President Joe Biden on Monday unveiled a three-pronged proposal to reform the Supreme Court, a policy area that he said will be a focus of his remaining months in office.
Biden is calling for term limits on Supreme Court justices, a binding ethics code and a constitutional amendment declaring that presidents do not have immunity from criminal prosecution for any crimes committed while in office.
That proposed amendment, titled the “No One Is Above the Law Amendment,” responds to the Supreme Court’s controversial ruling earlier in July that declared former President Donald Trump immune from criminal prosecution for “official acts” he committed as president.
Biden’s proposed ethics code comes after several Supreme Court justices, including Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, were caught in scandals involving undisclosed financial gifts that posed potential conflicts of interest.
Over the course of his administration, Biden has grown louder about his criticisms of the majority conservative high court, which has repealed …