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Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration (GSA).
Request for public comment; meeting notice.
GSA is accepting written public comments on the work of the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States (Commission). Further, GSA is providing notice of an open public virtual meeting of the Commission in accordance with the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. For information on the topics discussed, please see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice. This meeting is open to the public and will be live-streamed at www.whitehouse.gov/pcscotus/. Information about the public meeting will be posted at www.whitehouse.gov/pcscotus/ prior to the meeting.
The Commission will hold a public virtual meeting on July 20, 2021 from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Eastern Standard Time (EST).
This meeting will be conducted virtually on the internet. Interested individuals must register to attend as instructed below.
Attendance. This meeting is open to the public and the Commission encourages the public's attendance. To attend this public virtual meeting, please send an email with the Subject: Registration. In the body of the email, provide your full name, organization (if applicable), email address, and phone number to the Designated Federal Officer, at info@pcscotus.gov. Registration requests must be received by 5:00 p.m. ET, on July 16, 2021. Registrations received after this day/time may not be processed.
Public Comments. Written public comments are being accepted via http://www.regulations.gov, the Federal eRulemaking portal throughout the life of the Commission. Written comments on the Commission will be accepted until November 15, 2021. To submit a written public comment, go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for PCSCOTUS-2021-0001. Then, click on the “Comment Now” button that shows up in the search results. Select the link “Comment Now” that corresponds with this notice. Follow the instructions provided on the screen. Please include your name, company name (if applicable), and “PCSCOTUS-2021-01, Notification of Upcoming Public Virtual Meeting and Request for Public Comment” on your attached document (if applicable). Public comments meeting our public comment policy, included under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION , will be made available for review. Comments provided by 5:00 p.m. ET, on July 16, 2021 will be provided to the Commission members in advance of the July 20 public meeting. Comments submitted after this date will still be provided to the Commission members, but please be advised that Commission members may not have adequate time to consider the comments prior to the meeting.
Special accommodations. For information on services for individuals with disabilities, or to request accommodation of a disability, please contact the Designated Federal Officer at least 10 business days prior to the meeting to give GSA as much time as possible to process the request.
For information on the public virtual meeting, contact Dana Fowler, Designated Federal Officer, Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration, at info@pcscotus.gov, 202-501-1777.
The Administrator of GSA established the Commission under the Federal Advisory Committee Act on April 26, 2021 pursuant to Executive Order 14023, Establishment of the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States, issued on April 9, 2021. Per the executive order, the Commission shall produce a report for the President that includes the following:
(i) An account of the contemporary commentary and debate about the role and operation of the Supreme Court in our constitutional system and about the functioning of the constitutional process by which the President nominates and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoints Justices to the Supreme Court;
(ii) The historical background of other periods in the Nation's history when the Supreme Court's role and the nominations and advice-and-consent process were subject to critical assessment and prompted proposals for reform; and
(iii) An analysis of the principal arguments in the contemporary public debate for and against Supreme Court reform, including an appraisal of the merits and legality of particular reform proposals.
The purpose of this meeting is for the Commissioners to hear testimony from experts. This testimony will be organized into six panels.
Panel #1: Perspectives from Supreme Court Practitioners and Views on the Confirmation Process
Panel #2: Perspectives on Supreme Court Reform I
Panel #3: Perspectives on Supreme Court Reform II
Panel #4: Term Limits and Turnover on the Supreme Court
Panel #5: Composition of the Supreme Court
Panel #6: Closing Reflections on the Supreme Court and Constitutional Governance
The Commission asks that written public comments be respectful and relevant to the work of the Commission. All comments are reviewed before they can be shared with the Commission or posted online. Comments that include the following will not be shared on Regulations.gov:
Thank you for your interest in the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States. We look forward to hearing from you.
Krystal J. Brumfield,
Associate Administrator, Office of Government-wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2021-13999 Filed 6-29-21; 8:45 am]
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