He is also seeking a constitutional amendment against presidential immunity.
reforms, including term limits for justices, a binding code of conduct and ethics rules, and for a constitutional amendment to strip presidents of immunity from prosecution.In an op-ed published Monday by The Washington Post, Biden wrote, "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.
A constitutional amendment is not easily accomplished. It must either be proposed by a two-thirds vote in both the House and Senate or a constitutional convention is requested by 34 states. From there, 38 state legislatures would have to approve it. The last time an amendment was added to the Constitution was the 27th Amendment in 1992, which concerned changes in pay for Congress.
"Supreme Court Justices should not be exempt from the enforceable code of conduct that applies to every other federal judge," the official argued. Biden's call for SCOTUS reform comes over a year after ProPublica first reported Justice Clarence Thomas received luxury travel and hospitality perks from a billionaire Republican donor, and that Justice Samuel Alito failed to report a luxury vacation he took with a wealthy hedge fund manager who later had business before the Supreme Court.
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