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Republican and Democrats have slammed Joe Biden's announcement They have said it is 'divisive', 'brainless', a 'radical left' ploy and a 'power grab'  Biden established commission to examine expanding the Supreme Court Friday Move would wipe out conservative majority on the bench formed under Trump  Mitch McConnell said it was 'more evidence of the far-left's influence on Biden'  Mitt Romney said it would 'forever diminish institutions at our foundation'  Rep. Marsha Blackburn said Democrats will 'destroy institutions to seize power'  Nikki Haley said: 'Court packing is undemocratic, div...

Biden Creating Commission to Study Expanding the Supreme Court The commission will also examine other potential changes such as term limits for justices. Progressives are pushing President Biden to add seats to balance the court’s conservative majority. Progressives have urged President Biden to consider adding seats to the Supreme Court after President Donald J. Trump solidified the court’s conservative majority with his three appointments.Credit...Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times April 9, 2021Updated 12:08 p.m. ET WASHINGTON — President Biden on Friday will order a 180-day stud...

UPDATED: March 11, 2021 at 2:15 p.m. Eighteen Harvard affiliates — including Cornel R. West ’74, Steven A. Pinker, and Ronald S. Sullivan Jr. — signed on as founding members of a new nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated to defending academics’ freedom of expression. The Academic Freedom Alliance, which officially launched Monday, arose out of conversations among professors at Princeton University about free speech on college campuses. By invitation, 17 current Harvard faculty and one incoming Harvard Law School professor joined the initiative. Keith E. Whittington — a prof...

© William Thomas Cain/Getty Images Students at Princeton University in New Jersey. The alliance arose out of discussions among some Princeton faculty over how to counter what they see as growing intolerance of differing viewpoints. Cornel West and Laura Kipnis join alliance designed to help educators 'speak and publish without fear of sanction'. Cornel West, Laura Kipnis and Stephen Pinker are among about 200 scholars from across the US who on Monday launched the Academic Freedom Alliance, a group with a mission to help college educators "speak, instruct and publish without fear of sanction,...

Around 200 scholars from across the country have formed the Academic Freedom Alliance, which has a mission to help college educators “speak, instruct, and publish without fear of sanction, bullying, punishment, or persecution.” Launched Monday, the non-profit organization arose out of discussions among some Princeton University faculty members over how to counter what they see as growing intolerance of differing viewpoints. Members will pay an annual fee of $50 if they are tenured professors; $35 for others; and the alliance also is seeking donations.