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Biden will blast Supreme Court as ‘not normal’ as he endorses term limits, binding ethics rules

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Poor progs.. get a court that checks your power and its "not normal".. Biden kowtow to Progs on his way out

The proposal is a momentous shift for the president, who has long resisted calls to overhaul the Supreme Court.
President Joe Biden will call for major changes to the court on Monday, endorsing term limits for justices and an enforceable code of ethics.


The changes are needed to restore Americans’ faith in the high court, Biden is expected to argue in remarks at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas. POLITICO reported on Friday that Biden was set to endorse the proposals.

Biden’s call comes after another controversial term in which the court’s 6-3 conservative majority continued to flex its power, most notably in a decision that significantly weakened the federal criminal case against former President Donald Trump for attempting to overturn the 2020 election. And scandals involving two members of the conservative bloc have amplified scrutiny of the court’s ethics practices.


Biden will also push for a constitutional amendment making clear that presidents are not immune from federal prosecution — a response to the Supreme Court’s July 1 ruling, in the Trump case, that presidents enjoy some immune from prosecution for “official acts” during their time in office.

Biden, a former chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, had dismissed calls from liberals to support expanding the court during his 2020 campaign. He instead created a commission to study possible changes — but then did not act after its report was published in late 2021.

But in the years since, the Supreme Court eliminated federal abortion rights, made it more difficult for states to regulate guns and struck down Biden’s student-loan forgiveness program. Those were among a flurry of cases decided by the conservative majority that have angered Democrats
 
Political posturing by a self imposed lame duck.

Anything to distract from the fact that his puppet masters don't want to talk about a major assassination attempt on his former political opponent.
 
Progressive are just unbelievable! Instead of working with the rules and framework set hundreds of years ago they want to change the rules in their favor. Now they don't even try to hide it anymore.
 
Since the Warren court began fulfilling Progressive agenda dreams in the early 1950's Democrats have pompously declared the SCOTUS as the apolitical, unchallenged beacon of democracy protecting and illuminating new "rights".
After more than a half century of struggle the SCOTUS has shown signs of returning to it's Constitutional role of restrained interpretation, abandoning its Progressive agenda super legislature agenda. Naturally Democrats are incensed angrily demanding so-called reforms subjecting the courts to their partisan whims.
 
dmpi said:
Progressive are just unbelievable! Instead of working with the rules and framework set hundreds of years ago they want to change the rules in their favor. Now they don't even try to hide it anymore.
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Don't blame progressives, blame the corrupt supreme court for changing the rules, throwing out precident, and ruling in favor of a corrupt dictator wannabe.
 
Oh no! Ethics rules!
 
Mycroft said:
Political posturing by a self imposed lame duck.

Anything to distract from the fact that his puppet masters don't want to talk about a major assassination attempt on his former political opponent.
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No. It’s about time. Ethics on the SCOTUS needs to match rulings that apply to every other court in this land.

Further, we need to extend that to POTUS. The Emoluments Clause needs a method to be enforceable. Tax record release needs to be made law, not voluntary. It’s required to validate the former is being adhered to, among other things.

Am ethics clause needs to be made part of the oath of office for ALL federal office holders.
 
All the things in Biden's proposal are good. Well, aside from the fact that none of them will actually happen.
 
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