Fox News’s Doocy Challenges Psaki on Court-Packing With Biden Quote From 1983

Fox News reporter Peter Doocy is pressing White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on President Joe Biden’s order to create a panel to study expanding the ⚖️Supreme Court.

During a Friday press briefing, Doocy mentioned a previous quote from Biden on court-packing, “He said he thought that court-packing was a ‘bonehead idea’ when FDR tried it.”

Doocy asked Psaki, “Why ask a panel now to go and see if it is a good idea?”

The press secretary responded, “The panel’s being asked to take a number of steps including the pros and cons on exactly that issue but they will also be looking at the court’s role in the constitutional system, the length of service and turnover of justices on the court, the membership and size of the court, and the court’s case selection, rules, and practices.”

She added, “The makeup of this commission, which was vital for the president, is there are progressives on the court, there are conservatives on the court. People will present different opinions and different points of view and then they’ll have a report at the end of 180 days.”

Watch part of Psaki’s press briefing below:

The White House said in a statement the purpose of the commission is “to provide an analysis of the principal arguments in the contemporary public debate for and against Supreme Court