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Biden set to announce support for major Supreme Court changes
The Washington Post ^ | July 16, 2024 | Tyler Pager and Michael Scherer

Posted on 07/17/2024 7:06:50 AM PDT by fwdude

President Biden is finalizing plans to endorse major changes to the Supreme Court in the coming weeks, including proposals for legislation to establish term limits for the justices and an enforceable ethics code, according to two people briefed on the plans.

He is also weighing whether to call for a constitutional amendment to eliminate broad immunity for presidents and other constitutional officeholders, the people said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss private deliberations.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: communists; corruption; lawfare; scotus; separationofpowers; supremecourt; waronscotus
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To: piasa

If he’s wearing Depends, he doesn’t need a bathroom break.


41 posted on 07/17/2024 8:13:59 AM PDT by Daveinyork
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To: fwdude

Zzzzzzzxz


42 posted on 07/17/2024 8:14:59 AM PDT by italianquaker
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To: nesnah

Yeah. The new, energetic, Joe. I just hope he doesn’t stroke out before the election. Afterward he can rot, as much as I care, the wretched bastard


43 posted on 07/17/2024 8:27:19 AM PDT by j.havenfarm (23 years on Free Republic, 12/10/23! More than 8,000 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: Vermont Lt

Article III section 1 says. “The judges, both of the supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behavior…”. They are lifetime appointments. “Terms or Tenure” are irrelevant. “They shall hold their office during good behavior”. They can only be removed by impeachment. Nothing else can affect their office. Congress is powerless to enact any legislation that will affect the holding of their office.


44 posted on 07/17/2024 8:28:22 AM PDT by yukong
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To: MNJohnnie

Why is the left in America so obsessed with death? Abortion, Euthanasia, gang violence, assignations, etc. I have my answer. but I want an effin lefty to answer it— HONESTLY, answer the question


45 posted on 07/17/2024 8:36:56 AM PDT by MrsMNJohnnie (you may remember me as eeevil conservative. great to be back)
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To: Vermont Lt
Term limits and the number would need to be codified on the Constitution.

Term limits would need an amendment, but the number of judges can be changed by Congress. Judges can be added by an act of Congress. But shrinking the court is a lot more difficult - death, removal or resignation followed by an act establishing the number of justices at the lower number.

However, that would deprive the president of an opportunity to name a justice to fill the court vacancy. If Congress opposed the president, they might try that just to spite him. But they can also not give a candidate a Senate hearing (think Merrick Garland) and get the same result until a new Congress comes in.

46 posted on 07/17/2024 8:41:05 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt ( )
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To: fwdude

Democrats have zero acceptance of the separate of powers enshrined by our Founders in the Constitution. Just one of many reasons why I despise them.


47 posted on 07/17/2024 8:45:28 AM PDT by Avalon Memories (Joe Biden puts illegal aliens first. I put America first! - Donald Trump, 5/23/24)
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To: fwdude

What fresh faggotry is this?


48 posted on 07/17/2024 8:59:43 AM PDT by armourenthusiast (I capitalize everything related to South)
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To: fwdude

I smell something.....it’s kinda stinky.....familiar odor.
Oh, I remember now.....their might odongo! That’s what I smell. spit.


49 posted on 07/17/2024 9:02:38 AM PDT by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created..." )
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To: The Old Hoosier

Hahhaahhhhaaa! Term limits says the guy who has been in DC since 1972, and ethics standards from the clown whose family has grifted money from China, Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan!

This guy is so full of crap it’s no wonder his eyes are no longer blue!


50 posted on 07/17/2024 9:22:59 AM PDT by Bshaw (A nefarious deceit is upon us all!)
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To: bgill

He’s clearly not happy with SCOTUS, perhaps a better tack would be to stop ignoring their rulings and badmouthing them incessantly!

They are a co-equal branch last time I checked.


51 posted on 07/17/2024 9:25:01 AM PDT by Bshaw (A nefarious deceit is upon us all!)
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To: MrsMNJohnnie
"Why is the left in America so obsessed with death?"

Pope JPII spoke earnestly about ending the 'culture of death', and while it was meant for the West, he was pointing at US.

52 posted on 07/17/2024 10:55:43 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (TrumpII)
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To: Daveinyork

They would be. They were confirmed to lifetime appointments.
Also the Constitution calls for lifetime appointments.


53 posted on 07/17/2024 11:22:07 AM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: fwdude

Democrats will destroy anything they don’t like. Be aware.


54 posted on 07/17/2024 2:44:35 PM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: fwdude

This isn’t “Biden’s work,” but those of his handlers—behind the scenes, unelected, unaccountable, and un-American. This is a last-ditch effort to re-make one of our institutions that is actually working, SCOTUS. Biden doesn’t care, nor will he be able to explain whatever the proposal is.


55 posted on 07/18/2024 7:43:43 AM PDT by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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