Pres. Biden proposes Supreme Court reforms

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - At the LBJ Presidential Library in Texas on Monday, President Joe Biden proposed major changes for overhauling the U.S. Supreme Court.

President Biden is proposing a major overhaul to the nation’s highest court, advocating for two new amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

In his first event since bowing out of the presidential race last week, the president proposed 3 major changes to reform the Supreme Court:

A constitutional amendment that would stipulate that a former president has no immunity for crimes committed while in office; another constitutional amendment that would establish term limits for the justices, who currently have lifetime appointments; and urging Congress to pass an enforceable code of conduct on the nine justices.

Biden told the audience that he’s looking forward to working with Congress on these reforms.

“Based on all my experience I’m certain we need these reforms. We need these reforms to restore trust in the courts and preserve the system of checks and balances that are vital to our democracy. They’re also common sense reforms.”

Vice President Kamala Harris is the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. In a statement, she backed the President’s proposals saying, “These popular reforms will help to restore confidence in the court, strengthen our democracy and ensure no one is above the law.”

Meanwhile Biden’s proposals have also brought a strong reaction from Congressional Republicans who say Democrats simply want these changes because they’re unhappy with recent decisions from the Court’s Conservative 6-3 super-majority. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) saying in a statement: “This dangerous gambit of the Biden-Harris Administration is dead on arrival in the House.”

With less than six months until he leaves the White House, President Biden is very unlikely to see his proposals adopted. Proposed amendments to the Constitution must be passed by two-thirds votes of each house of Congress and then ratified by three-fourths of the states.

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