Biden's Supreme Court Commission has released a draft report on their findings
And it doesn't look like they're strongly recommending an expansion
Final report due 11/14
Per Psaki: Biden won't be commenting until the final report is released
Here:
cbsnews.com/news/supreme-c…
2/"The commission arranged a separate 16-person committee of Supreme Court lawyers and former solicitors general who collectively have argued more than 400 cases before the high court, to share their views on the proposals for major changes to the court.
3/"This group "unanimously oppose[d] proposals to enlarge the court" because "increasing the number of justices represents an escalation of the problem, not a solution, and a larger bench could make arguments less productive, deliberations more difficult,
4/"and yield even more opinions with less clarity in the law," Maureen Mahoney, the committee co-chair and a partner at Latham and Watkins, told the commission.
5/"Expanding the court would "would lead to further partisan, poisonous, mutual acrimony," Stanford Law School professor Michael McConnell told the commission in June. "I don't think there's any doubt that it would be viewed, rightly or wrongly
6/"— I think rightly — by all Republicans as an illegitimate move, a manipulation, and an abuse of power, and an attempt to undermine our constitutional system. I suspect that the public would come around to that point of view as well."
7/"However, others advocated expanding the court. Chris Kang told the commission "the size of the court has been changed seven times before, and this is the constitutional response to a political court, and it is the only way to restore balance and provide relief right away.".."

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14 Oct
Lots of folks aren't understanding what's involved in Congress referring for criminal contempt. So here's a thread from Jan 6th Committee chair Bennie Thompson's statement on referring Steve Bannon to DOJ
Everyone should read these words:
⤵️
"Any person who willfully refuses to provide testimony or documents subpoenaed by Congress..is potentially liable for contempt of Congress under 2 U.S.C. §§ 192, 194. Contempt of Congress is a crime that may result in a fine and between one and twelve months imprisonment.
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"Contempt of Congress begins with a “formal action” by the Select Committee, i.e., a business meeting at which a contempt report is adopted. If a witness fails to appear, produce documents, or refuses to answer any question “pertinent to the question under inquiry,”
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Read 8 tweets
13 Oct
Here's the second letter WH Cousel Dana Remus sent to Nat'l Archives
Dated 10/8 & publicly released today
-doubling down on Biden's position that EP not be extended to Trump for *any* of the docs requested by Jan 6th Committee
thread:
whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
2/"For the same reasons described in my earlier letter, the President maintains his conclusion that an assertion of executive privilege is not in the best interests of the United States, and therefore is not justified as to any of the documents
3/"..Biden does not uphold the former President’s assertion of privilege [&] instructs you..to provide the pages identified as privileged by the former President to the Select Committee.
Read 4 tweets
30 Sep
So I just read Kyrsten Sinema's Wiki page
She had a rough early life
You would think that she is one who would *completely* understand the needs that reconciliation's social programs will fill for millions
Something is *very* wrong with this picture
Here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrsten_S…
2/"When her stepfather lost his job and the bank foreclosed on their home amid the 1973–1975 recession, the family lived for three years in an abandoned gas station.[19][20] Sinema has said that for two years they had no toilet or electricity while living there.[21]
3/"She later recalled, "My stepdad built a bunk bed for me and my sister. We separated our bunk bed from the kitchen with one of those big chalkboards on rollers. I knew that was weird. A chalkboard shouldn't be a wall. A kitchen should have running water."[21]
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29 Sep
NEW!
Jan 6th Committee has issued a slew of new subpoenas for testimony & records to people tied to events leading up to 1/6, incl the rally at the Ellipse & the Capitol
I will list the names below ⤵️
Here's their statement:
january6th.house.gov/news/press-rel…
Subpoenaed:
Amy Kremer, founder and Chair of WFAF.
Kylie Kremer, founder and Executive Director of WFAF.
Cynthia Chafian, submitted the first permit application on behalf of WFAF for the January 6th rally, and founder of the Eighty Percent Coalition.
And⤵️
Caroline Wren, listed on permit paperwork for the January 6th rally as “VIP Advisor.”
Maggie Mulvaney, listed on permit paperwork for the January 6th rally as “VIP Lead.”
Justin Caporale, of Project Manager of Ellipse rally
Event Strategies, Inc.,
And ⤵️
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25 Sep
Wow
SO:
Per Dylan Byers at Puck:
The front runner emerging to take Rachel Maddow's place in the 9pm MSNBC time-slot next year
is none other than Nicolle Wallace!!
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or more here:
puck.news/msnbc-stares-d…
2/"NBC executives and producers told me much of Chris Hayes‘ audience at 8 p.m. and Lawrence O’Donnell‘s audience at 10 p.m. is made up of Maddow viewers who show up early and stay late.
3/"Not a single one of those high-level insiders thought either host could sustain their current audiences without her, let alone come close to matching hers
Read 9 tweets
23 Sep
NEW:
Per NYT: Jan 6th Select Committee has issued subpoenas to Trump associates Bannon, Meadows, Scavino & Patel
Demanding they provide documents by Oct 7th and appear for depositions the following week
They are NOT fooling around!
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Here:
nytimes.com/2021/09/23/us/…
2/"The committee issued subpoenas for information from Mark Meadows, a former White House chief of staff; Daniel Scavino Jr., a former deputy chief of staff; Stephen K. Bannon, Mr. Trump’s former adviser; and Kash Patel, a former Pentagon chief of staff.
3/"The committee is demanding the four men turn over documents by Oct. 7 and submit to depositions the following week.
In letters transmitting the subpoenas, the committee said it was seeking information about Mr. Trump’s actions in the run-up to and during the riot.
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