Thread by @ZoeTillman

Biden will sign (we don't have text yet) an exec order today officially forming a commission to study SCOTUS reforms, incl. whether to add seats. NYT has details: nytimes.com/2021/04/09/us/…

Prev on the pressure he faces from the left to "pack" the court: buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…

Here's the full list of commission members (too many to screenshot): assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2061…

There are two former federal judges, Nancy Gertner (Mass. federal district court, Clinton nom, liberal-leaning) and Thomas Griffith (DC Circuit, W. Bush nom, conservative-leaning)

Here's the full text of Biden's EO establishing a commission to study the various proposals to reform SCOTUS: whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

A few observations now that we have the text —

Here's the section detailing what the commission's report will cover. It calls for "an appraisal of the merits and legality of particular reform proposals" but doesn't say that the group has to present it's own policy/legislative recommendations

The timeline for the commission's work is somewhat open-ended — the group has to produce a report to Biden within 180 days of the first public meeting, but the EO doesn't set a deadline for when that first meeting must take place