Hearing: “Court Packing: A Threat to the Supreme Court’s Legitimacy”

Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet (Committee on the Judiciary)

2141 RHOB
Washington, D.C.

Witnesses

Support Documents

• Bill text of H.R. 3422, submitted for the Record by Mr. Issa of CA. [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 03:48 PM
• Bill text of H.R. 1702, submitted for the Record by Mr. Issa of CA. [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 03:48 PM
• 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. [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 03:48 PM
• 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. [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 03:48 PM
• 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. [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 03:48 PM
• An article from The Yale Law Journal titled “The Separation-Of-Powers Counterrevolution” dated 2022, submitted for the Record by Mr. Issa of CA. [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 03:48 PM
• An article from Michigan Law Review titled “The Imaginary Immigration Clause” dated 2022, submitted for the Record by Mr. Issa of CA. [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 03:48 PM
• 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. [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 03:48 PM
• 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. [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 03:48 PM
• 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. [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 03:48 PM
• 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. [PDF] Added 05/27/2026 at 11:05 AM
• 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. [PDF] Added 05/27/2026 at 11:05 AM
• An article from ProPublica titled “Clarence Thomas and the Billionare” dated April 6, 2023, submitted for the Record by Ms. Lofgren of CA. [PDF] Added 05/27/2026 at 11:05 AM
• 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. [PDF] Added 05/27/2026 at 11:05 AM
• 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. [PDF] Added 05/27/2026 at 11:05 AM
• A chart of gifts received by Supreme Court Jusitices, submitted for the Record by Ms. Lofgren of CA. [PDF] Added 05/27/2026 at 11:05 AM

First Published: May 13, 2026 at 09:06 AM
Last Updated: May 27, 2026 at 11:05 AM