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Biden to announce plans to reform US supreme court – report

US president also to seek constitutional amendment to limit immunity for presidents and various officeholders

Joe Biden will announce plans to reform the US supreme court on Monday, Politico reported, citing two people familiar with the matter, adding that the US president was likely to back term limits for justices and an enforceable code of ethics.

Biden said earlier this week during an Oval Office address that he would call for reform of the court.

He is also expected to seek a constitutional amendment to limit immunity for presidents and some other officeholders, Politico reported, in the aftermath of a July supreme court ruling that presidents have broad immunity from prosecution.

Biden will make the announcement in Texas on Monday and the specific proposals could change, the report added.

Hildegarde ,

The problem is not presidential immunity. The problem is immunity and the president is just the highest profile job that has it. Politicians never do anything about the root cause, and only treat the symptoms.

Police officers get away with murder because their job gives them immunity. Ceos, shareholders and other corporate staff have immunity as well.

A president getting away with assassinating a political rival is just as unjust as letting a ceo get away with killing 346 people simply because their job gives them immunity for their actions.

Sam_Bass ,

Just get rid ofthe guys and leave the gals there

homesweethomeMrL ,

It appears he’s pushing to add official ethics guidelines, not pack the court or anything that would radically change the fuckpit we’ve got now.

Public confidence in the court has slipped sharply in recent years.

lol

oyo ,

To be clear, this immunity obviously DOES NOT EXIST in the constitution and was invented out of whole cloth.

kn0wmad1c ,
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The way they interpreted it was invented, but there was precedent in the constitution

wischi ,

It’s not like the constitution is some infallible magic text, it was also “invented” by some dudes.

Zerlyna ,
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Sounds like an official act to me! Let’s do some more.

TacticsConsort ,
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Please please please please

Atom ,

InB4 “WhY DiDn’t hE Do iT WhEn hE HaD ThE MaJoRiTy?” Because he’s calling for constitutional amendments that require a 2/3rds support in Congress and the SCOTUS may finally be disliked enough to get some GOP members to support reform, especially if it comes with limiting Biden’s own immunity.

RestrictedAccount ,

No way that majority exists, but the tv ads will be delicious and brutal

thegr8goldfish ,

If he flexs his newfound immunity he could definitely stir the pot.

alvvayson ,

If he goes full Dark Brandon with his immunity, perhaps in his lame duck period, then that would be epic.

I got the popcorn ready.

KinglyWeevil ,

Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. Sometimes reasonable men must do unreasonable things.

Removing threats to democracy because that democracy is so flawed that it gave you the power to do so legally, and then using that power to eliminate the ability for it to be used again, is heroic.

aberrate_junior_beatnik ,

I mean the critique behind “why didn’t he do it when he had the majority” still applies: calling for a constitutional amendment is ineffectual. There’s no way a constitutional amendment is going to happen in today’s political environment.

Also the court reform he’s proposing isn’t a constitutional amendment, but since he waited until he didn’t have a majority, that can’t happen either.

It’s almost like he doesn’t want change.

FartsWithAnAccent ,
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Cool, next do the circuit courts! Especially the 5th!

FlyingSquid ,
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Biden will make the announcement in Texas on Monday

Just twisting that knife in the wound. I love it.

Viking_Hippie ,

I’m here for it too! As long as he doesn’t do it from an open car in Dallas…

FlyingSquid ,
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Not to be morbid, but that’s what got Johnson elected the next year, so…

aberrate_junior_beatnik ,

What wound?

FlyingSquid ,
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You don’t think proposing SCOTUS reform is going to help Republicans, do you?

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