Kamala Harris Vows To Mend ‘Crisis Of Confidence’ In Support of Biden Call For Supreme Court Reform

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Vice President Kamala Harris pledged support for President Joe Biden’s three-part plan to reform the Supreme Court, saying the proposed changes would “strengthen our democracy.”

Biden demanded a return to “trust and accountability” in a Monday column for the Washington Post that proposed term limits for justices and a new binding ethics code. The president warned that “no one is above the law” and criticized a recent decision that grants presidents broad immunity from prosecution for crimes committed in office.

Harris, who has been endorsed by senior Democrats as the new presumptive nominee in the upcoming election cycle, said that the Supreme Court was facing a “crisis of confidence” and that “its fairness has been called into question after numerous ethics scandals” in a statement published Monday.

In the course of our Nation’s history, trust in the Supreme Court of the United States has been critical to achieving equal justice under law. President Biden and I strongly believe that the American people must have confidence in the Supreme Court. Yet today, there is a clear crisis of confidence facing the Supreme Court as its fairness has been called into question after numerous ethics scandals and decision after decision overturning long-standing precedent.

That is why President Biden and I are calling on Congress to pass important reforms – from imposing term limits for Justices’ active service, to requiring Justices to comply with binding ethics rules just like every other federal judge. And finally, in our democracy, no one should be above the law. So we must also ensure that no former President has immunity for crimes committed while in the White House.

These popular reforms will help to restore confidence in the Court, strengthen our democracy, and ensure no one is above the law.