“Court Packing: A Threat to the Supreme Court’s Legitimacy”
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Witnesses (4)
- Mr. Louis Capozzi Solicitor General of Missouri Missouri Attorney General's Office Written testimony ↗
- Mr. William Ross Albert P. Brewer Professor of Law and Ethics Samford University Written testimony ↗
- Mr. Gene Schaerr Partner Schaerr Jaffe LLC Written testimony ↗
- Mr. Nikolas Bowie Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law Harvard School of Law Written testimony ↗
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Documents (31)
- Supporting document Bill text of H.R. 3422, submitted for the Record by Mr. Issa of CA.
- Supporting document Bill text of H.R. 1702, submitted for the Record by Mr. Issa of CA.
- Supporting document An article from News From The States titled “Democrats renew calls for US Supreme Court overhaul after voting rights decision” dated May 1, 2026, submitted for the Record by Mr. Issa of CA.
- Supporting document An article from The New York Times titled “The Supreme Court Has Grown Too Powerful. Congress Must Intervene.” dated October 11, 2024, submitted for the Record by Mr. Issa of CA.
- Supporting document An article from The Atlantic titled “The Supreme Court Is Not Supposed to Have This Much Power: And Congress should claw it back.” Dated June 8, 2022, submitted for the Record by Mr. Issa of CA.
- Supporting document An article from The Yale Law Journal titled “The Separation-Of-Powers Counterrevolution” dated 2022, submitted for the Record by Mr. Issa of CA.
- Supporting document An article from Michigan Law Review titled “The Imaginary Immigration Clause” dated 2022, submitted for the Record by Mr. Issa of CA.
- Supporting document An article from The Washington Post titled “How the Supreme Court dominates our democracy” dated July 16, 2021, submitted for the Record by Mr. Issa of CA.
- Supporting document Testimony from Nikolas Bowie dated June 30, 2021 before the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States, submitted for the Record by Mr. Issa of CA.
- Supporting document An article from the Wall Street Journal titled “Justice Samuel Alito: ProPublica Misleads Its Readers” dated June 20, 2023, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD.
- Supporting document An article from CNBC titled “Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted gifts worth millions of dollars over 20 years, analysis finds” dated June 6, 2024, submitted for the Record by Ms. Lofgren of CA.
- Supporting document An article from ProPublica titled “Clarence Thomas Defends Undisclosed “Family Trips” With GOP Megadonor. Here Are the Facts.” dated April 7, 2023, submitted for the Record by Ms. Lofgren of CA.
- Supporting document An article from ProPublica titled “Clarence Thomas and the Billionare” dated April 6, 2023, submitted for the Record by Ms. Lofgren of CA.
- Supporting document An article from ProPublica titled “Clarence Thomas Secretly Participated in Koch Network Donor Events” dated September 22, 2023, submitted for the Record by Ms. Lofgren of CA.
- Supporting document A press release titled “Senate Judiciary Committee Releases Revealing Investigative Report on Ethical Crisis at the Supreme Court” dated December 21, 2024, submitted for the Record by Ms. Lofgren of CA.
- Supporting document A chart of gifts received by Supreme Court Jusitices, submitted for the Record by Ms. Lofgren of CA.
- Questions for the record Questions for Professor Bowie, submitted for the Record by Ms. Ross of NC.
- Questions for the record Answers from Professor Bowie, submitted for the Record by Ms. Ross of NC.
- Supporting document A memo from the United States District Court, for the District of Columbia, in the case of Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives, v. Harriet Miers, submitted for the Record by Mr. Issa of CA.
- Witness document Witness Biography
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- Witness document Witness Truth in Testimony
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- Witness document Witness Statement
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- Witness document Witness Statement
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- Witness document Witness Biography
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Source: the official Congress.gov record for this event — https://www.congress.gov/event/119th-Congress/house-event/119310. Committee record: Committee record.