the commission had no court reformers on it. biden's commission for supreme court reform had no court reformers on it. which tells you what that commission was all about. and their report, their draft report is just -- it's gobbledy gook. some commissioners believe this while others believe that. it's not designed to advocate. it's not designed to inspire. it's not designed to move the needle. it's not designed to make recommendations. think about it this way. the supreme court is the only way in the country that operates without ethics rules. that could be a reform. but instead of we are looking at ethics reform, the supreme court commission didn't touch t didn't even study it. this reform, this commission was designed to do nothing to give biden cover for doing nothing. they have done their job very well. host: the president's commission on scotus was established by exec executive order in april, 180 days to study the legality of reform proposals. expanding the number of justices. 36 legal scholars, loirs lawyers, and federal judges held more than 17 hours

and then to control the supreme court more deaths and more gun rights in fewer women's rights. >> the supreme court commissionreated this to look at changes to the supreme court can you say it's about to come out and the commission is designed to fail. why quick. >> it's a complete waste of time that the conservatives yes that is what we want to what we voted for democrats a no. that is not what i voted for. the only way to stop that is to reform the court everything that i just said to engage in the supreme court reform and then instead of taking that i —- that energy and ideas to roll with that saying send it off to a commission to die and then killed any momentum with the hope of changing the way the state works while biden is the president the commission was stacked with law professor and advocates i know some of the people they are really smart people that now to the supreme court every day a person that has to go argue in front of john roberts on thursday on monday wanted to stay should have so much power so the commission had no performance bidens commission and young core performance and what that you

having conservatives control the supreme court and were going to get more death and depth and mark and rights and fewer laws. >> present biden supreme court commission created this to look at possible changes to the supreme court and you say the final reports, and using this commission is designed to fail, why. >> everything adjusted by the way, in its complete waste of time, and alright yes that's what we wanted what we voted for everything i just said, but the democrats are saying no, that is not the voted for me how to resolve this the only way to stop that is to reform the court the only way to stop everything that is just that is to engage in supreme court reform and biden instead of taking that energy and taking those ideas, and kind of rolling with it, he said that off to a commission deny and effectively kill any moment, and hope of really changing the way the supreme court works while biden is the president. the commission it was stacked with law professors and advocates which are great people. i voted for some of them, they are really smart people but they are law professors and advocates a butte entered the go in of the supreme court to a

if every president was granted two nominees for the supreme court, all of them that's one of the newideas tha president biden's supreme court commissionident biden created this panel of legal experts to study ways to overhaul the highest court in the land, to make it more fair. and we're now seeing an early draft of different proposals the commission writes, giving each president two nominees per term would go a long way toward reducing the partisan rancor of the confirmation process and lower the stakes for appointments the commission also warns that term limits for justices could create repeated confirmation impasses on capitol hill democrats have been demanding changes to the supreme courts after the republicans blocked president obama's nominee, judge merrick garland, and president trump was able to put three conservative justices on the bench. the commission's final report is due in november. >>> for the first time in nearly a century, thepublic will be allowed to walk up and lay flowers at the tomb of the unknown soldier at arlington national cemetery. it's for dtwo days only right before veterans day to honor the tomb's centenn

today, the bipartisan commission consisting of legal scholars and former judges released its first draft. members are divided on expanding the number of justices on the supreme court worrying it could undermine the court's legitimacy. the commission's final report goes to president biden next month. >>> well we continue to celebrate hispanic heritage month, the celebration applies to so many cultures and lessons of curl and heritage are often passed to younger generations through storytelling. >> now a local film maker uses her experience to make sure mexican americans feel seen and stories heard. nbc bay area kris sanchez shows how the project is in glirn, spanish and what we speak a lot of in my house. spanglish. >> how did you know your feenlsa was the one. >> this is love in quarantine. it's a digital series that is the passion project of film maker of watsonville. >> it's comedy, covid, it's in span glish. it has a lot of of my friends also working on. >> at the same time she is working on a documentary about water in rural mexico where she was born. she came to the u.s. at 12 and graduated from csu monterey bay with a degree in cinematic arts but through tha

this commission was designed to give president biden cover to not do anything on the supreme court. eform the court, to not take the next step necessary to protect i believe voting rights, lgbtq rights, and women's rights in this country. we know that because the commission was laced with people who have to argue in front of the supreme court for a living. we know that it wasn't designed for reform because he placed no reformers on the supreme court. this commission is like asking -- like putting a bunch of sharks on your water safety commission. that's what this commission is. and they predictably came up with no answer. no need to go any further, no need to do anything to reform the supreme court. >> now, there is nothing in the constitution that says you can't add the number of supreme court justices. that's up to congress to do. there is nothing in the constitution about that. that much the commission agreed on. there is something in the constitution that deals with the length of service. justices serve in terms of however long they want as long as there is good behavior. they se

jillian: the supreme court commission will meet to discuss reforming the nation's highest court, the 36 number delegation releasing its first report suggesting a rotation of justices instead. the report comes after democrats called for an expansion following the court's conservative majority. the white house noting the release of materials are an assessment and not a recommendation as the commission plans to submit a final report to the president mid november. let's go to the nfl. eagles comeback falls short as tom brady and the books drop away with a win on thursday night football. >> stealing the ball to the open guys, got all day, he got a touchdown. jillian: that was three. >> i will pause. >> brady throwing for two touchdowns leading the 20-22 victory over philly and also ran, doesn't seem so heartbroken when i read these highlights because during these games, when you don't watch it you are not as invested in the play-by-play and it softens the blow a little bit. >> i was asleep during sunday's came and i was none too happy because everybody on the team, they lost to the cowboy

back at home this commission on behalf of the biden administration about expanding the u.s. supreme courthat is your expectation when we get this report today? >> this commission was never designed to improve the supreme court or fix any problems with it. it was a way to provide cover for joe biden who refused to take a position in the campaign on packing the supreme court. there not much wrong with the supreme court aside from democrats don't like the way it rules in many cases. this commission from the very beginning has been an effort to provide joe biden cover from the far left who is criticizing it because they want to pack the supreme court. that's corrosive of the rule of law and americans would oppose it. >> bill: they are significant reasons to be skeptical that expansion would serve democrat values. you think the president is using if for cover? >> yes, the president refused to answer the question whether he would pack the supreme court. that's what the left demanded. because liberals don't like the way the court rules in some cases. it's deeply harmful and undermines confidence

supreme court. some information on this presidential commission on the supreme court -- that is the group meeting at 10:00 a.m.. it was established in april by executive order by incident biden -- by president biden. it is a bipartisan group of commissioners. the final report is due in november. the discussion draft was released last night. it includes a variety of proposals like term limits and adding members to the supreme court. on the issue of adding more justices, " we conclude congress has broad power to structure the supreme court by expanding or contracting a number of justices. the question is more difficult and commissioners are divided on whether court expansion would be wise. court expansion today could lead to a continuous cycle of future expansions. that draft report notes that the inclusion of particular arguments does not constitute a commission endorsement of one or the other. these are all discussion points. we will see where individual commissioners come down on those points when they meet today at 10:00 a.m. eastern. bob bauer, codirector of nyu's law and legislative process and

president biden supreme court commission has ideas for changes to the nation's high court and it's weighingessives call for court packing. live on capitol hill with more on this. >> good to see you. this is probably not what progressives were hoping for, but the question is will they continue their call to expand the court despite this latest setback? according to this 200 page document, this report that just came out yesterday, the commission is suggesting that growing the size of the court would not achieve balance writing this "the risks of court expansion are considerable including that it could undermine the very goal of some of its proponents, restoring the court's legitimacy. however, the commission is open to term limits for justices writing a system of term limits would advance the constitution's commitments to checks and balances and popular sovereignty. the commission does not find term limits to be partisan. some democrats believe the current number of conservative judges does not represent the u.s. population while republicans have a warning that packing the court would end the

host: another new story is they bipartisan white house commission was split on whether the supreme court should be expanded. i will bring you the story coming from cnbc earlier this week. bipartisan white house commission agrees that congress has the legal power to expand the supreme court, but the group was divided on whether lawmakers should actually do it. that's according to drafted discussion materials released thursday by the white house. the draft materials came out of the court all time low approval ratings that center on a political polarized issues. a growing chorus of critics have called to expand the size of the bench. proponents include former presidential candidates and cabinet members. other commissions conclude that adding seats is likely to undermine rather than enhance the supreme court's legitimacy and its role in the constitutional system. that's coming from cnbc on a split commission on adding supreme court justices. it let's go back to our phone lines and let's talk to cj was calling from minneapolis, minnesota on the republican line. caller: thank you. good morning

supreme court. some information on this presidential commission on the supreme court -- that is the group meeting at0:00 a.m.. it was established in april by executive order by incident biden -- by president biden. it is a bipartisan group of commissioners. the final report is due in november. the discussion draft was released last night. it includes a variety of proposals like term limits and adding members to the supreme court. on the issue of adding more justices, " we conclude congress has broad power to structure the supreme court by expanding or contracting a number of justices. the question is more difficult and commissioners are divided on whether court expansion would be wise. court expansion today could lead to a continuous cycle of future expansions. that draft report notes that the inclusion of particular arguments does not constitute a commission endorsement of one or the other. these are all discussion points. we will see where individual commissioners come down on those points when they meet today at 10:00 a.m. eastern. bob bauer, codirector of nyu's law and legislative process and ch

supreme court. >>> a bipartisan commission asked by president biden to explore potential changes to the supreme court says there's no legal obstacle to expanding the court beyond nine justices, but it's divided on whether adding more justices would be wise. however, the commission's draft report supports term limits for the justices. the commission holds a public meeting today to discuss the assessments. >>> let's talk about the supply chain crisis across the country. it's putting the holiday season in jeopardy. with only four weeks until black friday, dozens of cargo ships are lined up outside major ports in los angeles and long beach, california. consumers are finding more empty store shelves, the result of pandemic-related labor shortages. experts say it's already too late to prevent shortages this holiday season. >> i think we are in or at least four to six months for it to actually catch a break, so i think we're going to have to go through the peak seasons with the bottlenecks, and although the bottlenecks may actually move from the ports into the inland, but the delays, i do anticipate them to

today president biden supreme court commission will meet to discuss reforming the nation's tort. he first report showing members are divided about packing the court. the report comes after democrats called for an expansion following the court's conservative majority. the white house noting their release of materials are an assessment and not a recommendation. the commission plans to cement a final report to the president in mid november. the thrilling first postseason series between the l.a. dodgers and san francisco giants ends on an empire's controversial call. watch. >> no balls, two strikes did he go? he did and the game ends a swinging strike three. gillian: watch it, doesn't look like he broke, two outs, two strikes with the entire ruling two strikes eliminating the giants in post season with many. l.a. advances to face the braves tomorrow night. i was going to say brian what do you think, but ainsley-- brian, my initial thought, what do you think? brian: i should know this, but is that reviewable? gillian: i don't know. brian: why wouldn't it be? gillian: when you watch it

in a blow to the democrat-led push to pack the supreme court, a presidential commission tasked with studying risk. that from a draft report released yesterday. democrats have been pushing to expand the court because they see it's past three appointments all confirmed under president trump as politically manipulated by republicans. watch. >> we have a ill legitimate 6-3 conservative majority on the court that has caused this crisis of confidence in our country. >> african americans look at the supreme court and expect it to do justice, to do equal justice. when it has been so severely and obviously politically manipulated. >> trace: mike davis is a former law clerk to justice gorsuch. nice to have you on. the democrats are the only ones that think this system is broken because the presidential commission on the supreme court said this. quoting yesterday "the risks of court expansion are considerable, including it could undermine the goal of its proponents of restoring the court's legitimacy. polls suggest a majority of the public does not support court expansion. the reform would be perceived

. >> a supreme court commission created by president biden said to be released.ay, the draft report is said to be released today according to the white house. the commission was tasked to study some potential changes to the high court. including expanding the number of justices or imposing term limits. to ideas floated by the far left hoping to tip the scales in their favor. the path for most proposed changes would have to go through congress where the thin majority as slim. president biden will not comment on the findings until he views the final report which is expected out in mid-november. >> we will see if may be little dribs and drabs of that might leak out for people that are concerned about where to go. >> there is a lot of concern about that. we'll see. >> parents in fairfax county virginia speaking of concerns taking a stand to protect their kids in the classroom. one dad attending the school board meeting this speak out about sexually explicit material that was found in the school library. part of a new wave of concern parents across the u.s. getting in

under the system that the court -- that the commission discusses, every president's term in office would produce two supreme court nominations, making the court more responsive to the people, the report says, and reducing the tendencies of presidents that every younger nominees who can stay on the court for 30 years or more. one note, they say, the average time on the court for justices has been about 26 years since 1970, but before that, it was about 15 years. the commissioners say this current system gives political parties an ability to shape the direction of the court that's out of proportion to their record of success at the ballot box. the commissioners say that commissioners might be able to make this change by itself, but the safest course of action would be a constitutional amendment, and they say it could be designed so that the system would kick in during the term of a future president, so that the vote on the amendment wouldn't depend on who the president was at time. jose, this idea of term limits for supreme court justices has long been a favorite of academics, so this report is by far the mos

commission to study the court. this commission -- court. supreme court. it was born of political convenience.ved to be a conservative majority. by adding more progressive justices. they wanted to get politics out of the supreme court by adding more political justices. it was and remains a terrible idea. but modern political leaders are too afraid of the base to disagree with the base. biden didn't want to answer the question on packing the court during the campaign, he punted, said he would form a commission. the commission now has some modest proposals, none of which will ever be enacted. i do have some ideas of my own to republicans think about following justices, brennan, black man, stephens, warn and suitor, all were liberal members of the court put on the bench by republican presidents. my advice to republicans to do a better job of vetting the judicial -- philosophy of nominees before you elevate them to the high court. to contrary can you name a single justice put on a supreme court during your lifetime by a democrat president who surprised you with his or her conservatism. to media ju

president biden's supreme court commission which is reviewing court packing and term limits will releaseus. do you know what's in this report, chad, and what are the democrats going to do with it? reporter: we don't know anything yet. maybe this afternoon. some liberal democrats are still hoping to grow the size of the supreme court. in an effort to recalibrate the judiciary in their direction but changing the makeup of court must go through congress. it would face a senate filibuster. president biden signed off on the study about the court. >> it will analyze both arguments in favor and against such proposals. so the topics they're examining including origin of the reforms. the courts rule on constitutional system, length of service and turnover of justices on the court. reporter: this isn't the first time a president tried to make up the make-up of the court. fdr tried to pack the supreme court in his favor. >> president roosevelt clearly had the right to send to the united states and united states congress a proposal to pack the court but it was a bonehead idea. it was a terrible, ter

supreme court. president biden commissioned a commission. they have the recommendations., and do they go anywhere? >> this is a commission that is going to please nobody. the conservatives say we don't need it. they love the 6-3 majority and the liberals say it doesn't go far enough because it has no teeth because at the end of the day, it is not going to issue any hard recommendations. it is about 36 law professors, mostly liberals looking at these ideas of reform and sort of doing a lot of analysis. today they meet again. last night they issued some draft reports. and they looked at two proposals. one, term limits. should the justices have term limits? the commission seemed to have some consensus that maybe term limits are a good idea, that would maybe change the content of the court more often. but then they looked at court packing, whether or not they should add more justices on the supreme court. there was a very mixed decision, they didn't think that was a good idea. and here's what's important to note. liberal justices themselves, the late ruth bader ginsburg, just

. >> the president's commission on review of the supreme court is wrapping up its work this week. >> did they present their findings and have a chance to review them for what is public report? jen: this is like a day of processes, how fun. the commission will release the discussion material tomorrow, which is their deadline, and they will meet that timeline. these have not been submitted to the white house for edits or feedback, and the release will be followed by a public meeting of the commission on friday. they will then form their final report and submitted to the president in mid-november. that is the process that will transpire from here. like we said previously, our objective here is to allow for this process made up of a diverse range of experts and voices to move forward and represent different viewpoints. we are going to comment on it, or the president wouldn't until a report is final and he has had a chance to review it. if i may, let me remind people of what they are looking at. so that when you see this preliminary discussion material, at least you will know where you are

a couple of his orders have gone to the supreme court order. now this commissionrechanging or remaking the supreme court. what do you make of that? >> i don't think anything big is going to happen. this is kind of just a camel's nose under the tent that is really giving a hat tip to progressives that want to expand the court but america doesn't want to expand the court. ruth bader ginsburg doesn't want that. she may have told katie couric but we didn't hear it. charles: your book, i want to talk about the book. i was struck early in the book, ulysses grant was a lowly soldier following orders with no voice. he went from that to president of the united states. that was a heck of a journey. >> in between there he had really down times. he leaves the army. gets kicked out essentially for drinking. not making any money. a horrible businessman selling firewood. barely making it. from there he goes on to be commanding general of union forces. then the president of the united states. a unique thing, little nuggets in these books, he was supposed to be with grant on the n

commission he puts together. to decide what they should do about the supreme court. so far it has been relatively irrelevant. it is proposing, but why that was commission put together and still there? to there threaten the u.s. supreme court, you boys and girls on the court, you do what we want you to do or we'll ramp up that commission or pack the court and do things to court that will destroy the independents of the court, we have not seen an attack on supreme court like this since franklin roosevelt, back then, his former vice president stood up with other democrats and opposed him. today the democrat party is all in. trash the independence of the supreme court, this is when they believe. they don't believe in following the lausd. law. forget law, our traditions and customs, we're supposed to be a representative republic, they are in secret discussions, democrat with democrat, democrats talking to biden how to to -- fundamentally change our economic system, and change the education of your children and change health care system forever. to impose huge taxes on you, small businesses. you are not permitted t

supreme court. why? well, you know that presidential commission on the supreme court? remember, back in april. they are set to release their preliminary findings today. essentially fulfilling a campaign promise to liberals who think the court needs to be reformed. the 36-member commission made up of legal experts, former judge, layers on both sides of the aisle who have appeared before the court tasks with considering some major changes including expanding maybe the number of justices on the court. i want to bring in kimberly at kin, a reporter who has been covering the court closely. talk to us about what the commission has been asked to look at, what you might be expecting to hear in what we should be careful to say is preliminary draft. >> yes. this commission, as you said grew out of calls basically for expanding the court in response to the conservatives and mitch mcconnell's efforts to really put more conservative judges on the court in the federal judiciary in a generation, including the u.s. supreme court. there are a lot of calls to pack the court. instead of

and next month he's expecting and a report from the commission on the supreme court for possible reforms including expanding its size and term limits for justices. >> the supreme court is also said to take on a major gun right case over new york's concealed carry laws as well as a religious right lawsuit regarding means ban on using public funds for religious schools. >>> still ahead on kpix 5 news, thieves caught on camera in the south bay but they swiped a lot more than just a package. plus you hate needles? how this tiny patch could one day be your solution to getting shots . >>> find out how a bay area professor just won a noble price thanks to chili peppers. >>> warm weather to start off the first full week of october, we have fog and a shallow layer of fog spilling through the golden gate and we've got big changes coming to the weather. we will talk about that coming up at your forecast . >>> a reminder, check out kpix 5 news app, get to 24/7 app access >>> with breaking news in marin county, firefighters are at the scene of a brush fire in with acre, this is called whitehill, this

supreme court reforms, expansion? >> president biden currently has a commission of zol lars with views all the way across this issue ofe courts move in a very traditional pace and a decision to alter the formatting of the supreme court would have a lot of consequences. so we'll have to see what that commission concludes and whether or not ultimately there can be sufficient bipartisan agreement to reform the court. the real issue we will see come to a head in the abortion issue is this, is this a supreme court that's willing to override 50 years of binding precedent to take the country a different direction that's consonant with the political beliefs of the politicians who put them in office. you know judges are notoriously independent once they hit the bench. it's possible that we could see roe versus wade altered but permitted to remain in place. ultimately, the real issue here for democrats is this. republicans have had a lot more success rallying their voters around the notion that they should accept candidates who were perhaps unpalatable in some ways so that they have a president in the white house who can make a

keep in mind the supreme court has a big credibility problem with many americans. the commissionssing around with the number of judges would make that worse. it does consider those lifetime appointments, pointing out america is, quote being the only major constitutional democracy in the world that has neither a retirement age or a fixed term of years in its high court justices. other news in the select committee on the january 6th attack said it will vote next week to hold bannon in criminal contempt if he doesn't respond to the subpoena. and we'll talk more about that. this is president trump testifying in a deposition in 2015. a federal court says he has to go back and do more depositions now that he's not president. this will happen on monday in a case involving assault by some of his security guards on trump tower. >>> we're watching andrew mccabe. he's the former deputy fbi director. he became the fbi director after trump fired the fbi director. a court decided mccabe should get his retirement back. trump fired mccabe only moments before he was to retire. >> thank you. >>> l

. >>> the biden administration's blue ribbon commission evaluating the supreme court isn't due to submit until next month. but the group has offered an early peek, and it seems no one of any political persuasion is happy. among the early findings that there are good reasons for imposing term limits on justices and that the court should offer more transparency on how it chooses and rules on cases. just days before the draft report was released, cnn supreme court at list joan bis cupic sa down with justice breyer. what does justice breyer say about them? >> he generally is against any kind of major change in the court. we talked on wednesday right before the preliminary report was released, so he was speaking more generally. he hadn't read everything yet. but he says he doesn't like the idea of immediate term limits, he doesn't like the idea of expanding the court beyond its nine, and what he says is that the supreme court has long been controversial. he voted against the recent decision that allowed texas to put in its abortion ban after a pregnancy has hit six weeks, really controversial

supreme court before i let you go. it's another big story this week. president biden's commission on the supreme court reform released preliminary findings. you wrote about that report saying in part the committee's material is deeply shot through with its anxiety about further politicizing the court, that it opted to leave the court as is. better to save the institution that may some day be called on to save democracy than to suggest it is in fact working to subvert democracy already. very powerful words. i honestly couldn't agree with you more. i think we're just so scared of touching the court, but we're actually blinded to the fact when we just talk about something like the voting rights act that it is in some ways subverting the democracy in this country. was this report just a whole lot of nothing? what can you tell us about what came out of it after six months of work? >> very little came out of this report. it reflects a strong bias toward the status quo and seems to start from the assumption that the supreme court's legitimacy must be shielded at all costs. the report cla

the court of justice says warsaw failed to observe a ruling that demanded changes to some of poland's judicial reforms. in july, the european commission found that the polar supreme court's new disciplinary chamber failed to guarantee judiciary dependence in violation of the eu law. several eu member states accuse poland of accepting eu subsidies while rejecting its values. let's go right to our correspondent in poland. poland is calling this blackmail. tell us more about the reactions in warsaw. corrpondent: there are many. one of them is the former prime minister, she wrote this is clear proof that eu institions want to put pressure on poland instead of entering into dialogue. th will badl affect levels of trust. later on, t ruling party said it should be like that, that: has to decide what to do with its justice system, how to organize it, and on thothers, the opposition is laming the ruling partyor what is happening. they are saying today that we are sinking lower and who knows where it will end. anchor: theuling was aboua disciplinary mechanism for polish judges that the eu says strips judges of independence. will this mechanism be removed? correspondent: it

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court packing to term limits. inside the findings of a commission tasked with examining possible supreme court changes. ♪ there arein in the dark. but with our new multi-cloud experience, you have the flexibility you need to unveil them to the world. ♪ ok everyone, our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy. whoo hoo! ensure, with 27 vitamins and minerals, now introducing ensure complete! with 30 grams of protein. this afternoon on the near total abortion ban in texas. the justice department is going back to the supreme court in their fight against the texas law. here's a statement saying they intend to ask the supreme court to vacate the fifth circuit's stay. late last night the fifth circuit court of appeals denied the biden administration's bill to block the texas law. leaving the ban in place. this is the second time the fifth circuit allowed the law to remain in effect. this comes as a panel tasked with reviewing supreme court reforms is ready to share some of their initial finding. 200 pages of graft talking points and internal discussions deleased this week from that bide

host: another new story is they bipartisan white house commission was split on whether the supreme courtd be expanded. i will bring you the story coming from cnbc earlier this week. bipartisan white house commission agrees that congress has the legal power to expand the supreme court, but the group was divided on whether lawmakers should actually do it. that's according to drafted discussion materials released thursday by the white house. the draft materials came out of the court all time low approval ratings that center on a political polarized issues. a growing chorus of critics have called to expand the size of the bench. proponents include former presidential candidates and cabinet members. other commissions conclude that adding seats is likely to undermine rather than enhance the supreme court's legitimacy and its role in the constitutional system. that's coming from cnbc on a split commission on adding supreme court justices. it let's go back to our phone lines and let's talk to cj was calling from minneapolis, minnesota on the republican line. caller: thank you. good morning to yo

court, somewhat more receptive to the idea of term limits, maybe 18 years for justices. here was the reaction from republican senator tom cotton. >> this commission was never designed to try to improve the suprememply a way to provide cover for joe biden who refused to take a position m the campaign on packing the supreme court. chris: kristen, we know where the left wing of the democratic party stands on reforming the court. what about the general public? >> the general public leans against packing the court or adding to the nine justices that are there and so in that sense this report, if it says what you're claiming, will line up pretty much with where public opinion is at. at the same time you do find americans more likely to say they approve of the job the supreme court is doing, than, say, congress. while there are individual decisionses that americans get frustrated with, overall the supreme court is not the most closed branch of our of government so i think for democrats being able to say, well, hey, this report says we shouldn't pack the court so to the left wing of our party, please pipe down. i think senator cotton has read the politics of this right, at least within the democratic p

supreme court larger. >> early word is it's a big thumbs down. president biden appointed a special commissioncourt. the constitution doesn't specify how many supreme courts there should be. there was talk among liberals, in particular, that congress could expand the number of judges and tip the balance of power back towards liberals so biden creates that commission probably to satisfy that wing of his party. the early read of the report shows the committee thinks expanding the court is a bad idea. it does consider the lifetime appointments, pointing out america is the only major constitutional democracy in the world that has neither a retirement age nor a fixed term of years for its high court justices. and then the committee on the january 6th attack is looking to hold bannon in contempt if he doesn't responsibility to the subpoena. trump and his associates made a practice of ignoring practical and legal norms and paid little price for it. what if bannon just keeps saying no? if congress has the legal right to force him to testify but he doesn't, that comes down to a bottom line of who has m

joe biden's commission on the supreme court has put out discussion material you might as well call a mitch mcconnell and the gop basically admitting that despite six months of work they have no proposal to fix a totally broken supreme court. certainly not expanding the court which according to them would quote undermine rather than enhance the supreme court's legitimacy. this supreme court is right now has a 6-3 conservative majority. it includes another justice confirmed in the middle of an election after 60 million americans already voted but apparently joe biden's scotus commission thinks if we expand the court it would make it look partisan. why are democrats so bad at politics? if republicans were in charge and wanted to expand the court they'd have just done it. if democrats don't expand the court their agenda is done, finished, over. more importantly so is our democracy. >>> next, hollywood star explains why it is so important for kids to watch a blockbuster movie these days and say hey that could be me. stick around. the "eternal" star is next. aroud the "eternal" star is nex

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he is asking the supreme court to intervene claiming the commission doesn't have the authority to investigate him. and there is no support for mr. bolsonaro coming from his counterpart in venezuela. in a televised speech, president nicolas maduro called bolsonaro an idiot over his baseless claims covid-19 vaccines could increase the risk of aids. he said they protect as well as save lives. he said president bolsonaro's remarks were something stupid, typical of someone from the right. discredited and not loved by his people. those were maduro's words. >>> president bolsonaro's approval rating is at the lowest point since he took office in 2019. but he's getting a vote of confidence from a former leader who shares his political outlook. >>> he's been dubbed the trump of the tropics. and with less than a year until the brazilian election, president jair bolsonaro is getting a reelection boost from the man himself. in a statement former u.s. president donald trump calls him a great president who will never let the people of his great country down. >> translator: trump's show of support coming jus

supreme court. we will see a commission as to whether or not we will expand the court. what is your expectation?ardly balanced. it runs from the left to the far left. there are a few people in there who are more conservative or moderate. the real problem with this commission is the creation itself. president biden said that packing the court was a boneheaded idea. that hasn't changed. we had a failure of leadership. president biden refused during the campaign to tell voters how he felt about packing the court. even though voters are overwhelmingly against packing the court. he kicked the can down the road and created this commission. we will see what comes out of this. the real problem here is this vacuum of leadership created by president biden. he should make it clear that those people who want to add 4 liberal votes to the court are talking to the wrong president. they are saying that the court has to be out of whack. it has to be reformed because it's not agreeing with what i think the constitution means. >> bill: thank you, jonathan turley. >> dana: you will make the progressives mad or man

he was angry about a chamber within the push supreme court, which is matched to discipline judges. iraq's electoral commission has begun the manual re kinds of some of the votes from this month's parliamentary elections. it's in response to claims a vote rigging by parties who lost badly, but moved up the law, had reports from baghdad. it's labor intensive process counting by hand bullets from nearly 2000, pulling the stations across several iraq to provinces. this came about after supporters of political parties that last seats demanded our account. the representatives have been monitoring the process along the denim overlooked vall. today we have recounted, over a 100 stations we are comparing current in old results to see if there is a difference between manual and electronic numbers. in this case, we go by minor county, then we'll announce the results day. by date, there is more than 50 observers here. iraq's parliamentary election earlier this month, which was moved up to meet the demands of protesters. so a turn out of 41 percent. that's the lowest figure in the post saddam hussein era. the blog affilia

it is possible that the state supreme court will have to step in and appoint a special panel to draw this map. colorado is a new commission state. it is gaining an eighth district. currently there are four democrats and three republicans in the delegation. because colorado has become a bluer state, democrats are hoping to expand their advantage to five to three. the commission has proposed a couple different drafts of maps, some of which would give republicans an opportunity to win up to four or five of the eight seats. it would include a couple of highly competitive districts. colorado is unique in that it does prioritize competitiveness as one of its criteria for drawing new maps. there are only a few other states that do that. democrats are fearful that if republicans have a good year in 2022, they could end up winning a majority of seats, even if they don't win doherty of colorado's votes -- don't win a majority of colorado's votes overall. >> ms. burkland, where is the population growth in colorado right now? >> the metro area. [indiscernible] >> just one thing on the surface , does that stay with the democrats or th

supreme court with more progressives while president biden is in office. today a white house commissionhe court is set to relesion draft materials. the commission was established back in april partly as a compromise with liberals still angry that merrick garland didn't even get a hearing for his nomination to the court. and they want a more balanced approach on the court with a bench not dominated by conservatives right now. the white house has said that the commission's purpose goes beyond just the number of justices, but also examines term limits and altering the court's case selections, rules and practices. cnn's joan busasked justice bre about this yesterday. >> i've seen the court over 27 years to try to explain a little bit of its history so that people understand it's always been controversial. and how difficult it is to get people to accept rules, the decisions that they are really wrong, and yet if they don't, we won't have a rule of law and it will be harder to hold us together. before people make major changes in the court, i would like them to read or otherwise understand wh

supreme court judges in these proceedings. in the european court -- in the european court in luxembourg. and i could see what was presented by the polish government, what was presented by the european commissionther countries which participate in these proceedings. this situation is black-and-white. we are, as the democrats, protecting them on the white position and the government is violating the rule of law. you would not imagine what is happening in poland every day with judges who are trying to implement directly european law, which are trying to ask the questions for a preliminary ruling to the european court of justice. they are simply repressed. adrian: it is black-and-white. victor or ron sign -- congolese president welcomed the ruling. he said the primacy of e.u. law should only apply in areas where the e.u. has competence. the framework for this is laid down in the e.u.'s founding treaties. constitutional courts and tribunals have every right to examine the scope and limits of e.u. competencies. he has a point, doesn't he? >> this is perfectly right and that is the very nature of the european union. on the one hand, the member states remain the masters of the process and they decide