White House Forms Commission In Search Of Judicial Diversity
Prior to entering office, President Biden pledged to appoint a presidential commission to study possible reforms of America&#8217;s judiciary. It was partly a reaction to what progressives saw as the rushed confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett days before last fall&#8217;s presidential election. But the nominating process is just one potential issue on which Biden wants input from a range of legal scholars. That commission is now being formed by the White House Counsel&#8217;s office, David Freudberg from the public radio series Humankind reports. This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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