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.

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Fuck state’s rights. The states don’t need rights

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Or just get rid of the whole 50 states thing. Do we really need two Dakotas or Carolinas?

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Hey! The 512 people in South Dakota and 2 in North Dakota need equal representation!

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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.

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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

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

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Agreed wholeheartedly.

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I’m from above with all the down votes. We’re headed in the same direction: fuck corporate personhood. Well done.

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I support corporate personhood.

Now let’s go ahead and bust out the electric bleachers and take care of entire boards of directors for causing so much damage. They are people, afterall.

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