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Biden’s commission studying SCOTUS reforms released materials and held a public hearing last week. 

Biden formed the commission by executive order earlier this year, fulfilling a campaign pledge made amid calls by Democrats to add four new justices to the bench and tip the ideological balance of the nation’s highest court.

The discussion materials covered the commission’s role in the reform debate; membership and size of the Supreme Court; term limits; the Court’s role in the constitutional system; and the Court’s process for selecting and reviewing cases.

Commissioners noted that Congress has changed the size of the Court several times from 1789 to 1869 and clearly has the authority to do so, but that the more difficult question is whether it should be expanded. 

Do you support or oppose adding four justices to the Supreme Court?

Senate to Vote on Democrats' Latest Election Reform Bill

A procedural vote on Democrats’ latest election reform bill, known as the Freedom to Vote Act, is scheduled to occur on Wednesday despite Republicans signaling that they intend to block the measure in the evenly-divided chamber.

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), who opposed the For the People Act’s restrictions on voter identification rules, said on the introduction of the new bill that was based on a framework he released over the summer:

“The right to vote is fundamental to our Democracy and the Freedom to Vote Act is a step in the right direction towards protecting that right for every American."

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) signaled in a statement that Democrats’ latest election reform bill is a “partisan power grab” that is doomed to fail:

“The Senate is designed to stop bad ideas and purely partisan proposals while helping truly necessary and bipartisan bills become law. As we have shown in the recent past, the Senate is fully capable of making law in this area when actual issues need actual solutions and actual bipartisan work occurs. By contrast, there is nothing necessary or bipartisan about this naked power grab, so it will continue to go nowhere.”

Should the Senate advance Democrats’ election reform bill?

Banning Vax Mandates

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) issued an executive order that bans enforcing vaccine mandates in Texas. Private employers are included in this ban, and will not be able to require vaccinations for employees and customers.

The executive order states:

"No entity in Texas can compel receipt of a COVID-19 vaccine by any individual, including an employee or a consumer, who objects to such vaccination for any reason of personal conscience, based on a religious belief, or for medical reasons, including prior recovery from COVID-19.”

Do you support or oppose a ban on mandatory vaccinations?

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—Josh Herman

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