Posted on 08/02/2024 11:06:19 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said there are plans to roll out major overhauls to the Supreme Court if Democrats win control of the White House and both chambers of Congress.
Calls for implementing stricter rules for the Supreme Court from the Left have escalated in recent years, as complaints about alleged corruption and ethical lapses have plagued Republican-appointed justices.
Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito have been targeted by campaigns calling into question their relationships with GOP megadonors and their wives’ political involvement.
“The Supreme Court has become a morass, both ethically and substantively,” Schumer told NBC News. “We’re going to look at everything. There are lots of proposals.”
Without the support of Republicans, Democrats’ plans to implement an enforceable ethics code mandating justices disclose all gifts and financial contributions, as well as strict rules for recusing themselves from cases, are almost impossible to implement.
Schumer said Democrats also plan to pursue President Joe Biden’s stated goal of instituting 18-year term limits for justices, as well as an end to “forum shopping,” a practice in which litigants choose to have their cases heard before friendly judges in specific divisions.
The majority leader introduced a bill on Thursday called the “No Kings Act” to roll back the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling. If successful, this would mean that a president would not be immune from prosecution for “official acts.”
Republicans see Schumer and Biden’s demands as a way to play offense, juicing Democratic excitement in an election year and undermining the Republican-appointed majority.
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Old Bernie the Red hasn’t done America enough damage already?
If Dems win big in November, it doesn’t matter. The country is lost.
What “separation of powers?”
Schmuckey only believes in the mythical “separation of church and state.”
We should signal jail time for threatening the members
West Virginia and Montana are gone for them. They have ALREADY lost the Senate.
That joker has been in the senate since the late nineties, over a quarter of a century. How about term limits for him?
“If Dems win big in November, it doesn’t matter. The country is lost.”
Yep, there will never be a “next time”. We will officially be the United Socialist States of America from that point on.
Congress determines the size of the Court. In 1869 Congress set the number at 9. However, Congress could set it a 3 or 23.
As far as term limits and ethics legislation, not Constitutional.
Schumer signals scorched America blitz is coming if Democrats win big in November.
“When the Right assumes that mindset, things will change. Until then, the Left will continue to run rampant.”
If the commies win big in November, Republicans can assume any mindset they wish, they will be irrelevant.
Then we go kenitic. But, they won’t keep the Senate.
Well lets just blatantly assault the constitutional concept of separation of powers as a campaign platform. That should work.
Thanks.
Democrats want “democracy” because they’d rule forever.
They hate the Constitution thus they are traitors.
Schumer needs a wall, blindfold and cigarette.
The way I understand it is that the constitution is vague on the number of justices. Over time the count has been different.
Exactly.
So, Democrats are ignoring the world stock crash that is going on? This is completely on the Biden/Harris watch. There is no way to spin it except that they messed up.
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