Uh-Oh: Schumer Won’t Say Whether Biden’s Radical SCOTUS Overhaul Will Get A Vote

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) appears unwilling to commit to a vote on President Joe Biden’s radical plan to overhaul the Supreme Court, according to a recent report from Fox News digital.

While he did say on Monday that he was in favor of most if not all of Biden’s plan — which calls for term limits for Supreme Court Justices in addition to several other provisions — the only part that he signaled a willingness to move forward on in the near future was a legislative measure that would deny immunity to former presidents.

“I am particularly pleased President Biden called for undoing the damage of the Court’s recent immunity decision,” he said. “An option I am considering is drawing up legislation clarifying that the President is NOT immune from violations of federal law.”

Biden’s plan also called for a code of ethics that could be enforced against members of the high court and an amendment to the Constitution that stated presidents did not have immunity from criminal prosecution once they left office — and the report noted that none of those provisions were likely to make it through a divided Congress.

WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘AM I RACIST?’ — MATT WALSH’S EXPOSÉ ON DEI

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has already said that Biden’s plan would be “dead on arrival” in the lower chamber, saying, “Biden’s proposal to radically overhaul the U.S. Supreme Court would tilt the balance of power and erode not only the rule of law, but the American people’s faith in our system of justice. This proposal is the logical conclusion to the Biden-Harris Administration and Congressional Democrats’ ongoing efforts to delegitimize the Supreme Court.”

Biden lashed out at Johnson when confronted with the Speaker’s statement, telling reporters, “That’s what he is … Dead on arrival.”

President Biden was just asked on the tarmac about Speaker Johnson calling his Supreme Court reform “dead on arrival.” “That’s what he is,” Biden said. Asked for clarification, a reporter shouted, “That he is?” Biden responded: “He is. Dead on arrival.” pic.twitter.com/kEOV2y21Yi

— Matt Viser (@mviser) July 29, 2024