US president also to seek constitutional amendment to limit immunity for presidents and various officeholders

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.

  • Dr. Bob@lemmy.caEnglish
    42·
    4 months ago

    The concentration of power in the executive branch has only occurred in the last 40 years or so with the push for “unified executive theory”. It has accelerated with this supreme Court in just the last couple of years. The court has shown themselves ready to ignore their own precedents, pick and choose historical arguments to buttress outcomes, and substitute their own judgement for Congress’s. There is no check on this madness except for court reform.

    • SirDerpy@lemmy.world
      4·
      4 months ago

      Every time the federal passes a law they’re empowered at the expense of the states. The executive has been influencing and leading legislative efforts since Washington empowered Hamilton.

      But, I think I understand where you’re coming from. The federal executive has, since the beginning, also been also accumulating power primarily at the expense of the federal legislative. And, just like most everything else that sucks today, it was the Reagan administration that kicked it up a notch.

      No reform of courts will suffice because the rest of the system is also broken.

        • Ænima@lemm.ee
          10·
          4 months ago

          Yeah! And while we’re at it, neither do corporations! Only people and animals get rights!!

        • idiomaddict@lemmy.world
          5·
          4 months ago

          What does that mean?

          I ask because I’m very much a fan of the additional civil rights protections that apply to my family members in blue states, and those definitely wouldn’t get passed nationally. I’m not a fam of the state laws that specifically prohibit those protections, but they seem more likely to get passed nationally.

          We could absolutely do away with the electoral college though, as it’s straight up anti-democratic.

          • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
            3·
            4 months ago

            States rights crowd isn’t talking about giving additional civil rights. They are, and always have been, about stripping away as many minorities rights as possible.

            I’ll say it again fuck States Rights.

            Agreed about the EC, and I would love some RCV