President Joe Biden today proposed sweeping changes to the U.S. Supreme Court, including term limits and a binding code of conduct for its nine justices, but opposition from Republicans in Congress means the proposals have little chance of enactment.
Biden called on Congress to pass binding and enforceable rules that would require the justices to disclose gifts, refrain from public political activity, and recuse themselves from cases in which they or their spouses have financial or other conflicts of interest. He also urged the adoption of an 18-year term limit for the justices, who currently serve life tenures. Read more.
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You’ve got to be 16 to drive, 17 to enlist in the military, 18 to vote. Is there also a minimum age for First Amendment protection? After a 7-year-old girl was punished for giving a friend a drawing that her school principal allegedly deemed “racist,” that question is now before the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, where it’s being litigated by the libertarian-leaning Pacific Legal Foundation. In her latest column, Jenna Greene looks at the case, which has already attracted amici interest from conservative free speech advocates.
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Additional writing by Sandeep Shekhar Ghoshal.
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