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In the interview with Norah O'Donnell, Biden said that as president he would give a “bipartisan commission of scholars” 180 days to “come back to me with recommendations as to how to reform the court system because it’s getting out of whack.”
“And it’s not about court-packing,” Biden continued. “There’s a number of other things that our constitutional scholars have debated and I’ve looked to see what recommendations that commission might make.”
“There’s a number of alternatives that are — go well beyond packing,” he added. “The last thing we need to do is turn the Supreme Court into just a political football, whoever has the most votes gets whatever they want. Presidents come and go. Supreme Court justices stay for generations.”
This response is notable because up to this point Biden had refused to respond to questions about court-packing at all. Earlier this month, Biden told reporters that they would know his opinion on court-packing after the election.
“The moment I answer that question, the headline in every one of your papers will be about that rather than focusing on what’s happening now,” Biden said on Oct. 8.
If Biden and a pro-abortion Congress respond to the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court by work together to reform the court system, the issue of abortion would surely be at the front of their minds. Voters are also left wondering what kinds of actions Biden is considering that "go well beyond packing."
