Supreme Reforms

 What could a lame duck President do that would be a gift to all Americans? Lead the effort to reform the Supreme Court. Biden has come up with three recommendations for reforms:

• No Immunity for Crimes a Former President Committed in Office

• Term Limits for Supreme Court Justices

• Binding Code of Conduct for the Supreme Court

In its statement, the White House noted that “President Biden believes that no one—neither the President nor the Supreme Court—is above the law.”

Congress would have to agree for these changes to be enacted but this is a first step. If we had leaders truly committed to bipartisanship, this would be passed by both houses of Congress and signed into law.

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