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Biden set to unveil major Supreme Court reform plans next week
Daily Mail ^

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: chuckb87
“The 81-year-old is expected to push for an amendment that
would limit immunity for presidents and other officeholders”

Because babblin' biden© knows he himself is way too old and
feeble minded to be prosecuted.

121 posted on 07/27/2024 2:51:24 PM PDT by chief lee runamok ( Le Flâneur @Large)
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To: algore

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.


122 posted on 07/27/2024 2:54:07 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: PIF

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.


123 posted on 07/27/2024 2:54:41 PM PDT by CA Conservative (Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, I am free at last)
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To: chuckb87

The biggest threat is Supreme Court packing. That happens if Kamala wins + Dems take Congress.


124 posted on 07/27/2024 2:55:52 PM PDT by Tipllub
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To: bobrlbob

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


125 posted on 07/27/2024 2:56:13 PM PDT by bdfromlv (Leavenworth hard time)
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To: Sirius Lee
"“There are no kings in America. Therefore I’m going to cancel one of the three branches of government that I don’t like.”"

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.

126 posted on 07/27/2024 2:57:06 PM PDT by boop (YOU sit in YOUR seat!)
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To: algore

Nope, don’t want it. Brandon is a lame duck, go away.


127 posted on 07/27/2024 2:58:14 PM PDT by rdl6989 ( )
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To: algore
His amendment

An amendment which has zero chance of passing through Congress, let alone added to the Constitution.

In other words, just meaningless campaign blather.

128 posted on 07/27/2024 2:58:27 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: bdfromlv
The latest (futile) attempt to belatedly ratify the ERA was squashed by a three-judge panel of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals precisely as Ruth Bader Ginsburg predicted it would. The ERA died June 1, 1979.
129 posted on 07/27/2024 2:59:42 PM PDT by Publius
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To: CIB-173RDABN

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


130 posted on 07/27/2024 3:00:31 PM PDT by bdfromlv (Leavenworth hard time)
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To: j.havenfarm
I'm surprised at how tone deaf the democrats have gotten. They know they won't come anywhere near the 2/3 required to get amendments out of Congress, so this is merely performative. Do they really think Joe Sixpack gives a damn?

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.

131 posted on 07/27/2024 3:01:46 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Jonty30

Dumbass to the end.


132 posted on 07/27/2024 3:03:33 PM PDT by jimbug
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To: RetiredArmy

joe remembered Viet Nam last man leaving pics and didn’t want that but got it with people falling from landing gear


133 posted on 07/27/2024 3:03:44 PM PDT by bdfromlv (Leavenworth hard time)
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To: Lazamataz

How uncharacteristically subtle. 😂


134 posted on 07/27/2024 3:04:35 PM PDT by Right Brother (From Biden to Harris. From pee pads to kneepads.)
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To: algore
“Trump wants to tear down the very institutions of our democracy. “

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.

135 posted on 07/27/2024 3:05:23 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: algore

A president has no authority to reform the courts


136 posted on 07/27/2024 3:06:03 PM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. )
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To: Publius

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.


137 posted on 07/27/2024 3:06:43 PM PDT by hoosierham (Freedom isnt free)
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To: algore

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.


138 posted on 07/27/2024 3:16:00 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: algore

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.”


139 posted on 07/27/2024 3:20:59 PM PDT by TalBlack (I We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: algore

To be forever known as “Biden the Stupid”, he is now grasping for a legacy. PATHETIC....


140 posted on 07/27/2024 3:23:46 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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