2024-08-02 00:11:55
The American PresidentJoe Bidenannounced a plan to reform the Supreme Court which involves limiting the life term of magistrates and establishing a ethical codean ambitious project in his last months of mandate, with little chance of success in the Congress.
The 81-year-old president called for constitutional reform to cancel the recent decision that the Supreme Court, dominated by a majority of conservative judges, adopted regarding Donald Trump.
The highest judicial authority in United States lThe former Republican president, who faces several lawsuits and is campaigning to return to office, was granted broad immunity in July. White House.
The White House said both the 81-year-old president and the vice president Kamala Harris, who is emerging as a Democratic candidate, wants to work with Congress on this plan, although it has little chance of being approved in a deeply divided legislature.
Before heading to Austin, in Texas, Biden He told reporters that the high court “needs reform.”
The Supreme Court is made up of nine justices appointed for life and currently has six conservative justices, three of them appointed by Trump with the ratification of Congress.
The court has issued other controversial rulings, such as the annulment in 2022 of the 1973 decision that allowed the right to abortion, and is also facing a scandal over the integrity of judges.
The demarcation of the mandate of judges “seeks to limit the possibility of a presidency imposing undue influence on the future generations”, the White House said in a statement.
It also seeks to establish an ethical code that is “binding”, similar to that applied to judges of the federal judicial circuit.
In an opinion article published in the newspaper Washington PostBiden added that his proposals seek to reflect that “no one is above the law.”
“What is happening now is not normal, and it undermines public confidence in the court’s decisions, including those affecting personal liberties,” the president said.
CAPTION:
INFLUENCE. The president proposes limiting the mandate of judges and establishing an ethical code for the Court, before the elections.
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2024-08-02 00:11:55