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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He can propose anything he wants. He can propose it until he is blue in the face. But nothing is going to happen.
Term limits for the federal judiciary would require a constitutional amendment. He'll need two thirds of both Houses of Congress to propose it to the states for ratification. That support doesn't exist.
Then he needs three fourths of the states to ratify. That support doesn't exist.
Biden is just engaging in political masturbation.
Why not? Who's going to stop Obama, Jarrett, and Rice?
Sorry, it's arriving elsewhere and there's a way. IOW, the pulpit is useful.
“Can he do this?”
Can you read the article?
Now that they're losing six out of nine in the Supreme Court, the Democrats demanding seven out of thirteen.
-PJ
They put the idea out there. It may take years, or decades, for it to come to fruition.
It doesn't always work out though. They did it with the ERA, and with slave reparations. The story will never really be over with those, however.
More support out there than for the temperance movement.
Oh, I forgot. They did it with same-sex marriage, and that came to pass. There are other things they did it with too. Amnesty and open borders and “no human is illegal,” I guess.
Robert butt Hur?
No, he didn't. He proposed it, but it set off a firestorm in Congress.
Vice President Garner explained it to FDR like this: "Well, Cap'n, do you want it with the bark on or the bark off?" Garner was referring to a hickory switch used for discipline.
And by ‘over haul’ they mean to stack it with their judges
A constitutional amendment is required because the structure and laws governing the judiciary are mandated by and enumerated in the Constitution. A Constitutional amendment would require approval by and of two-thirds of all of the 50 state legislatures (34 of them) before becoming law. The process is complex and literally takes years. It’s NOT approval by two-thirds of the sitting members of Congress that gets this kind of thing done. These people are truly clueless. And they hold elective office?
Only by a constitutional amendment.
2/3 majority of the house and senate in 35 of the states need to approve this. Likely chance is never gonna happen.
I get no end of amusement whenever POTATUS tries to set up new rules for SCOTUS.
Yep. A distraction.
Come on, Laz, you know he needs a constitutional amendment, and it ain’t gonna fly.
Ratification of a constitutional amendment requires approval by 3/4 of the states (38) not 2/3 (34).
Minn. Senator Mondale got the Senate filibuster changed from 2/3 to 3/5....
Incorrect. It would require ratification by three fourths of the states (38).
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