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President Biden tried to make his case yesterday for radically transforming the Supreme Court.
What is lame-duck Biden up to?
Be informed, not misled.
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While the White House announced major changes through Biden's Fact Sheet, the president also delivered remarks about them during a scheduled speech at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library and Museum in Austin, Texas.
And he supposedly penned an op-ed in The Washington Post detailing his plan.
Nobody believes he actually "penned" anything---particularly the op-ed that merely had his signature on it.
The op-ed begins with, "This nation was founded on a simple yet profound principle: No one is above the law. 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. 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 Jan. 6, 2021 — there may be no legal consequences.
And that’s only the beginning.
"On top of dangerous and extreme decisions that overturn settled legal precedents — including Roe v. Wade"— he challenges, "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."
Is Joe Biden actually working to create a "more perfect union?" or what?
He says he has "Three bold reforms to restore trust and accountability to the court and our democracy."
First, I am calling for a constitutional amendment called the No One Is Above the Law Amendment. It would make clear that there is no immunity for crimes a former president committed while in office. I share our Founders’ belief that the president’s power is limited, not absolute. We are a nation of laws — not of kings or dictators.
Second, we have had term limits for presidents for nearly 75 years. We should have the same for Supreme Court justices. The United States is the only major constitutional democracy that gives lifetime seats to its high court. Term limits would help ensure that the court’s membership changes with some regularity. I support a system in which the president would appoint a justice every two years to spend 18 years in active service on the Supreme Court.
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. Justices should be required to disclose gifts, refrain from public political activity, and recuse themselves from cases in which they or their spouses have financial or other conflicts of interest. Every other federal judge is bound by an enforceable code of conduct, and there is no reason for the Supreme Court to be exempt.
He says, "We can and must prevent the abuse of presidential power. We can and must restore the public’s faith in the Supreme Court. We can and must strengthen the guardrails of democracy."
It's very difficult to find sincerity in his words when we know a bit about the Biden Family Business schemes of selling influence to enrich themselves and amass power.
So, what is he really up to?
Jordan Boyd writes in The Federalist, "The regime with the most unconstitutional track record in modern history is seeking to destroy the only functioning institution left in America by completely overhauling it."
"President Joe Biden, with the help of The Washington Post, advanced his public delegitimization campaign against the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday when he introduced a radical plan that would fulfill his party’s yearslong goal of destroying the judicial branch’s ruling body," she says.
She continues: "In Biden’s latest blatant lawfare attack on Democrats’ top political opponent, he used these examples from a routinely unanimous court as a springboard to argue for amending the U.S. Constitution so that 'there is no immunity for crimes a former president committed while in office.' The First Family’s history of evading accountability suggests the 'No President Is Above the Law' pledge would presumably not affect the patriarch of the Biden family’s international influence-peddling scheme."
The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies Co-Chairman Leonard Leo, who has found himself in the crosshairs of Democrats’ SCOTUS delegitimization campaign in the past, said in a statement on Monday that Biden’s latest attack has nothing to do with “undue influence” and everything to do with “Democrats destroying a court they don’t agree with.”
“Let me be clear: If Democrats want to adopt an across-the-board ethics ban for all branches, I am in favor of that: no jets, no meals, no speaking honorariums, no gifts for anyone from anyone for any reason in any branch, starting with Congress. Until they support that, let’s all be honest about what this is: a campaign to destroy a court that they disagree with,” Leo said.
Biden claims he is introducing all of these ill-named “reforms” to “strengthen the guardrails of democracy.” In reality, it’s Biden, his de facto despot Harris, and Democrats who are responsible for the “increasing threats to America’s democratic institutions” (including the highest court in the land) by openly threatening SCOTUS justices over their recent decisions and promising to pack the bench.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson says, “President Biden’s proposal to radically overhaul the U.S. Supreme Court would tilt the balance of power and erode not only the rule of law but the American people’s faith in our system of justice. This proposal is the logical conclusion to the Biden-Harris Administration and Congressional Democrats’ ongoing efforts to delegitimize the Supreme Court. Their calls to expand and pack the Court will soon resume.”
Takeaway
During his 2020 presidential run, Biden initially refused to admit his desire to pack the Supreme Court to favor Democrats. After mounting pressure from leftist activists desperate to retaliate against Trump’s effective court picks, however, he ditched his 1983-era hesitation and prioritized expanding the bench under the guise of so-called “court reform.”
Both Biden and his de facto despot Harris have expressed openness to packing the court with activist justices that they know would rule in favor of their corrupt and repeatedly unconstitutional regime.
Speaker of the House says this latest scheme by the Left is "Dead on Arrival" in Congress.
Be Informed. Be Discerning. Be Vigilant. Be Engaged. Be Prayerful.