McConnell: Biden’s Supreme Court reforms ‘dead on arrival’ in Congress
- Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell stated President Biden’s proposed term limits for Supreme Court justices are “unconstitutional” and “dead on arrival” in Congress.
- McConnell, surprised by Biden's proposal, criticized it as an attack on the Supreme Court's integrity.
- He emphasized that justices are appointed for life and that the way to change court makeup is through elections, not term limits.
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McConnell: Biden’s Supreme Court reforms ‘dead on arrival’ in Congress
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday said President Biden’s proposed term limits for Supreme Court justices are “unconstitutional” and will be “dead on arrival” in Congress. McConnell, one of the Supreme Court’s most ardent defenders in the Senate, said he was “surprised” that Biden, a former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, proposed…
Biden’s Supreme Court Reforms Are Unconstitutional
Anti-Trump protestors outside the Supreme Court on July 1, 2024. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades for The Washington Post via Getty Images)This piece was first published in our news digest, The Front Page. To get our latest scoops, investigations, and columns in your inbox every morning, Monday through Thursday, become a Free Press subscriber today:Subscribe nowOn Monday, President Biden proposed two reforms to the Supreme Court—term limits for justices …
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