'What Is Happening Is Not Normal': President Biden Proposes Unprecedented Plan To Radically Change The Supreme Court

On Monday, President Joe Biden continued his crusade against the Supreme Court in an op-ed in the Washington Post that focused on three reform proposals: reverse the court's recent presidential immunity decision, impose term limits on the justices, and enforce an ethics code after years of left-wing groups and Democratic politicians attacking the court's reputation.

The president, who has routinely defied the Supreme Court on relieving student loans, argued that his proposals have the majority support of the American people and that the court's decision on July 1 in Trump v United States undermines the court's image in the eyes of the public. The president described the decision, which grants presidents immunity for "official" acts conducted while in office, and others like it as "dangerous and extreme."

"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," Biden's began. "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," the president added.

The president then cited recent accusations levied against conservative Supreme Court justices, notably Justice Clarence Thomas, that their legal decisions have been influenced by wealthy individuals who have given out gifts.

Despite the repeated attacks on the court by the president and his Democratic allies, Biden claimed to have "great respect for our institutions and the separation of powers." The president then argued that the decisions of the Supreme Court are "not normal" since they impact "personal freedoms" like access to abortion.

In response to these decisions, the president demanded that Congress pass a Constitutional amendment, the No One Is Above the Law Amendment, that reverses the court's Trump v United States decision and ensures that presidents are not held to a different legal standard than everyday citizens. He called on the legislature to enact 18-year term limits on Supreme Court justices and demanded that an enforceable ethics code, imposed on the judiciary by Congress, be put into place.

"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," Biden wrote. "In America, no one is above the law. In America, the people rule."

The president's suggestions fly in the face of the Founder's vision of the Supreme Court, particularly the suggestion of term limits on the justices. The president and his allies have routinely undermined the Supreme Court by attacking the justices' decisions and ruining their reputations. The court's decisions should be respected, and the efforts to change the court radically only began to originate amongst Democrats when they lost control. The same arguments weren't being made when originalists were in the minority. Democrats proposed changes, the most radical of which being court packing, only after President Trump appointed three justices to the Supreme Court. Because of this, President Biden's proposals are not based on principle but instead made to ensure that the Democrat Party is able once again to hold the reins of power in the judiciary.

Read President Biden's op-ed here.

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