Vo-MJ9IQ
Democrats Unveil Long-Shot Plan To Expand Size Of Supreme Court From 9 To 13: https://www.npr.org/2021/04/15/987723528/democrats-unveil-long-shot-plan-to-expand-size-of-supreme-court-from-9-to-13
House Republican proposes constitutional amendment to prevent Supreme Court expansion: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/548570-house-republican-proposes-constitutional-amendment-to-prevent-supreme-court
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