This would be more credible if it includes the Senate and Congress as well. I think term limits and an enforceable code of ethics for SCOTUS, Senate and Congress is a great idea.
Great video! Most of these seem like unrealistic wishlist items to me, not sure it was worth Bidens energy. 1. The presidential immunity one I really lack all opinion on, it seems like President's like Bush and Obama should be triable for war crimes in the middle east, but maybe we want our leaders to be free of such a burden? Not too sure. 2. I don't believe in term limits in general. It seems to me that every reason people list for term limits ends up being a symptom of another problem. I think raising the consent of the Senate to a super majority (2/3) would go a long ways to improving the candidates. The idea that a hyperpartisan Senate can get someone in with half + 1 is gross. I could also see removing the President from the chain and having the Supreme Court send nominations to the Senate instead help de-politify the process. I have heard of using lottery/sortition to randomly select justices from federal courts to serve as a constantly rotating Supreme Court and I think that is a novel idea. Probably fantasy to think it would ever come to be. 3. It seems difficult to imagine a way for the Supreme Court to punish its members. Congress is far too political to do it, and the court too corrupt. I think the solution is, sadly, a complete refactor of the courts. Unlikely in this current climate. Maybe a bicameral court, or multiple high courts with different subject matters could do it. Maybe a system where other justices can trigger a blind vote to expel their members? Hard to say.
For presidential immunity, I keep thinking, how do you define what are decisions that the president can make that are considered "bad"? I think if you analyze most presidency terms, you can probably find something that happened under their watch that can be considered bad. For supreme court limits, I can agree to this as long as the senate and congress can be included. Why one and not the other? This mostly sounds like a bunch of ideas that President Biden is only considering now because of a belief these ideas will work out in Democrat's favor in the short term but not realize how it can backfire in the long run. It can be balanced for everyone in the long run so these ideas can still be good ideas if refined.
Why put an end point on justices? You'd be moving from an absolute to a partial position. That has logical and psychological implications. Your idea moves us from a more to a less defensible position for defending the Court's sanctity (putting us on a slippery slope of changes for political expediency). What if your idea is implemented by amending to read "terms shall be determined by 2/3s of legislature and signed by President"? The pols would love having no necessary adult supervision. A truly independent judiciary is the best man-authored contrivance in history to provide stability across the ebbs and flows of history. We should respect it more, not less.
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This would be more credible if it includes the Senate and Congress as well. I think term limits and an enforceable code of ethics for SCOTUS, Senate and Congress is a great idea.
Great video! Most of these seem like unrealistic wishlist items to me, not sure it was worth Bidens energy.
1. The presidential immunity one I really lack all opinion on, it seems like President's like Bush and Obama should be triable for war crimes in the middle east, but maybe we want our leaders to be free of such a burden? Not too sure.
2. I don't believe in term limits in general. It seems to me that every reason people list for term limits ends up being a symptom of another problem. I think raising the consent of the Senate to a super majority (2/3) would go a long ways to improving the candidates. The idea that a hyperpartisan Senate can get someone in with half + 1 is gross. I could also see removing the President from the chain and having the Supreme Court send nominations to the Senate instead help de-politify the process. I have heard of using lottery/sortition to randomly select justices from federal courts to serve as a constantly rotating Supreme Court and I think that is a novel idea. Probably fantasy to think it would ever come to be.
3. It seems difficult to imagine a way for the Supreme Court to punish its members. Congress is far too political to do it, and the court too corrupt. I think the solution is, sadly, a complete refactor of the courts. Unlikely in this current climate. Maybe a bicameral court, or multiple high courts with different subject matters could do it. Maybe a system where other justices can trigger a blind vote to expel their members? Hard to say.
He wasn't consistent on calling for amendments? What makes you think he was the author?
For presidential immunity, I keep thinking, how do you define what are decisions that the president can make that are considered "bad"? I think if you analyze most presidency terms, you can probably find something that happened under their watch that can be considered bad.
For supreme court limits, I can agree to this as long as the senate and congress can be included. Why one and not the other?
This mostly sounds like a bunch of ideas that President Biden is only considering now because of a belief these ideas will work out in Democrat's favor in the short term but not realize how it can backfire in the long run.
It can be balanced for everyone in the long run so these ideas can still be good ideas if refined.
Why put an end point on justices? You'd be moving from an absolute to a partial position. That has logical and psychological implications.
Your idea moves us from a more to a less defensible position for defending the Court's sanctity (putting us on a slippery slope of changes for political expediency).
What if your idea is implemented by amending to read "terms shall be determined by 2/3s of legislature and signed by President"? The pols would love having no necessary adult supervision.
A truly independent judiciary is the best man-authored contrivance in history to provide stability across the ebbs and flows of history.
We should respect it more, not less.