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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The President has no Constitutional authority to do any of this. He can of course make recommendation to Congress but that is it.
To make the changes he (his secret handlers) are proposing would require a Constitutional Amendment - he is a lame duck President, nothing he proposes will get passed in Congress and the states will not support them.
So this is just a political fart in the wind.
Speak at the LBJ lying library? Well, the old jack@$$ braindead fool couldn’t have picked a better place. LBJ, prez for our mess in Nam and Braindead Joe for Afghanistan. Both got American military personnel killed. But, LBJ had more time and higher numbers. Thank the GOD of heaven that Braindead didn’t have enough time to find a new unwinnable war to kill of a few thousand more.
King Biden and his handlers are delusional.
No it isn't.
I find the SCOTUS to be extremely lazy with the number of cases they take.
Trump should expand the number of Justices so they could get more cases processed per year.
Make them work all 12 months of the year.
Three and a half years into a failed, lame-duck presidency and he decides to introduce a major new policy initiative?
Clarification: Proposal by two thirds of the House and two thirds of the Senate, then ratification by three fourths of the states (38).
GOP should propose a Constitutional Amendment establishing the number of justices on the Supreme Court at 9.
Stop with all the proposed “expand the court” flim flamery.
Should a congresswoman have immunity to call Netanyahu a “war criminal”?
Can anybody justify that?
“It amazes me that anyone is giving this coverage.”
Campaigning ...
Support a constitutional amendment? Absolutely!
Now, actually getting the constitution amended will be a much greater challenge. This is highly unlikely to happen in Biden's lifetime.
“Let me close with this. Donald Trump is a genuine threat to this nation. That is not hyperbole. He’s a threat to our freedom. He’s a threat to our democracy. He is literally a threat to the America that we stand for.”
“We’re done talking about the debate, it’s time to put Trump in a bullseye”
“the judge said, Trump’s words were ‘an implicit call for imminent violence or lawlessness” that is not protected by presidential immunity or the First Amendment.’
“The D.C. Circuit agreed with the lower court’s finding”
Pennsylvania authorities should submit a case to a grand jury.
If the grand jury returns an indictment, Pennsylvania should endeavor to legally secure Biden’s residences and get an injunction barring the US government from flying him outside the USA.
Karma is a beyotch. He has the ‘illusion’ of getting away with his crimes, as Hillary and Bill do.
Including adding four liberal judges to obtain a majority.
How about term limits for our politicians? If so, I am all in.
What is it about the phrase "separate but equal" that you find confusing, Mr. FJB?
You don’t understand, though. Biden is going to cure cancer by the end of his term in 6 months! There’s absolutely nothing the guy can’t do!! /s
Guys, stay focused. This is on Kamala Harris. Is this a policy she agrees eith? Keep the focus on her. Thry don’t have the votes to get this passed. This is pure messaging. Hang it around her neck.
Exactly...you get it. Good news, all their issues are easy to turn back to the border. They want to be rid of the supreme court so that when they pass their law to give illegal immigrants healthcare there will be a bunch of Liberal hacks waiting deem it constitutional.
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