President Joe Biden’s 36-member Supreme Court commission is “divided” on the issue of whether to expand the number of justices, according to materials prepared for a Friday discussion on reforming the nation’s highest court…

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“As a legal matter, we conclude that Congress has broad power to structure the Supreme Court by expanding (or contracting) the number of Justices,” a readout of the commission’s draft discussion materials stated. “The prudential question is more difficult, and Commissioners are divided on whether Court expansion would be wise.”…

The commission plans to submit a final report to the president in mid-November, according to White House press secretary Jen Psaki …

Psaki noted the materials released Thursday are an “assessment” and “not a recommendation.”…

In April, Democrat lawmakers introduced legislation to expand the court to 13 justices…Biden has not said whether he supports the idea in recent months, but he criticized it years ago.

While Biden was a senator representing Delaware in 1983, he spoke out against a proposal by then-President Ronald Reagan involving the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, comparing it to President Franklin Roosevelt’s famous 1937 bid to expand the Supreme Court by six justices…

“…[I]t was a bonehead idea. It was a terrible, terrible mistake to make. And it put in question, if for an entire decade, the independence of the most significant body … in this country, the Supreme Court of the United States of America.”…

Do you think it’s a good idea to expand the number of justices? Share in the comments below, and add a prayer for the commission to act out of wisdom!

(Excerpt from The Washington Examiner. Article by Kaelan Deese. Photo Credit: Fred Schilling, Supreme Court Curator’s Office/Getty Images).