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submitted 4 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

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.

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

You don’t think proposing SCOTUS reform is going to help Republicans, do you?

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Right, but the phrase implies this is just taking something that is already hurting them and making it worse.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Yes. By announcing it in Texas.

[-] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

Can't speak for ripcord, but the part I am unclear on is why Texas specifically is relevant. Is the supreme court based in Texas? I am not American.

[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 6 points 4 months ago

The 5th federal court district is in Texas and is notorious. Most recently they did some shenanigans to keep the federal government from enforcing it's borders because Texas was playing politics with their troops and occupying federal land to put Razer wire in the border river.

[-] tamal3@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I'm from the US and I'm not following, either.

The Supreme Court meets across the country in Washington DC, so it's not for that reason.

Well, no, but there's a big gap between "not helping" and "wounding", and this is much, much closer to the "not helping" end of that gap.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

It's an expression. Why do so many people around here take everything literally?

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