July 7, 2022: Biden critics press for more SCOTUS action
Last year, the White House convened a bipartisan commission of legal experts and academics to study the Supreme Court and make recommendations on whether (and how) to reform it.\nThe resulting recommendations were fairly moderate in scope, focusing on matters of transparency and ethics. And in the eyes of some progressives agitating for major changes to the judiciary, one big recommendation was noticeably absent: court packing.\xa0\nNow, a growing number of critics on the left say that President JOE BIDEN, who remains opposed to adding seats to the court, is \u2014 sound familiar? \u2014 failing to meet the moment and respond with the urgency it demands. (Just published: Playbook's Eugene Daniels\u2019 new story on this topic)\nSubscribe to the POLITICO Playbook newsletter\nRaghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook.Jenny Ament is the Executive Producer of POLITICO Audio.