3 mo. ago • 99%

Biden says he’ll call for Supreme Court reform in final months in office

thehill.com Access to this page has been denied

px-captcha

Biden delivered remarks from the Oval Office outlining his decision not to seek reelection, his first on-camera remarks since making that announcement on Sunday. In addition to explaining why he is ending his candidacy, he listed off his priorities for his remaining time as president.

“And I’m going to call for Supreme Court reform, because this is critical to our democracy,” Biden said.

Multiple outlets have reported that Biden is considering proposals to establish term limits for Supreme Court justices and an enforceable ethics code for those on the high court.

118

118 comments

If I understand the supreme court correctly, Biden could just shoot Roberts, Alito and Thomas and call it court reform, right? That makes it an official act?

239
I was hoping for that.

He's a lame duck now. That means he's free to pursue policies that will add to his legacy, and without having to give even the tiniest shit about what the establishment and the donor class might think about it.

162
Add 2 seats to the bench, and then add 13 total judges. 11 of 22 judges are selected at random to determine the case. The non voting judge opinion becomes part of the case law, as well as an intercollegiate constitutional scholar opinion

98
A modern day Cincinnatus, the Supreme Court just made him a consul and he just chose to go back to being a common man for the good of the republic.

If this plays out, he’ll go down in history books as the man who sacrificed himself to save Democracy.

59
He should work on all of these:

Term limits for Supreme Court

Abolish Electoral college

Restrictions on corporate real estate investing

Forgive student loans

Restrictions on members of government trading stocks

58
He can call for whatever he wants, but with a Republican house and less than 60 votes in the Senate, it goes nowhere.

38
Coulda done this in the first months in office, and actually made a difference, but I guess doing it for votes during an election is better than nothing?

38
"call for"??? FUCK THAT! just issue a few "official presidential acts" drone striking the corrupt ones, and also anyone who refuses to approve the replacements he appoints.

37
Oh boy, he'll call for it! Great! Thanks!

32
"Call for". What does that even mean? Flex those executive muscles.

31
But he has no power to do that, right? Congress would have to go along, and the Supreme Court is not gonna just do it themselves.

29
"Call for", cool cool cool cool cool

20
Would have been awesome if he did this at the start when it was obvious where things were headed before they destroyed our government, but I'll take it.

18
I declare reform!

12
Crazy. Ive been thinking about enforceable ethics codes for companies. This would be a great start towards that.

8
God im so happy he's bowing out, he's not even going to do good shit while walking out the door. Sayanara milquetoast joe

7
Lock them up lock them up

7
Hey guys cmon this is at least an upgrade from "president's office planning to" lol

6
Call for the moon to catch on fire, too, that would be fun.

5
Fuck is the point?

0
Call for?

Can't he executive order it?

0
Don't get too excited. He knows he has no power.

-2
He can do fuck all about it by himself.

He is the lamest of ducks.

-5

You've viewed 118 comments.