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Posted on 07/27/2024 1:21:19 PM PDT by algore
President Joe Biden is reportedly planning to unveil a dramatic Supreme Court reform next week in an attempt to overhaul the high court.
Two people familiar with the matter told Politico that the president is likely to endorse establishing term limits for justices, and bring in a code of ethics.
The 81-year-old is expected to push for an amendment that would limit immunity for presidents and other officeholders.
His amendment would come directly after the court ruled that presidents are shielded from prosecution for officials acts, in a case brought by Donald Trump.
It is said that Biden will call for the overhaul while on a trip to Texas, where he is set to speak at the Lyndon Baines Johnson presidential library in Austin.
The White House declined to comment, referring to remarks earlier this week from his press secretary that he believes the SC should be 'held to a high ethics'
After the court ruled on Trump's immunity case, Biden called the decision 'dangerous' and said it would embolden Trump if the Republican is reelected.
He warned that the conservative-leaning court 'fundamentally changed' a bedrock principle of the nation.
Biden said: 'This nation was founded on the principle that there are no kings in America.
'Today's decision almost certainly means that there are virtually no limits on what a president can do.
'This is a fundamentally new principle and it's a dangerous precedent. The only limits will be self-imposed by the president alone.'
The Court's 6-3 ruling practically insured that Trump wouldn't face another trial before the November election.
Biden called the decision a continued 'attack' on 'wide range of long established legal principles,' pointing to the reversal of Roe v. Wade and controversial decisions on civil and voting rights.
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Because babblin' biden© knows he himself is way too old and
feeble minded to be prosecuted.
SCOTUS would rule it unconstitutional, violating separation of powers. They can change the number of justices, change the criteria for accepting a case for hearing, perhaps. But they can’t mess with the internal workings of the Court, and they definitely cannot impose term limits.
This is a pose.
There is no way around all the safeguards. The only one of his proposals that does not require a constitutional amendment is changing the size of the court. But he still needs a majority in both houses of Congress to pass that, assuming he is willing to nuke the filibuster over it.
Begala’s comment was about executive orders, but those only apply to the executive branch, not Congress or the courts.
The biggest threat is Supreme Court packing. That happens if Kamala wins + Dems take Congress.
they still haven’t ratified the ERA last time it went 7 years and missed it by 4 states. and they have been working on it since 1923
Gee, sounds like something a DICTATOR would do.
You know like "existential threat to democracy Donald Trump".
I also notice that Biden IGNORES rulings he doesn't like, like the student loan cancellations.
Any real POTUS would be impeached for that.
Nope, don’t want it. Brandon is a lame duck, go away.
An amendment which has zero chance of passing through Congress, let alone added to the Constitution.
In other words, just meaningless campaign blather.
it shows how addled his brain is and how deficient his advisory staff is that allowed it to be put on his teleprompter, chief of staff is a “yes boss” type
The Constitution doesn't give a set number of judges for SCOTUS.
IF kommiela wins and they hold the sinate, schumer will scrap the filibuster and nominate more judges until they get a liberal majority.
And they'll have a case where those judges will reinstate Roe; except it will be on steroids.
Dumbass to the end.
joe remembered Viet Nam last man leaving pics and didn’t want that but got it with people falling from landing gear
How uncharacteristically subtle. 😂
Majority of Americans do not want the court phricked with. Nor do they want Electoral college done away with. Or police defunded. Or ICE abolished. Or private insurance abolished. Or guns. Or red meat. And they don't want Kamala’s definition of equity. Only the DC elite, pussy hat women and Doctors like Jill PhD.
A president has no authority to reform the courts
If only the Founders had required approval by three-fourths of each house of Congress and four-fifths ofstates AND clearly requiredsaid approvals must all occur during the two years of a particular Congress,we might have avoided some bad admendments.
He can’t do a damn thing and I’d expect SCOTUS to overturn whatever he thinks he can do which would be ironic as hell.
Donald Trump: “Hey, Mr. President, if a president is now a King and can “do anything “ make up a crime and arrest me for it…Let’s see how that goes.”
To be forever known as “Biden the Stupid”, he is now grasping for a legacy. PATHETIC....
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