{"id":2298307,"date":"2024-07-17T19:15:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T23:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-propose-literal-game-changing-re-work-of-scotus\/"},"modified":"2024-07-17T19:15:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T23:15:58","slug":"biden-to-propose-major-overhaul-of-scotus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-propose-major-overhaul-of-scotus\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden to propose major overhaul of SCOTUS"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-to-propose-major-overhaul-of-scotus%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2298307&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden is proposing new rules to put his stamp on \u200bthe Supreme Court, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/interview-az-gop-candidate-jim-lamon-talks-china-border-security-marxism-and-more\/\" title=\"INTERVIEW: AZ GOP Candidate Jim Lamon Talks China, Border Security, Marxism, And More\">including term limits<\/a> and an ethics code that could be \u200cenforced\u200d by an outside agency. He is also considering a constitutional amendment to strike down broad immunity for presidents. \u200dBiden&#8217;s\u2062 plans were revealed in \u2064a Zoom\u2062 call with the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Former President Donald \u2063Trump \u200breacted \u200cangrily to the report, calling the proposed reforms illegal and unconstitutional. The concept of \u2062Supreme Court reform has received mixed reviews, with some critics questioning its constitutionality and effectiveness. Democratic senators have introduced a bill to cap a justice&#8217;s term at\u200b 18 years and appoint a new justice\u200c every\u200c two years. Biden has been working with Harvard Law School professor\u2064 Lawrence Tribe on these reforms. Tribe believes that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/presidential-supreme-court-commission-discusses-term-limits-for-justices\/\" title=\"Presidential Supreme Court Commission discusses term limits for Justices\">current conservative majority<\/a> on the court has \u200bassumed \u200cultimate power and is destroying the framework of checks and balances.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section>\n<p>To forestall any chance of rulings liberals may not like, President Joe Biden will propose new rules to put his stamp on the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>Term limits and an ethics code that could be enforced by an outside agency are in the package, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/07\/16\/biden-supreme-court-reforms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a>, which cited sources it did not name.<\/p>\n<p>Biden is also considering a constitutional amendment to strike down broad immunity for presidents.<\/p>\n<p>Biden attacked the court&rsquo;s rulings after it said presidents have broad immunity for official acts, a ruling that impacts the federal cases against former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This decision today has continued the court&rsquo;s attack in recent years on a wide range of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-condemns-supreme-courts-trump-immunity-decision-as-terrible-disservice-to-voters-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Biden condemns Supreme Court\u2019s Trump immunity decision as \u2018terrible disservice\u2019 to voters - Washington Examiner\">long-established legal principles<\/a> in our nation, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elizabeth-warren-to-colbert-we-have-an-extremist-supreme-court-thats-gutting-voting-rights\/\" title=\"Elizabeth Warren to Colbert: We Have &#039;an Extremist Supreme Court&#039; That\u2019s &#039;Gutting Voting Rights\u2019\">gutting voting rights<\/a> and civil rights to taking away a woman&rsquo;s right to choose, to today&rsquo;s decision that undermines the rule of law of this nation,&rdquo; Biden said then.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Biden told the Congressional Progressive Caucus about his plans in a Zoom call on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to need your help on the Supreme Court, because I&rsquo;m about to come out &mdash; I don&rsquo;t want to prematurely announce it &mdash; but I&rsquo;m about to come out with a major initiative on limiting the court. &hellip; I&rsquo;ve been working with constitutional scholars for the last three months, and I need some help,&rdquo; Biden said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-making-official-move-toward-expanding-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reacted angrily<\/a> to the report.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Radical Left Democrats are desperately trying to &lsquo;Play the Ref&rsquo; by calling for an illegal and unConstitutional attack on our SACRED United States Supreme Court,&rdquo; Trump posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/112798594310559815\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The reason that these Communists are so despondent is that their unLawful Witch Hunts are failing everywhere. The Democrats are attempting to interfere in the Presidential Election, and destroy our Justice System, by attacking their Political Opponent, ME, and our Honorable Supreme Court,&rdquo; Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have to fight for our Fair and Independent Courts, and protect our Country. MAGA2024!&rdquo; trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>NBC analyst Chuck Todd gave the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/scotus-conservative-majority-taken-away-wouldnt-even-require-expanding-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concept<\/a> a negative review, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/biden-playing-left-supreme-court-reform-reeks-desperation-nbcs-chuck-todd-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Look at the desperation in the air for Joe Biden right now,&rdquo; Todd said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;All of a sudden, out of nowhere, he&rsquo;s trying to do a Supreme Court reform for another way of playing to the left, because right now his biggest supporters are progressives. Because those that are in swing districts, they want him off [the ticket],&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/deadline-white-house\/deadline-legal-blog\/joe-biden-supreme-court-reform-expansion-rcna162339\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MSNBC<\/a> legal analyst Jordan Rubin wrote that even if what Biden wants were to pass Congress, which he noted has one house controlled by Republicans, the court Biden wants to overhaul in a liberal image could reject his plan as unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>As noted by the U.K.&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/article\/2024\/jul\/17\/supreme-court-reform-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guardian<\/a>, the legislation would need 60 votes to clear the Senate, far more than the current Democratic majority.<\/p>\n<p>The Post noted that Democratic senators have introduced a bill that would cap a justice&rsquo;s term at 18 years and appoint a new justice every two years, amid a reorganization on the court of what the current justices do until they go away.<\/p>\n<p>The Post noted that Biden has been working with Harvard Law School professor Lawrence Tribe.<\/p>\n<p>Tribe said with its conservative majority the court had &ldquo;reached the point of assuming ultimate power over our entire legal and political system,&rdquo; according to the Guardian.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-exaggerates-big-time-boast-defying-supreme-court-student-loan-forgiveness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conservative justices<\/a> are &ldquo;essentially destroying the framework of checks and balances&rdquo; that had endured &ldquo;over the course of our history,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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He is also considering a constitutional amendment to remove broad immunity for presidents. Biden criticized the court&#8217;s recent rulings, particularly regarding presidential immunity, which affects cases against former President Donald Trump. Biden discussed his plans with the Congressional Progressive Caucus and sought their support. Former President Trump condemned the proposed changes as illegal and unconstitutional. Some analysts, like Chuck Todd and Jordan Rubin, have expressed skepticism about Biden&#8217;s motives and the feasibility of his proposals passing through Congress. Democratic senators have introduced a bill to limit a justice&#8217;s term to 18 years and appoint a new justice every two years. Biden has been collaborating with Harvard Law School professor Lawrence Tribe on these initiatives. 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