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Let;s fucking go!
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TheProle
(3,309 posts)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 Posts 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
(5,760 posts)Renew Deal
(83,707 posts)I dont care about the term limits as much as an enforceable code of ethics.
9 is enough. It gets unruly with more members.
Sogo
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KPN
(16,515 posts)access and don't pay anything. This one happened to open for me just by signing in with my email address.
Hekate
(96,972 posts)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
(38,772 posts)Hekate
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regnaD kciN
(26,877 posts)and signals to me that Joe is planning on making SCOTUS a main issue in his campaign.
MichMan
(14,661 posts)They would strike that down 9-0.
bluestarone
(19,342 posts)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
(52,054 posts)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
(43,176 posts)We all have dreams....
tinrobot
(11,510 posts)KPN
(16,515 posts)Kingofalldems
(39,477 posts)Fiendish Thingy
(19,023 posts)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
(33,711 posts)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
(38,772 posts)
I posted above somewhere with an archive link

Zeitghost
(4,557 posts)But it will take a constitutional Amendment and that just isn't going to happen.
soandso
(1,631 posts)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.