Results: Biden proposes term limits, code of conduct to rein in 'extreme' Supreme Court
Published on 08/01/2024
Sources: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-propose-supreme-court-term-limits-binding-code-conduct-2024-07-29/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/07/29/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-bold-plan-to-reform-the-supreme-court-and-ensure-no-president-is-above-the-law/
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw4yz3nw0vyo
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/07/29/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-bold-plan-to-reform-the-supreme-court-and-ensure-no-president-is-above-the-law/
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw4yz3nw0vyo
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Joe Biden has criticised the "extreme opinions" of the Supreme court as he proposed sweeping reforms including the removal of life appointments. Do you think that the Supreme court has "extreme opinions"?
Yes
44%
1152 votes
No
20%
530 votes
Undecided
17%
448 votes
Not Applicable
18%
470 votes
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The proposals come after the current conservative-dominated court issued a series of major decisions, including upending the constitutional right to abortion and allowing presidents wide-ranging immunity from prosecution for "official acts". Which of the proposed changes do you agree with? Information below is taken from the White House fact sheet from the opening message. No Immunity for Crimes a Former President Committed in Office: Biden is calling for a constitutional amendment that makes clear no President is above the law or immune from prosecution for crimes committed while in office. This No One Is Above the Law Amendment will state that the Constitution does not confer any immunity from federal criminal indictment, trial, conviction, or sentencing by virtue of previously serving as President.
45%
1162 votes
18 Year Term Limits for Supreme Court Justices: Term limits would help ensure that the Court's membership changes with some regularity; make timing for Court nominations more predictable and less arbitrary; and reduce the chance that any single Presidency imposes undue influence for generations to come. President Biden supports a system in which the President would appoint a Justice every two years to spend eighteen years in active service on the Supreme Court.
43%
1105 votes
Binding Code of Conduct for the Supreme Court: President Biden believes that Congress should pass binding, enforceable conduct and ethics rules that require Justices to disclose gifts, refrain from public political activity, and recuse themselves from cases in which they or their spouses have financial or other conflicts of interest.
41%
1074 votes
Not Applicable
39%
1007 votes
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Do you think these changes will actually be made? Yes
10%
272 votes
Only some of them
32%
825 votes
No
34%
886 votes
Not Applicable
24%
617 votes
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