{"id":2391056,"date":"2025-01-16T09:48:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T14:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-uses-final-address-to-call-for-an-amended-constitution-in-apparent-move-against-trump\/"},"modified":"2025-01-16T09:49:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T14:49:19","slug":"biden-uses-final-address-to-call-for-an-amended-constitution-in-apparent-move-against-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-uses-final-address-to-call-for-an-amended-constitution-in-apparent-move-against-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Uses Final Address to Call for an Amended Constitution in Apparent Move Against Trump"},"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\">30<\/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-uses-final-address-to-call-for-an-amended-constitution-in-apparent-move-against-trump%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=2391056&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>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-a-trump-era-president-signs-off-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Biden, a Trump-era president, signs off - Washington Examiner\">recent farewell address<\/a>, President Joe Biden proposed\u2062 an amendment to\u200b the U.S.Constitution aimed at <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">removing presidential immunity<\/a> for actions taken while in office. This call follows a series of lawsuits against former President Donald Trump and accusations of wrongdoing during his first term. Biden emphasized \u2063that &#8220;no president is immune from crimes&#8221; and argued against the notion\u200c of unlimited presidential power.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Biden&#8217;s address highlighted other \u200cproposed reforms, including an end to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-attorney-phil-kline-and-it-expert-j-r-carlson-presser-wednesday-exposing-mark-zuckerbergs-dark-money-cash-for-chaos\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Attorney Phil Kline and IT Expert J.R. Carlson Presser Wednesday Exposing Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s Dark Money Cash for Chaos\">dark money<\/a> in politics, a term limit for Supreme\u200d Court Justices, ethics reforms, and a ban on stock trading by Congress members. The context of his proposal is shaped by a Supreme Court\u200c ruling that affirmed presidential immunity for acts related to official duties but not for unofficial actions. biden criticized this ruling,arguing that it undermines the accountability of the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>While the suggestion of \u200damending the Constitution is bold, Biden acknowledged the challenges involved in passing such amendments, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-israel-and-saudi-arabia-on-cusp-of-region-changing-peace-netanyahu-says\/\" title=\"VIDEO: Netanyahu predicts groundbreaking peace between Israel and Saudi Arabia\">require significant support<\/a>\u200b from\u2063 Congress or state legislatures. Biden&#8217;s remarks reflect his intent to address \u2064perceived abuses of presidential power and reinforce the\u2062 accountability of the office.  <\/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> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden called on Wednesday evening for an amendment to the Constitution that would end presidential immunity for acts while in office.<\/p>\n<p>The comments, which came during his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-ends-presidency-big-mistake-farewell-address\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">farewell address<\/a>, come after President-elect Donald Trump faced several lawsuits in recent years and accusations from Democrats of crimes committed during his first term, prompting speculation that the proposed amendment was targeted at him.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We need to amend the Constitution to make clear that no president, no president, is immune from crimes that he or she commits while in office,&rdquo; Biden said from the Oval Office.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The president&rsquo;s power is not unlimited. It&rsquo;s not absolute. And it shouldn&rsquo;t be,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In his farewell address, Biden calls for:<\/p>\n<p>An end to dark money<\/p>\n<p>18 year term limit on Supreme Court Justices and ethics reform<\/p>\n<p>A ban on stock trading in Congress<\/p>\n<p>Amending the Constitution to say no president is immune from crimes committed in office <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qXJ6k364iY\">pic.twitter.com\/qXJ6k364iY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Acyn (@Acyn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Acyn\/status\/1879700592802836740?\">January 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/supreme-court-issues-highly-anticipated-ruling-trump-immunity-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ruled last summer<\/a> in <em>Trump v. United States<\/em> that presidents have absolute immunity for acts that fall within their core constitutional duties, as well as presumptive immunity for official acts in the broader span of their responsibilities, but no immunity for unofficial acts.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/23pdf\/23-939_e2pg.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opinion<\/a> that &ldquo;like everyone else, the President is subject to prosecution in his unofficial capacity.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But unlike anyone else, the President is a branch of government, and the Constitution vests in him sweeping powers and duties,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Accounting for that reality &mdash; and ensuring that the President may exercise those powers forcefully, as the Framers anticipated he would &mdash; does not place him above the law; it preserves the basic structure of the Constitution from which that law derives,&rdquo; the opinion declared.<\/p>\n<p>Justices declined to rule on whether or not presidential immunity applied to alleged actions committed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-files-emergency-supreme-court-int\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a>, remanding that part of the case to a district court.<\/p>\n<p>Biden was among the Democrats who were highly critical of that decision.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The presidency is the most powerful office in the world,&rdquo; he said on the day of the ruling, per a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2024\/07\/01\/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-supreme-courts-immunity-ruling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transcript<\/a> from the White House.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s an office that not only tests your judgment, perhaps even more importantly it&rsquo;s an office that can test your character because you not only face moments where you need the courage to exercise the full power of the presidency, you also face moments where you need the wisdom to respect the limits of the power of the office of the presidency,&rdquo; Biden added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;With today&rsquo;s Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity, that fundamentally changed,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;For all practical purposes, today&rsquo;s decision almost certainly means that there are virtually no limits on what a president can do.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-includes-insidious-lie-america-farewell-letter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden<\/a> also claimed that the decision would potentially enable Trump to enter office &ldquo;more emboldened to do whatever he pleases whenever he wants to do it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the suggestion of an amendment from Biden, the odds of altering the nation&rsquo;s founding documents are typically slim.<\/p>\n<p>An amendment to the Constitution can be proposed with the assent of a two-thirds majority in both the House and the Senate or by a two-thirds majority of state legislatures to call for a convention.<\/p>\n<p>Then three-fourths of the state legislatures must ratify the amendment, or three-fourths of states must hold conventions to approve the amendment.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/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\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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His remarks, made during his farewell address, followed numerous lawsuits and allegations against President-elect Donald Trump from Democrats regarding crimes during his first term, leading to speculation that the amendment was aimed at him. Biden stated, &#8220;We need to amend the Constitution to clarify that no president is immune from crimes committed while in office.&#8221; He emphasized that presidential power is not unlimited or absolute. In his farewell speech, he also advocated for ending dark money, imposing an 18-year term limit on Supreme Court Justices, implementing ethics reforms, and banning stock trading by Congress members<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2391057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Joe-Biden-13.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,8062,3634],"class_list":["post-2391056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-constitution","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Joe-Biden-13.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391056","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2391056"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2391060,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391056\/revisions\/2391060"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2391057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2391056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2391056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2391056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}