Biden lays out '3 bold reforms' for confronting Supreme Court 'crisis of ethics'

Although President Joe Biden ended his reelection campaign and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president, he plans to serve out the rest of his term. And one of Biden's priorities is reforming the U.S. Supreme Court.

In an op-ed published by the Washington Post on July 29, Biden cites the High Court's controversial 6-3 immunity ruling in Trump v. the United States as a glaring example of why reforms are badly needed.

"This nation was founded on a simple yet profound principle: No one is above the law," Biden writes. "Not the president of the United States. Not a justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. No one. But the Supreme Court's 6-3 decision on July 1 to grant presidents broad immunity from prosecution for crimes they commit in office means there are virtually no limits on what a president can do."

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Biden continues, "The only limits will be those that are self-imposed by the person occupying the Oval Office. If a future president incites a violent mob to storm the Capitol and stop the peaceful transfer of power — like we saw on January 6, 2021 — there may be no legal consequences. And that's only the beginning."

The president laments in addition to overturning "settled legal precedents" like Roe v. Wade, the High Court has been "mired in a crisis of ethics." And he goes on to lay out his game plan for "three bold reforms."

"First, I am calling for a constitutional amendment called the No One Is Above the Law Amendment," Biden explains. "It would make clear that there is no immunity for crimes a former president committed while in office…. Second, we have had term limits for presidents for nearly 75 years."

Biden continues, "We should have the same for Supreme Court justices. Third, I'm calling for a binding code of conduct for the Supreme Court. This is common sense. The Court's current voluntary ethics code is weak and self-enforced."

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President Joe Biden's full op-ed for the Washington Post is available at this link (subscription required).