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Group to study more justices, term limits for Supreme Court Sign In JONATHAN LEMIRE and JESSICA GRESKO, Associated Press April 9, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - In this March 21, 2021, file photo security fencing surrounds the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington. Biden on Friday, April 9, ordered a study of adding seats to the Supreme Court, creating a bipartisan commission that will spend the next 180 days examining the incendiary political issues of expanding the court and instituting term limits for justices on the highest bench.Patrick Semansky/AP WASHINGTON (AP) — P...

Law profs abound on Biden's new commission to study changing the Supreme Court   Image from Shutterstock.com. Law professors make up the bulk of the members on President Joe Biden’s newly created Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States, tasked with studying proposals to reform the high court. The 36-member commission will examine the merits and legality of reform proposals, including ideas to impose term limits on justices and to expand the court, the New York Times reports. The commission will also examine the court’s case selection, rules and practices, accord...

The Supreme Court has often dealt a big blow to presidents in their second term. Harry Truman was rebuked for claiming the power to seize strike-bound steel mills during the Korean War. Richard Nixon resigned shortly after the court ruled unanimously he must turn over the Watergate tapes. Bill Clinton’s impeachment was triggered by the court’s decision that he must answer questions under oath in the Paula Jones sexual harassment case. And George W. Bush lost before the court when he claimed his power as commander in chief gave him almost unfettered authority over prisoners held at the Gua...

March 2, 2021 at 1:07 PM Shares2 Office of the Solicitor General (photo by David Lat). Ed note: This article first appeared on The Juris Lab, a forum where “data analytics meets the law.” The Solicitor General (SG) is the top attorney in the United States government’s arsenal. This attorney regularly argues the most important cases before the Supreme Court and along with other attorneys in the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG), argues more cases before the Supreme Court each term than any other entity. There is also a documented relationship of trust between the SG and the justices...

Supreme Court denies Trump's final bid to block release of financial records 22 Feb, 2021 07:11 PM 6 minutes to read The case concerned a subpoena to former President Donald J. Trump's accountants, Mazars USA, by the office of the Manhattan district attorney. Photo / Pete Marovich, The New York Times The case concerned a subpoena to former President Donald J. Trump's accountants, Mazars USA, by the office of the Manhattan district attorney. Photo / Pete Marovich, The New York Times New York Times By: Adam Liptak The former president's accountants will give the records he has spent years tryin...