{"id":2315600,"date":"2024-07-29T16:31:58","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T20:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-ways-democrats-have-demanded-biden-reshape-the-supreme-court-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-29T16:35:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T20:35:56","slug":"four-ways-democrats-have-demanded-biden-reshape-the-supreme-court-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-ways-democrats-have-demanded-biden-reshape-the-supreme-court-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Four ways Democrats have demanded Biden reshape the Supreme Court &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">26<\/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%2Ffour-ways-democrats-have-demanded-biden-reshape-the-supreme-court-washington-examiner%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=2315600&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>The article discusses \u2062calls from\u200b Democrats for President Joe Biden to \u200bimplement reforms in response to their criticisms\u2064 of the\u2064 Supreme Court&#8217;s \u2063decisions under\u200d its Republican-appointed majority. Biden has proposed \u2062several reforms,\u2062 although their likelihood of passing is uncertain. Here are the four main reform proposals:<\/p>\n<p>1.\u200b **Term\u2064 Limits**: Biden suggested\u200b implementing 18-year\u200c term limits for \u2064justices, which\u2064 is a shift from the current lifetime \u2063tenure. He argues that this would\u2062 provide regular changes\u200b in court membership, preventing any single\u200d presidency from having a lasting, radical influence.<\/p>\n<p>2. **Revamped \u200dEthics Code**: There is a push for\u200c the Supreme Court \u200bto adopt a\u200b stricter ethics code requiring \u200bjustices \u2062to \u2062disclose gifts and recuse themselves from cases involving \u200bpersonal\u2063 conflicts\u200b of interest. This comes in \u2062response to controversies regarding undisclosed gifts received by certain justices.<\/p>\n<p>3. **Court Packing**: Some \u200bDemocrats have previously advocated for increasing the number \u2064of justices on the Court (commonly referred to as &#8220;packing the\u2063 court&#8221;) to 13, aligning it with the number of federal circuit courts. Biden, however, has not supported this measure in his reform proposals.<\/p>\n<p>4.\u200b **Other Proposals**:\u2063 Additional suggestions for reform included establishing\u200c more \u200btransparent guidelines and processes\u200b for the Court, although specifics were less frequently mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b proposed\u200b reforms reflect\u200d a response to a series of decisions made by the Court that many Democrats view as\u200c unfavorable. Biden&#8217;s recommendations have not\u200b aligned with more extreme measures some \u2063within\u2064 his\u200d party have called for, highlighting a more cautious approach towards Supreme Court reform.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Four ways Democrats have demanded Biden reshape the Supreme Court<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1714443\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Democrats have been increasingly critical of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Supreme Court\">Supreme Court<\/a> under its Republican-appointed majority, calling for significant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3102415\/biden-lays-out-plan-reform-supreme-court-waning-days-presidency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reforms\">reforms<\/a> to the high court.<\/p>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> heeded calls from Democrats and proposed reforms to the Supreme Court on Monday, although they appear highly unlikely to succeed. Biden&rsquo;s proposals are all versions of things Democrats have been agitating for in recent years, though he shied away from some of the most extreme requests.<\/p>\n<p>Here are four of the ways Democrats have wanted Biden to reform the Supreme Court, in reaction to a bevy of decisions the Democratic Party disagrees with.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Term limits<\/h2>\n<p>One of the proposals Biden suggested on Monday was term limits of 18 years for each justice. Under the current guidelines, Supreme Court justices are given lifetime terms.<\/p>\n<p>Biden argued in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2024\/07\/29\/joe-biden-reform-supreme-court-presidential-immunity-plan-announcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"opinion piece\">opinion piece<\/a> for the <em>Washington Post<\/em> on Monday that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-democrats-push-supreme-court-term-limits-to-make-justices-more-accountable-to-the-american-people\/\" title=\"Senate Democrats advocate for Supreme Court term limits to enhance justices&#039; accountability to the American people.\">proposed term limits<\/a> would &ldquo;help ensure that the court&rsquo;s membership changes with some regularity&rdquo; and would &ldquo;reduce the chance that any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-lays-out-plan-to-reform-supreme-court-in-waning-days-of-his-presidency-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Biden lays out plan to \u2018reform\u2019 Supreme Court in waning days of his presidency - Washington Examiner\">single presidency radically alters<\/a> the makeup of the court for generations to come.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>House Democrats previously proposed a bill to impose 18-year term limits. The TERM Act was introduced in August 2022 and reintroduced in September 2023. The bill was introduced by Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) and has been co-sponsored by 37 other House Democrats.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Revamped ethics code<\/h2>\n<p>A major push by Democrats has been for the Supreme Court to adopt a revamped ethics code after controversy over several justices&rsquo; undisclosed gifts that were reported on recently.<\/p>\n<p>Biden proposed such a change in his opinion piece, saying they &ldquo;should be required to disclose gifts, refrain from public political activity and recuse themselves from cases in which they or their spouses have financial or other conflicts of interest.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Senate Democrats attempted to push through their own bill establishing a strict ethics code for the Supreme Court, but it failed to pass in the chamber. Republicans and others have taken issue with the attempt to push such a code on the Supreme Court, citing separation of powers.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pack the court<\/h2>\n<p>One of the proposals Democrats have called for in the past but that Biden did not push for in his reform plan is adding justices to &ldquo;pack&rdquo; the court.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court&rsquo;s composition has not changed since 1869, when it was put at the current nine justices, but under the Constitution, there is not a set number of justices, meaning the number can be changed through a simple act of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) and Johnson introduced a bill to increase the number of justices on the Supreme Court to 13, arguing it would put it in line with the number of circuit courts of appeals in the country. The pair, along with other Democrats, have been periodically calling for the bill to be passed since introducing it in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&rsquo;s commission on the Supreme Court, which he ordered to make a report for him in 2021, took no position on expanding the court and noted there was &ldquo;profound disagreement among Commissioners&rdquo; in its report.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Disempower the court<\/h2>\n<p>One of the lesser-discussed proposals is to disempower or disregard the high court&rsquo;s rulings.<\/p>\n<p>In light of the Supreme Court&rsquo;s 2023 decision declaring affirmative action unconstitutional, one Harvard Law School professor urged Biden to ignore the high court&rsquo;s decision, while some Democratic officials have decried the Supreme Court as being &ldquo;illegitimate.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Disempowering the court was another reform that Biden&rsquo;s commission on the Supreme Court explored in 2021. The commission concluded that such reforms would likely need significant amendments to the Constitution and took no position on the merits of such proposals.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Biden&rsquo;s Supreme Court reforms proposed on Monday also included reversing the high court&rsquo;s recent decision on presidential immunity. Under Biden&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pas-democrat-secstate-resigns-after-botching-process-over-amendment-for-child-sex-abuse-victims\/\" title=\"PA\u2019s Democrat SecState Resigns After Botching Process Over Amendment For Child Sex Abuse Victims\">proposed constitutional amendment<\/a>, a president would not be immune from any crimes.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court&rsquo;s ruling earlier this month found that presidents are immune from prosecution for official acts but are not immune from prosecution for unofficial acts while in the White House.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1714443\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1714443\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>**Four Ways Democrats Have Urged Biden to Reform the Supreme Court**<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have grown increasingly vocal in their criticism of the Supreme Court, which is currently dominated by justices appointed by Republicans, and they are advocating for substantial changes to the court. On Monday, President Joe Biden responded to these demands by suggesting reforms; however, their chances of being implemented seem slim. His proposals reflect various ideas that Democrats have been promoting in recent years, although he avoided some of the more radical suggestions. Here are four key reforms that Democrats have sought from Biden in response to a series of decisions they oppose.<\/p>\n<p>**Term Limits**<br \/>\nOne reform proposed by Biden is instituting 18-year term limits for justices. Currently, justices serve lifetime appointments. In an opinion piece for the Washington Post on Monday, Biden argued that term limits would &#8220;help ensure that the court\u2019s membership changes with some regularity&#8221; and would &#8220;reduce the chance that any single presidency radically alters the makeup of the court for generations.&#8221; House Democrats had previously introduced a bill advocating for 18-year term limits known as the TERM Act, first presented in August 2022 and reintroduced in September 2023 with support from Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) and 37 other co-sponsors.<\/p>\n<p>**Revised Ethics Code**<br \/>\nAnother significant demand from Democrats has been for a new ethics code governing Supreme Court justices following controversies surrounding undisclosed gifts received by several justices. In his opinion piece, Biden suggested requiring justices to disclose gifts, avoid public political activities, and recuse themselves from cases involving financial or other conflicts of interest related to them or their spouses. Senate Democrats attempted to pass legislation establishing a strict ethics code but were unsuccessful due to opposition citing separation of powers concerns.<\/p>\n<p>**Court Expansion**<br \/>\nWhile some Democrats have previously called for increasing the number of justices on the Supreme Court\u2014a move often referred to as &#8220;packing&#8221;\u2014Biden did not include this proposal in his reform plan. The composition of nine justices has remained unchanged since 1869; however, there is no constitutional limit on this number\u2014it can be altered through congressional action. Senators Ed Markey (D-MA) and Johnson introduced legislation aimed at expanding the court&#8217;s size to 13 members based on aligning it with circuit courts across America; they have periodically advocated for its passage since its introduction in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>**Limiting Judicial Power**<br \/>\nA less frequently discussed proposal involves diminishing or disregarding rulings made by the high court altogether. Following a recent decision declaring affirmative action unconstitutional, one Harvard Law School professor suggested that Biden should ignore such rulings while some Democratic leaders labeled parts of it as \u201cillegitimate.\u201d This idea was also examined by Biden\u2019s commission on Supreme Court reform back in 2021 but concluded that implementing such changes would likely require significant constitutional amendments without taking an official stance on their validity.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally proposed reforms included reversing recent decisions regarding presidential immunity\u2014under which presidents cannot be prosecuted for actions taken while performing official duties but can be held accountable for unofficial acts during their time in office<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2315601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/biden-supreme-court-reforms-2024-july.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,3685,32504,32275,32076],"class_list":["post-2315600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-democrats","tag-political-strategy","tag-supreme-court","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/biden-supreme-court-reforms-2024-july.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2315600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2315600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2315600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2315600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}