April 09, 2021
President Biden will today issue an executive order forming the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States, comprised of a bipartisan group of experts on the Court and the Court reform debate. In addition to legal and other scholars, the Commissioners includes former federal judges and practitioners who have appeared before the Court, as well as advocates for the reform of democratic institutions and of the administration of justice. The expertise represented on the Commission includes constitutional law, history and political science.
The Commission’s purpose is to provide an analysis of the principal arguments in the contemporary public debate for and against Supreme Court reform, including an appraisal of the merits and legality of particular reform proposals. The topics it will examine include the genesis of the reform debate; the Court’s role in the Constitutional system; the length of service and turnover of justices on the Court; the
President Biden to Sign Executive Order Creating the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States
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Biden Issues Order Creating Commission to Examine…the Membership and Size of the Supreme Court
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spawned an Oscar-nominated movie, a Tony-winning musical, and, according to writer Salamishah Tillet, “changed the history of the novel.” The work, told from the point-of-view of Celie, a fourteen-year-old Black rape survivor growing up in Georgia under segregation at the turn of the twentieth century, would go on to win the National Book Award for Fiction, and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1983, making Walker the first Black woman to garner those recognitions.
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In Search of The Color Purple: The Story of an American Masterpiece, Tillet delves into the backstory of the novel, explores why Walker’s book continues to resonate, and explains how the literary work became a cultural phenomenon, all while masterfully weaving together personal, cultural, and historical conversations about the text, including original interviews with Walker herself and players in the film and musical such as Oprah Winfrey, Quincy Jones, and Danny Glover.
Choosing a hot sandwich instead of a cold one may be better for your waistline, according to a study by a Rutgers University‒Camden scholar.
The research suggests that people consuming the same food or beverage cold find their meal to be less satisfying, so they purchase additional items, such as potato chips and cookies, to compensate for their appetites.
“It’s not exactly clear where these expectations come from,” says Maureen Morrin, the Henry Rutgers Professor of Marketing at Rutgers‒Camden. “But it is likely that people’s expectations about how full certain foods will make them feel develop over time, after repeated consumption episodes.”