Report: Biden To Push For Major Changes At Supreme Court; Term Limits, Ethics Code

President Joe Biden is reportedly planning to push major changes to the Supreme Court after years of lobbing attacks against the court and flouting its authority.

Biden is planning to endorse an effort to establish term limits for Supreme Court, as well as enact an enforceable code of ethics for justices, according to The Washington Post. The effort may include other changes, as well as a push for a constitutional amendment that would strike broad immunity for constitutional officeholders, such as Supreme Court justices, the president, and others.

The left flank of the Democratic Party has pressured the president to crack down on the Supreme Court for years, particularly after the court overturned Roe v. Wade and then recently ruled that presidents have immunity from prosecution for exercising core constitutional powers. Biden outlined his plans in a call over the weekend with the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

“I’m going to need your help on the Supreme Court, because I’m about to come out — I don’t want to prematurely announce it — but I’m about to come out with a major initiative on limiting the court … I’ve been working with constitutional scholars for the last three months, and I need some help,” Biden told the caucus, according to a transcript obtained by The Washington Post.

The feasibility of Biden’s proposed changes is unclear. The changes would likely need congressional approval, a dubious bet with Republicans in control of the House of Representatives, though only by a thin margin.

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The president recently blasted the court as “out of touch with what the founders intended” over a ruling finding some degree of immunity for former president Donald Trump for actions he took while in office. Biden called the ruling a “terrible decision” in an interview with NBC’s Lester Holt.

That attack followed a public address on the court’s decision. Biden expressed, “I dissent.”

“This nation was founded on the principle that there are no kings in America; each of us is equal before the law,” Biden said. The decision sets a “dangerous precedent, because the power of the office will no longer be constrained by the law,” he continued.

Biden’s increasing attacks on the legitimacy of the court are having a poisonous effect on American politics, according to experts. Kyle Brosnan, chief counsel for the Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project, called Biden’s behavior unprecedented.

“I see President Biden’s statements as another datapoint in a years-long crusade by the left to delegitimize the Supreme Court because they don’t like their rulings,” Brosnan said.

“[The Trump immunity decision] is a win for the office of the presidency and President Biden should be celebrating that he’s likely insulated from facing potential charges for weaponizing the Justice Department to go after his political enemies,” he continued.