Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said on Tuesday that President Joe Biden’s proposal to impose term limits on Supreme Court justices is “dead on arrival” in Congress.
On Monday, Biden suggested allowing presidents to appoint justices every two years and capping their active service at 18 years.
“I couldn’t be more disappointed. This is a man who was chairman of the Judiciary Committee for a long time,” McConnell said of Biden, according to The Hill. “He absolutely knows what he recommended is unconstitutional, to try to limit the terms of the Supreme Court justices who under the Constitution are appointed for life.” Biden’s proposal also includes establishing a mandatory ethics code and enacting a Constitutional amendment to eliminate presidential immunity from criminal prosecution for crimes committed in office.
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The amendment, called the “No One Is Above the Law Amendment,” aims to address the Supreme Court’s controversial July decision, which ruled that presidents are immune from criminal prosecution for “official acts” carried out during their presidency.
McConnell, 82, has previously announced he will step down as Senate Republican leader in November. The Kentucky lawmaker is the longest-serving Senate leader in history.
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