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Thomas is a senior legal fellow for the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler and others announce legislation to expand the number of seats on the Supreme Court on April 15, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Drew Angerer / Getty Images
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The Judiciary Act of 2021 which would add four seats to the Supreme Court would be the most radical change to the Supreme Court as an institution in American history
Looking at how the justices do their job, instead of the party of the appointing president, puts a whole new spin on it.
And control all three branches of the federal government. Tue Apr 20, 2021 The fate of America’s constitutional republic hangs in the balance as the leftwing progressive base of the Democratic Party tries to parlay Democrat control of the White House and Congress to obliterate the independence of the Supreme Court. President Joe Biden has kicked things off by naming a 36-member commission to examine possible changes to the size and jurisdiction of the Supreme Court as well as proposals to set term limits for Supreme Court justices. The commission has 180 days to report back on its study of the issues, although it has not been given a mandate to make any formal recommendations.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. lawmakers, including Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey, on Tuesday reintroduced their Green New Deal resolution, their set of aggressive climate goals intended to transform the U.S. economy.
Initially introduced in 2019, the non-binding resolution seeks to eliminate U.S. greenhouse gas emissions within a decade and transition the economy away from fossil fuels. For so long, our movement toward a sustainable future has been divided with really just this false notion that we have to choose between our planet and our economy. And we decided to come together in sweeping legislation that not only rejects that notion, but creates a plan for 20 million union jobs in the United States of America in several sectors, Ocasio-Cortez said at a news conference.