If President Joe Biden has his way, the Supreme Court justices would have term limits, a binding code of conduct and the court’s recent decision on presidential immunity would be called back.
In a three-part plan, Biden said he wanted “bold reforms” that would help “restore trust and accountability” to the court. Recent decisions by the justices–including overturning Roe v. Wade and expanding presidential immunity–mixed with justices’ recent ethics scandals, led him to call for judicial reform, he said.
“Undisclosed gifts to justices from individuals with interests in cases before the court, as well as conflicts of interest connected with Jan. 6 insurrectionists, raise legitimate questions about the court’s impartiality,” Biden wrote in an op-ed for The Washington Post. “I have overseen more Supreme Court nominations as senator, vice president and president than anyone living today. I have great respect for our institutions and the separation of powers. What is happening now is not normal, and it undermines the public’s confidence in the court’s decisions,........