Biden Proposes Supreme Court Reforms.
Joe Biden proposes a dramatic overhaul of the Supreme Court that he thinks needs policing. (The Washington Post)
“On top of dangerous and extreme decisions that overturn settled legal precedents — including Roe v. Wade — the court is mired in a crisis of ethics. Scandals involving several justices have caused the public to question the court’s fairness and independence, which are essential to faithfully carrying out its mission of equal justice under the law. For example, 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.”
The Supreme Court has produced a bumper crop of scandals int the last few years with few if any mechanisms to ‘police’ the actions of some of its members. Thus many now want to curb what some see as the Court’s excesses and put in place ways to bring the Court back into the mainstream of America. The Biden Administration thinks it has tools to accomplish this through the reforms it will propose to limit lifetime tenure of the Justices among other things. The American public has little confidence in the Court according to polls and the many view it as another political machine but President hopes to help change that. A heavy lift it is.
