Biden's Plans to Reform the Supreme Court Explained

In the wake of a series of SCOTUS scandals, Biden has proposed three reforms to the court that, while unlikely to come to fruition, could have an impact in November. So in this video, we'll explain what he's proposing and how it could shape the election.

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CORRECTION: As some commenters have pointed out, the ruling overturning Roe v Wade was not a 6-3 decision; it was technically 5-4. Chief Justice Roberts concurred with the specific law (a Mississippi ban on abortions after 15 weeks), but dissented against overturning Roe, arguing that, while the Mississippi ban was clearly inconsistent with the 23-week/viability minimum implied by Roe, the "right to abortion" within Roe should remain.

Apologies for this error, and we hope you still enjoyed the vid!

[term]

Judges should not be a part of any political party.

[coopergraveline]

An important note about the politicization of the Supreme Court too, is the ambiguity of pretty much everything.
The denial of Obama's appointment was because Justice Scalia died in February of an election year (which had never been done before, or something), which is why McConnel and the Republicans pushed so so hard against Garland being appointed, stating that the oncoming government should be the one to make the appointment.
If they wanted to uphold that ruling, then sure, it could have set a new precedent. But they didn't. Justice Bader Ginsberg died in SEPTEMBER - a month and a half before the election - and they still pushed through Justice Coney Barret a week before the election.

Setting a new precedent is one thing, but the blatant hypocrisy was mindboggling.

[ThootenTootinTabootin]

Supreme court justices should not receive "gifts". Period.

[chickenfishhybrid]

Imagine if we had the internet and this level of coverage of the court in the 60s.

[soccerguy]

Pretty important note: overturning Roe v. Wade was not a 6-3 decision; it was 5-4. John Roberts concurred in judgment (i.e. that the Mississippi law at hand banning abortion at 15 weeks should be upheld), NOT that Roe should be overturned.

[albevanhanoy]

An all-powerful, life-appointed entity, able to receive bribes without repercussions?

Founding fathers be like: "Sure, I don't see what could go wrong"

[thepax]

Why are the judges part of *any* political party in the first place?
Aren't legislative and judicative supposed to be seperate from each other?

[flashsentry]

If you want to " dain the swamp" this is how you do it. Every high official political job should have term limits.

[greg_mca]

5:32 those are some interesting nominees alright

[skahtty]

I would argue the beginning of the end for SCOTUS was Citizens United. Also, lol at all my fellow Americans who are upset the Court could change. Do you honestly think it’s gone unchanged since its inception? Where did people get this idea that the sanctity of an institution means it shouldn’t be accountable to reform and improvement?

[AnimilesYT]

As someone from the Netherlands it's crazy how the supreme court can rule make laws indirectly. It's even crazy how judges belong to a party, since the judicial system should be separate from the state. It's only there to enforce the laws as they are

[andrewnewsome]

I think these should be applied to congress first. I am tired of career politicians.

[arinc]

Putting Saul Goodman as the next conservative SCOTUS judge is just brilliant 😆

[leekh]

Exactly. All the supreme court judges that gave him absolutely immunity is weird, ridiculous and should be investigated thoroughly. Makes no sense that the lunatic bully is above the law, above the King. Crazy

[jacoporegini]

The president could just have the supreme court arrested and held in an undisclosed location. That would constitute an official act.

[OurLordandSaviorSigmar]

Well, they gave the President complete immunity on "official acts". He should just do this by executive order and give them a taste of their own medicine.

[panyinji]

Maybe start term limits from senate and congress first.

[wudubora]

How about adding term limits on senators and representatives.

[NiksAanDeWashand]

Haha the judge dredd in 2035 caught me really off guard.