Democrat President Joe Biden has just unveiled a radical new proposal that includes U.S. Supreme Court “reforms” and the drafting of limits on presidential immunity.
Biden’s proposal is also backed by Vice President Kamala Harris, the lame-duck president’s replacement in the presidential election.
The White House calling on Congress to impose term limits and a code of conduct on the Supreme Court.
A White House official said Biden will discuss the proposed reforms during remarks on Monday at the LBJ Presidential Library.
The address is in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act.
Biden also addressed his desire for Supreme Court reform in an op-ed published Monday morning.
In the op-ed, published by the Washington Post, “Biden” wrote:
“I served as a U.S. senator for 36 years, including as chairman and ranking member of the Judiciary Committee.
“I have overseen more Supreme Court nominations as a senator, vice president, and president than anyone living today.
“I have great respect for our institutions and separation of powers.
“What is happening now is not normal, and it undermines the public’s confidence in the court’s decisions, including those impacting personal freedoms.
“We now stand in a breach,” Biden wrote.
Biden’s reforms would eliminate any immunity a former president enjoys for “crimes committed” while in office.
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.
Regarding the Supreme Court, Biden wants to impose a term limit of 18 years for justices.
Once fully adopted, it would allow presidents to appoint new justices at a cadence of once every two years.
Biden argued the new Supreme Court code of conduct should require justices to “disclose gifts, refrain from public political activity, and recuse themselves from cases in which they or their spouses have financial or other conflicts of interest.”
The White House official said:
“President Biden and Vice President Harris look forward to working with Congress and empowering the American people to prevent the abuse of Presidential power, restore faith in the Supreme Court, and strengthen the guardrails of democracy.”
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The op-ed represents Biden’s first major policy push since formally announcing his withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race earlier this month.
However, there are not many, if any, political observers, pundits, or scholars who believe that such actions will ever be close to taking effect.
It does raise the question of why he’s wasting his time on that instead of helping working-class America recover from his disastrous policies that led to record inflation and economic turmoil.
Meanwhile, Biden’s proposals were largely mocked and written off by many across social media.
“First off, saying ‘Biden to propose’ anything is disingenuous,” one X user wrote.
“Biden doesn’t know his own name anymore.”
Another X user wrote:
“Unconstitutional and illegal.
“SCOTUS will invalidate it.”
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