The Biden Supreme Court Commission
We the People
National Constitution Center
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🗓️ 22 October 2021
⏱️ 53 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, and welcome to We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate. |
| 0:12.0 | The National Constitution Center is a |
| 0:13.8 | nonpartisan nonprofit chartered by Congress to increase awareness and |
| 0:18.4 | understanding of the Constitution among the American people. Last week, the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States |
| 0:26.0 | released its initial findings after months of research and expert testimony. |
| 0:32.0 | Two of the very distinguished scholars who testified before the Commission |
| 0:35.5 | join us on this week's episode to discuss the initial findings and potential reforms of the Supreme |
| 0:42.3 | Court. |
| 0:43.0 | Michael McConnell is the Richard and Francis Mallory professor and director of the Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School, |
| 0:50.0 | and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. |
| 0:52.6 | He previously served as a circuit judge on the United States Court of Appeals |
| 0:56.3 | for the Tenth Circuit. |
| 0:57.5 | Michael, it is wonderful to have you back on the show. |
| 1:00.0 | Always enjoy it. |
| 1:01.5 | And Jamal Green is Dwight, Professor of Law at Columbia Law School. |
| 1:05.5 | He is the author of the new book How Rights Went Wrong. |
| 1:09.1 | Jamal, it is wonderful to have you back on the show as well. |
| 1:12.4 | Thank you, Jeffrey. |
| 1:13.0 | Good to be here. |
| 1:14.1 | Let's jump into the question of court expansion. |
| 1:18.6 | The commission concluded as a legal matter, |
| 1:21.3 | we conclude Congress has the power to structure the Supreme Court by expanding |
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