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Biden calls for supreme court reforms including 18-year justice term limits (www.theguardian.com)

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President also says presidential immunity for crimes should be removed and ethics rules for justices should be stricter

Joe Biden has called for a series of reforms to the US Supreme Court, including the introduction of term limits for justices and a constitutional amendment to remove immunity for crimes committed by a president while in office.

In an op-ed published on Monday morning, the president said justices should be limited to a maximum of 18 years’ service on the court rather than the current lifetime appointment, and also said ethics rules should be strengthened to regulate justices’ behavior.

The call for reform comes after the supreme court ruled in early July that former presidents have some degree of immunity from prosecution, a decision that served as a major victory for Donald Trump amid his legal travails.

“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,” Biden wrote.

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[+] Tryptaminev@lemm.ee -6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Biden did not "inherit" the Israel situation. He made it a core part of his political career to be a staunch supporter of Zionism, ethnic cleansing and genocide against Palestinians.

This is Biden in 1986 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYLNCcLfIkM

"Where there not an Israel, the US would have to invent an Israel"

Biden has always been driven by a desire to cause destabilization and war in the Middle East, killing millions of people through various US policies and invasions during his long political career.

[–] warbond@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I think the term is used here to indicate that Israel is a core part of America's foreign policy, and regardless of who the president is, they have to deal with that legacy.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Biden was critical in making it that core part. Not just during his presidency.

[–] Tryptaminev@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If Biden just stumbled into politics 15 years ago, maybe one could say that. But he made staunch support for Israel integral to his political career for over 40 years. And he also didn't hold back on the "why". It is to serve US interests which for the Middle East have been destabilization and brutal violence.

[–] warbond@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Regardless of who the president is, regardless of their time in politics, or their influence on foreign policy, the United States of America has shown again and again that it supports Israel in everything that it does. 40 years ago Joe Biden took a 40 year old idea and ran with it.