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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.

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

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 ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

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

aberrate_junior_beatnik ,

What wound?

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

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

ripcord ,
@ripcord@lemmy.world avatar

Right, but the phrase implies this is just taking something that is already hurting them and making it worse.

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Yes. By announcing it in Texas.

FartsWithAnAccent ,
@FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io avatar

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

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.

Reverendender ,

He must use the stones to destroy the stones

SSJMarx ,

Imagine if he straight up held the court hostage. “Every week that you don’t rule to restrict presidential immunity I kill another justice as an official act.”

“Two things actually - you gotta do that and restore Roe. Fuck it, three things - you gotta restore the Voting Rights Act too.”

“Shit. Four things. Citizens United. Reverse it. Yeah do all that or I’ll keep killing and replacing justices until you do. Officially.”

Reverendender ,

Oh, and Chevron

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.

Jiggle_Physics ,

Had he done that, it would have been before this blatant level of corruption had surfaced. So it would have been met with with “there is no evidence to merit something this drastic”.

Burn_The_Right ,

Manchin and Sinema would have blocked it. Our “majority” in the Senate existed only for legislation those two DINOs would allow.

Rolder ,

Expecting the GOP to cooperate on anything ever is a bit of a pipe dream

TacticsConsort ,
@TacticsConsort@yiffit.net avatar

Please please please please

Zerlyna ,
@Zerlyna@lemmy.world avatar

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

oyo ,

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

kn0wmad1c ,
@kn0wmad1c@programming.dev avatar

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

FireTower ,
@FireTower@lemmy.world avatar

There’s also the question of how a law that would criminalize an enumerated power could be constitutional as applied as. That’d be voiding the Constitution by statute rather than amendment.

Which would require the president to sign off on but could be weaponized against an incoming president if one party has the legislature and executive.

wischi ,

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

Taako_Tuesday ,

It was also, at least according to Jefferson, intended to be replaced on a regular basis to better reflect the needs of the country.

FireTower ,
@FireTower@lemmy.world avatar

Jefferson did write he wanted it remade every ~20 years. But that was a personal belief of his not the general understanding when the constitution was adopted.

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

Sam_Bass ,

Just get rid ofthe guys and leave the gals there

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.

turmacar ,

Perfect should not be the enemy of Good. Reforming the entire system is not something that just happens. It takes several steps in the right direction and you have to start somewhere.

mosiacmango ,

The supreme court created both of those immunities as well.

Reverendender ,

Get ‘em Dark Brandon!

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