re: Biden release SCOTUS overhaul... his only priority in last 6 months

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How about we do a basic vote for Congressional term limits before asking them to vote on an amendment for SCOTUS term limits.

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just go for a term limit amendment


2 terms - 4 years for house (35 year old age requirement - 75 year old age limit)
1 term - 6 years for senate (40 year old age requirement - 75 age limit)
2 terms - 8 years for president (45 year old age requirement - 75 age limit)
USSC - 24 years and 75 age limit

Cannot be a lobbyist for 20 years after leaving office


and while you are at it....need to work on balanced budget amendment and set max taxation % limit

I don't get why people are laughing at "Dems trying to change the rules". This is how checks and balances work. If a branch of government doesn't like the actions of another branch, then it needs to make changes to achieve a different result.

A controversial Constitutuonal Amendment is going nowhere, though. I can't see 2/3 of either Congressional body agreeing on anything right now, much less 3/4 of the States.

And Congressional term limits? I don't care how popular that idea is, how do you convince congressmen to fire themselves?

The Supreme Court term limits is interesting to me, but I'm not sure it is Constitutional. It does not negate lifetime appointments. It says that, after an 18 year term, a justice loses their appellate jurisdiction. These "Senior Justices" would still hear cases based on original jurisdiction, but they would not rule on cases heard under appellate jurisdiction (which is almost all cases).

Under Article III, SCOTUS appellate jurisdiction is " subject to Exceptions and Regulations prescribed by Congress." Congress has used this power to stop certain cases from ever reaching the Court, but can it parse the Court out and prevent certain Justices from hearing cases?

Sounds weird, but maybe.

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interesting. He's unfit to run but he's fit to completely overhaul the American justice system at the highest levels?

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So now we give the Executive branch unilateral authority to completely raze and rebuild the Judicial branch with the help of the Legislative branch in order to further the establishment agenda?

Sounds like a recipe for success... if your goal is to continue becoming a banana republic.

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President Joe Biden unveiled a set of reform proposals to overhaul the Supreme Court including term limits for justices and a more binding ethics code.

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Dude is unfit to run for President but fit to make sweeping changes to our form of government.

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In addition to his so-called No One Is Above The Law Amendment, Biden proposed term limits for Supreme Court justices, advocating for the president to be able to appoint a new justice every two years to spend 18 years in active service on the high court.

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Interesting that he chose 18 years. No reason behind that right?
Thomas in office: 32 years & 280 days
Roberts in office: 18 years & 304 days
Alito in office: 18 years 180 days

Also trying to add the 1 every 2 years since Trump only has 1 term left, that would keep all 3 of them from retiring while Trump is in office to ensure a Republican president gets to replace them.

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Interesting that he chose 18 years. No reason behind that right?

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If you only want 9 Justices, and staggered 2 year appointments, then an 18 year term is the result. Removes the Judges who have been on the Court the longest.

And it's not Biden's idea. The legislation was introduced last year by several D Senators, and is currently sitting in the Judiciary Committee for consideration.

Biden, head of one co equal branch, is seeking to usurp the authority of another co equal branch. He’s literally a threat to our democracy

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Biden is also calling for a constitutional amendment declaring that presidents do not have immunity from criminal prosecution for any crimes committed while in office

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Bold move for someone that committed treason.