U.S. Supreme Court,
Judges and Judiciary,
Government
Nov. 2, 2020
We shouldn’t appoint judges just because we can
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has been peppered with questions about whether he will “pack the court” by adding new justices to the Supreme Court. His tempered response has been that, if elected, he will convene a national commission to study the court system and provide recommendations within 180 days. He has properly called the current process “out of whack.”
John H. Minan
Emeritus Professor of Law
University of San Diego School of Law
Professor Minan is a former attorney with the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. and the former chairman of the San Diego Regional Water Quality Board.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has been peppered with questions about whether he will "pack the court" by adding new justices to the Supreme Court. His tempered response has been that, if elected, he will convene a national commission to study the court system and provide recommendations within 180 days. He has properly called the current process "out of whack."
The Constitution provides that the president "shall nomina...
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