Joe Biden is rolling out a series of proposals to radically change the United States Supreme Court and the presidency in the wake of the Democratic Party’s failed lawfare campaign against former President Donald J. Trump. In an opinion editorial for The Washington Post, the 81-year-old Biden lays out three major changes he intends to pursue: a constitutional amendment to end presidential immunity, term limits for Supreme Court justices, and a binding code of conduct for the high court.
PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY.
The Biden-Harris plan calls for a radical rollback of presidential immunity through what he bills as a ‘No One Is Above the Law’ amendment to the U.S. Constitution. “It would make clear that there is no immunity for crimes a former president committed while in office,” he writes.
Biden, Kamala Harris, and their Democratic allies falsely frame the issue as one of simple criminal activity, ignoring the complexity of a president’s decisions and the chilling effect that the threat of post-White House prosecution could have on the nation’s leaders. Such an amendment may create an environment where presidents face prosecution for acts that most might consider being in defense of the United States—including constitutionally grey military actions.
