Democratic US presidential nominee Joe Biden said that if elected he would put together a bipartisan commission of scholars to examine reforming a federal judiciary he called "out of whack," noting that there are alternatives to consider besides expanding the Supreme Court. Biden, challenging Republican President Donald Trump in the Nov. 3 election, made the comments in an interview with the CBS program "60 Minutes" to air this weekend. The former vice president said he would create a bipartisan commission of constitutional scholars including Democrats, Republicans, liberals and conservatives to review the U.S. judiciary. His proposal of a commission allows Biden not to give a definitive answer on court expansion before the election. Democrats have accused Republicans of "stealing" a Supreme Court seat.

Source: The Star October 22, 2020 15:39 UTC