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BumRushDaShow

(137,091 posts) Fri Jul 26, 2024, 09:39 PM Jul 26

Biden will announce Supreme Court reform plans next week

Source: Politico

07/26/2024 07:34 PM EDT

President Joe Biden plans to unveil a proposal on Monday for dramatically reforming the Supreme Court, two people familiar with the matter told POLITICO. Biden is likely to endorse establishing term limits for justices and an enforceable code of ethics, in an announcement that represents a remarkable shift for a president who had long resisted calls to overhaul the high court.

He is also expected to push for a constitutional amendment limiting immunity for presidents and certain other officeholders, in a response to the court’s July 1 ruling that presidents are shielded from prosecution for “official acts” during their time in office, in a case brought by former President Donald Trump.

The specifics of the proposal remain unclear and could still change, said the people, who were granted anonymity to discuss internal planning.

Biden is expected to call for the overhaul during a trip to Texas, where he’s set to speak at the Lyndon Baines Johnson presidential library in Austin. The White House declined to comment, referring back to press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s remarks on Thursday that Biden “believes if you are serving in high office, you should be held to a transparency, accountability and you should be held to a high ethics.”

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/26/biden-supreme-court-reform-plans-00171493

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Biden will announce Supreme Court reform plans next week (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jul 26 OP

Great move. Pinback Jul 26 #1

K/R (nt) CoopersDad Jul 26 #2

Getting the ball rolling 👍🏻 duckworth969 Jul 26 #3

C'mon Joe, give us a fighting chance to even out the playing field. Talitha Jul 27 #4

Castration WVreaper Jul 27 #5

KnR Hekate Jul 27 #6

Long overdue WmChris Jul 27 #7

Do it now. republianmushroom Jul 27 #8

Assuming that this law gets passed melm00se Jul 27 #9

No Zeitghost Jul 28 #13

Can't believe the "founders" thought it was a good idea to have these people serve for life. Dem4life1234 Jul 27 #10

The Founders probably judges would be honest cabotnn22 Jul 27 #11

I'm quite sure there was just as many dishonest people in the past. Elessar Zappa Jul 27 #12

Trump fluffer Lindsey Graham is opposed Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 28 #14

Pinback

(12,606 posts)

1. Great move.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2024, 09:45 PM

Jul 26

Let’s watch the Republicans twist into pretzel shapes to explain their opposition to ethical standards and term limits.

CoopersDad

(2,670 posts)

2. K/R (nt)

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2024, 10:04 PM

Jul 26

duckworth969

(965 posts)

3. Getting the ball rolling 👍🏻

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2024, 10:29 PM

Jul 26

Talitha

(7,220 posts)

4. C'mon Joe, give us a fighting chance to even out the playing field.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Jul 27, 2024, 12:06 AM

Jul 27

Get your Irish up!

WVreaper

(642 posts)

5. Castration

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Jul 27, 2024, 12:27 AM

Jul 27

They deserve it! Amy you get a pass for now.

Hekate

(93,384 posts)

6. KnR

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Jul 27, 2024, 02:23 AM

Jul 27

WmChris

(186 posts)

7. Long overdue

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Jul 27, 2024, 11:28 AM

Jul 27

I'm glad the discussion is at least getting on the table with some power backing it up. These unconstrained ego maniacs need to follow the same code of ethics as the rest of the government ( which is still a little sketchy at times ). I think term limits with a rotation of terms so a president only gets one appointment per term would eventually help to restore balance to the court.

republianmushroom

(16,301 posts)

8. Do it now.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Jul 27, 2024, 11:37 AM

Jul 27

melm00se

(5,041 posts)

9. Assuming that this law gets passed

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Jul 27, 2024, 02:39 PM

Jul 27

and signed into law, will it apply to justices who were on the court prior to this law (no ex post facto laws)?

Zeitghost

(4,240 posts)

13. No

Reply to melm00se (Reply #9)

Sun Jul 28, 2024, 01:14 PM

Jul 28

And since it will take an amendment, it's not getting passed.

Dem4life1234

(355 posts)

10. Can't believe the "founders" thought it was a good idea to have these people serve for life.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Jul 27, 2024, 04:18 PM

Jul 27

A shaky system.

cabotnn22

(37 posts)

11. The Founders probably judges would be honest

Reply to Dem4life1234 (Reply #10)

Sat Jul 27, 2024, 04:23 PM

Jul 27

Times have changed, and people aren't necessarily as honest (for the most part) as they used to be.

Elessar Zappa

(15,095 posts)

12. I'm quite sure there was just as many dishonest people in the past.

Reply to cabotnn22 (Reply #11)

Sat Jul 27, 2024, 04:38 PM

Jul 27

There were many, many awful Presidents, justices, and congressmen in the 1800s (and 1900s, of course).

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(112,331 posts)

14. Trump fluffer Lindsey Graham is opposed

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Jul 28, 2024, 07:18 PM

Jul 28

Graham signals opposition to more justices on Supreme Court, term limits

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said that he would oppose Supreme Court reforms on Sunday, going against reported ideas from President Biden that would impose more strict ethics requirements and term limits for justices.

Graham told CBS’s Robert Costa on “Face the Nation” that he won’t work with Biden on any reform bill.

“No, because he wants to destroy the court. They want to pack the court. They want … to undercut the conservative court,” Graham said. “They’ve tried to marginalize the court and destroy the Roberts court. The Roberts court has brought constitutional balance back to the court, and the liberals in this country want to pack the court. They want to destroy the court.”

“So their initiatives coming from Biden will be dead on arrival in the Senate,” he continued. “They have no desire to make the court better. They’re just trying to make it more liberal.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/graham-signals-opposition-more-justices-195220587.html

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