President also says presidential immunity for crimes should be removed and ethics rules for justices should be stricter

President also says presidential immunity for crimes should be removed and ethics rules for justices should be stricter

Joe Biden has called for a series of reforms to the US Supreme Court, including the introduction of term limits for justices and a constitutional amendment to remove immunity for crimes committed by a president while in office.

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 rather than the current lifetime appointment, and also said ethics rules should be strengthened to regulate justices’ behavior.

The call for reform comes after the supreme court ruled in early July that former presidents have some degree of immunity from prosecution, a decision that served as a major victory for Donald Trump amid his legal travails.

“This nation was founded on a simple yet profound principle: No one is above the law. Not the president of the United States. Not a justice on the Supreme Court of the United States,” Biden wrote.

  • lolcatnipEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Imagine going to college, training in law for years, only to know after 18yrs you will have to go back to regular attorney work

    What makes you think they’d go back to regular attorney work? They can still be judges, just not on the Supreme Court. And if you’re worried that serving on the Supreme Court for 18 years isn’t enough of a reward in itself, we could also continue to pay them their Supreme Court salary for life.