Biden and Harris debut plan to overhaul Supreme Court — with focus on limiting Trump’s powers

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 Biden and Harris debut plan to overhaul Supreme Court — with focus on limiting Trump’s powers
By Social Links for Isabel Keane
Published July 29, 2024, 7:17 a.m. ET


President Biden formally unveiled his planned overhaul of the Supreme Court on Monday — with a clear eye on limiting the powers of former President Donald Trump should he succeed him.

The commander-in-chief took the unusual step of unveiling his major planned policy steps in a newspaper op-ed, with the Washington Post helpfully telling readers: “The writer is president of the United States.”

Biden laid out three main changes to the court — which he said is “mired in a crisis of ethics” — including term limits and a binding code of conduct.

However, the main focus was the court’s recent decision to grant Trump broad immunity for any crimes committed in office.

“This nation was founded on a simple yet profound principle: No one is above the law. Not the president of the United States. Not a justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. No one,” Biden wrote.

“But the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision on July 1 to grant presidents broad immunity from prosecution for crimes they commit in office means there are virtually no limits on what a president can do.

“The only limits will be those that are self-imposed by the person occupying the Oval Office.”

Kamala Harris, who is running for president, endorsed the push. “Today, there is a clear crisis of confidence facing the Supreme Court as its fairness has been called into question after numerous ethics scandals and decision after decision overturning long-standing precedent,” she said.

Making clear he was alarmed at Trump returning to office, Biden wrote: “If a future president incites a violent mob to storm the Capitol and stop the peaceful transfer of power — like we saw on Jan. 6, 2021 — there may be no legal consequences.”

In addition to his so-called No One Is Above The Law Amendment, Biden proposed term limits for Supreme Court justices, advocating for the president to be able to appoint a new justice every two years to spend 18 years in active service on the high court.

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[mountaineer]

Biden proposed term limits for Supreme Court justices

Gee, I wonder why "Joe" hasn't also proposed term limits for Congress.

[LMAO]

Too cognitively compromised to run for president

But no problem with proposing limits on the Supreme Court

[DefiantMassRINO]

There needs to be age limits and term limits for Congress, President, and the Federal Judiciary.

 

Either that, or require the Preident, Congressmen, and Federal Judges smoke 3 packs of Winston Lucky Strikes every day.

[The_Reader_David]

Either that, or require the Preident, Congressmen, and Federal Judges smoke 3 packs of Winston Lucky Strikes every day.

I'm charmed by the idea of a smoking requirement for Federal office.

[The_Reader_David]

Evidently either the recent partisan uses of impeachment, which have naturally failed to result in convictions, or his cognitive decline have made Biden forget that the remedy for criminal behavior by a President (or other official of the Executive or Judiciary) is impeachment by the House and conviction by the Senate, which imposes limits on Presidential behavior beyond those of the office holder's conscience.

[mountaineer]

Charles C. W. Cooke
@charlescwcooke
Obviously it’s extremely sinister, but the Biden-Harris court “reforms” are also funny, in a darkly humorous sort of way. The Court makes up a bunch of nonsense for decades and they love it; then it starts doing its job for, what, four years?, and they try to blow it up. Amazing.
1:05 PM · Jul 29, 2024

[Maj. Bill Martin]

Lefty governor Gavin Newsome loves the recent 6-3 Supreme Court decision permitting State and local governments to clear out homeless encampments.  Seriously a big fan.

The 6 were all Republican appointees, the 3 all Democrats.  Would the average voter really have Democrat appointees prevail on those kind of issues?

[Smokin Joe]

"No one is above the law."

Those words could come back to haunt the guy who did a workaround to dump a buttload of our tax dollars into paying off student loans. Not to mention a host of other violations of various codes and acts including kickback and pay-for -play schemes, money laundering, and possession of classified materials.

[mountaineer]

Why term limits for S. Ct., but not for any other federal judges, from magistrate to appeals? Any reason, Joe?