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.

  • @4lan
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    225 months ago

    What if we just made the limit 1 term? Then no presidents would be doing actions purely to get reelected?

    • Corgana
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      165 months ago

      It’s helpful not totally replace the executive branch every four years if you don’t have to

    • @_bcron
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      65 months ago

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      • @[email protected]
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        55 months ago

        Thomas is still there because taking Bribes and Gifts from Billionaires who have Cases before you is FINE! The REAL Corruption is Judge MERCHAN’S DAUGHTER who DONATED some Money once to DEMOCRATS!

    • @[email protected]
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      5 months ago

      Would be so much worse… Think about any type of project or policy that takes more than 4 years to complete (and longer to see tangible benefits from).

      It’s already bad enough having a GOP president come in every 8 years to undo most of the good things their Democratic predecessor accomplished (with Reagan removing Carter’s solar panels from the White House roof being the archetype).

      Imagine having that pendulum swing every 4 years. Literally nothing that takes longer than 4 years would ever get done.

      • @[email protected]
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        25 months ago

        Mexico is in a very different situation regarding the size and complexity of their administrative state. They’re also facing an entirely different type of corruption and political violence than we have up here…

        • @[email protected]
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          15 months ago

          Yeah! Every place I saw that did it seemed quite different from the US. I just thought it was neat that there are places trying this.