Professor-Heavy SCOTUS Commission Leaves Out ‘Real-Life’ People

The presidential commission exploring potential changes to the U.S. Supreme Court’s composition and functions is coming under fire for its own membership and who it’s hearing from as witnesses.

The 36-member commission, which is holding its second public hearing Tuesday, is composed largely of professors from elite law schools and has relied on witnesses from similar institutions.

Including its first two hearings, 57 of 82 committee members and witnesses are professors, of whom 36 teach at one of six schools: Harvard, Yale, Duke, the University of Chicago, Columbia, and NYU.

“If you look at both the commission itself and ...