Initial progressive reaction to draft discussion materials released by the White House’s presidential commission on the Supreme Court Thursday was not positive, as Democratic activists and commentators derided the commission for its apparent reluctance to endorse court-packing.
“This report is an abomination,” Slate writer Mark Joseph Stern tweeted. “It assumes that today’s Supreme Court is basically apolitical while fretting that reforms with any real teeth would politicize it and potentially break democracy. Republicans must be thrilled with this outcome. It’s a gift to the GOP.”
