Chuck Darwin<p>Biden calls for supreme court reforms including 18-year justice term limits </p><p>Joe Biden has called for a series of ⭐️reforms to the US supreme court, <br>⭐️including the introduction of term limits for justices <br>and a <br>⭐️constitutional amendment to remove immunity for crimes committed by a president while in office.</p><p>In an op-ed published on Monday morning, the president said justices should be🔸 limited to a maximum of 18 years’ service on the court <br>rather than the current lifetime appointment, <br>and also said 🔸ethics rules should be strengthened to regulate justices’ behavior.</p><p>The call for reform comes after the supreme court ruled in early July that former presidents have some degree of <a href="https://c.im/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immunity</span></a> from prosecution, <br>a decision that served as a major victory for Donald Trump amid his legal travails.</p><p>“This nation was founded on a simple yet profound principle: <br>⭐️No one is above the law.⭐️<br>Not the president of the United States. <br>Not a justice on the Supreme Court of the United States,” Biden wrote.</p><p>“I served as a US senator for 36 years, including as chairman and ranking member of the Judiciary Committee. <br>I have overseen more Supreme Court nominations as senator, vice president and president than anyone living today.</p><p>“I have great respect for our institutions and separation of powers. <br>♦️What is happening now is not normal, ♦️and it undermines the public’s confidence in the court’s decisions, <br>including those impacting personal freedoms. <br>We now stand in a breach.”</p><p>Biden called for a <br>⭐️“no one is above the law” amendment⭐️ to the constitution, <br>which would make clear that no president is entitled to <a href="https://c.im/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immunity</span></a> from prosecution by virtue of having served in the White House. </p><p>Biden also said justices’ <a href="https://c.im/tags/terms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terms</span></a> should be <a href="https://c.im/tags/limited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>limited</span></a> to 18 years, <br>under a system where a new justice would be appointed to the supreme court by the serving president every two years.</p><p>The president also called for <a href="https://c.im/tags/stricter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stricter</span></a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/enforceable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enforceable</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/rules" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rules</span></a> on conduct which would require justices to disclose gifts, <br>refrain from political activity, <br>and recuse themselves from cases in which they or their spouses have financial interest.</p><p>Last week Justice Elena <a href="https://c.im/tags/Kagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kagan</span></a> called for the court to strengthen the ethics code it introduced in 2023 <br>by adding a way to enforce it. <br>That code was introduced after a spate of scandals involving rightwing justices on the court: <br>Clarence <a href="https://c.im/tags/Thomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thomas</span></a> was found to have accepted vacations and travel from a Republican mega-donor, <br>while Samuel <a href="https://c.im/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> flew on a private jet owned by an influential billionaire on the way to a fishing trip.<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/29/biden-us-supreme-court-reforms?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/articl</span><span class="invisible">e/2024/jul/29/biden-us-supreme-court-reforms?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a></p>