President Biden to propose sweeping changes to SCOTUS

[Aviation Pro]

Let’;s fucking go!

No paywall: https://wapo.st/4bGC9gI

[TheProle]

1. some details

President Joe Biden is working on pushing sweeping changes to the Supreme Court, including establishing term limits and an “enforceable code of ethics,” reported the Washington Post on Tuesday.

“He is also weighing whether to call for a constitutional amendment to eliminate broad immunity for presidents and other constitutional officeholders, the people said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss private deliberation,” reported the Post’s Tyler Pager and Michael Scherer in a bombshell report.

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/just-in-bombshell-report-reveals-biden-prepping-to-endorse-sweeping-changes-to-supreme-court/

[Goodheart]

2. Without expansion that's insufficient.

[Renew Deal]

19. Those sound good.

I don’t care about the term limits as much as an enforceable code of ethics.

9 is enough. It gets unruly with more members.

[Sogo]

3. Paywall.

[KPN]

11. You can sign up for free access to a limited number of articles I think. I know I have limited

access and don't pay anything. This one happened to open for me just by signing in with my email address.

[Hekate]

20. They want my email. I give them my email. Then they say, Hey, we know you! Create a password!

I create a password. Then they say, Do you want to pay weekly or yearly?

This has happened before. Sadly, there is no place for me to say something rude, so I just go away.

WaPo has gotten way too smart for its britches.

Thanks for trying, KPN.

[blogslug]

14. here you go

https://archive.ph/u4TiF

[Hekate]

22. Woo hoo! Thank you...

[regnaD kciN]

4. It's about time...

…and signals to me that Joe is planning on making SCOTUS a main issue in his campaign.

[MichMan]

5. By Executive Order ?

[Polybius]

9. No

They would strike that down 9-0.

[bluestarone]

6. I'm 100% for Joe Biden. That said

Joe has got to realize that when he's elected, THIS court could destroy everything our country stands for. The ONLY way to stop that is INCREASE the judges. End of story.

[jmowreader]

7. Some of these changes will be extremely hard to do

Supreme Court Justices are "Article III judges," who are according to the Constitution appointed for as long as they behave. The only way to get rid of one under the current Constitution is to impeach the judge in question. Term limits would require an amendment, and red states LIKE that Trump's terrible justices will be there until they die.

[Maeve]

16. Impeach Alito and, especially Thomas!

We all have dreams....

[tinrobot]

8. I'm glad he's making it an issue in the campaign

[KPN]

10. Great move and great timing!

[Kingofalldems]

12. Great news! MAGAts already triggered I see.

[Fiendish Thingy]

13. It's paywalled.

Care to paste a few paragraphs?

Has he reversed his position on expansion?

Without expansion, any other “reforms” Will likely be useless, as they can be overturned.

[Emile]

17. Here is taste of the article.

Eight Democratic senators have co-sponsored a bill that would establish 18-year terms for Supreme Court justices, with a new justice appointed every two years. The nine most recently appointed justices would sit for appellate jurisdiction cases, while others would be able to hear original jurisdiction cases or to step in as a substitute if one of the most recent nine is conflicted or cannot hear a case for another reason.

[blogslug]

15. kick

I posted above somewhere with an archive link

[Zeitghost]

18. It's a great idea

But it will take a constitutional Amendment and that just isn't going to happen.

[soandso]

21. Yeah, I don't really understand the article

in that respect. These are co-equal branches of government, constitutionally empowered. One can't just neuter or change the function of another with a constitutional amendment.