US president also to seek constitutional amendment to limit immunity for presidents and various officeholders

Joe Biden will announce plans to reform the US supreme court on Monday, Politico reported, citing two people familiar with the matter, adding that the US president was likely to back term limits for justices and an enforceable code of ethics.

Biden said earlier this week during an Oval Office address that he would call for reform of the court.

He is also expected to seek a constitutional amendment to limit immunity for presidents and some other officeholders, Politico reported, in the aftermath of a July supreme court ruling that presidents have broad immunity from prosecution.

Biden will make the announcement in Texas on Monday and the specific proposals could change, the report added.

  • turmacar@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Suffrage didn’t require violent overthrow of the entire system, neither did the New Deal, neither did the Civil Rights movement, neither did Medicare, neither did Gay Rights. No nothing is “solved”, but everything is better than it was in 1900.

    “IDK, maybe War will fix it” is far more unhelpful than working to make positive changes.

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      3 months ago

      Ah, yes. The famously incrementalist New Deal and Medicare. The Civil Rights Movement? Incrementalism is setting a timetable for another man’s freedom. We only got gay marriage because the courts did what the legislature was too incrementalist to feel like doing.

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      3 months ago

      Sufferage, civil rights etc aren’t institutions.

      'idk, war will fix it" is a lazy-ass takeaway, but ok.

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        3 months ago

        You’re right, they’re fundamental changes across multiple institutions.

        “I can’t think of examples” is a pretty lazy justification for “the only way out is violence”.