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After promising that most K-8 students would be in schools in the first 100 days,  apparently Joe is afraid to lead on this and has drastically scaled back that goal.

Instead, we're shooting for about half to go to school at least one day a week,  by the end of April.

https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2021-02-09/bidens-goal-for-school-reopenings-suddenly-became-more-attainable

 

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See President Biden's Washington Post OpEd today

My plan to reform the Supreme Court and ensure no president is above the law

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This nation was founded on a simple yet profound principle: No one is above the law. Not the president of the United States. Not a justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. No one....

That's why — in the face of increasing threats to America's democratic institutions — I am calling for three bold reforms to restore trust and accountability to the court and our democracy.

First, I am calling for a constitutional amendment called the No One Is Above the Law Amendment. It would make clear that there is no immunity for crimes a former president committed while in office. I share our Founders' belief that the president's power is limited, not absolute. We are a nation of laws — not of kings or dictators.

Second, we have had term limits for presidents for nearly 75 years. We should have the same for Supreme Court justices. The United States is the only major constitutional democracy that gives lifetime seats to its high court. Term limits would help ensure that the court's membership changes with some regularity. That would make timing for court nominations more predictable and less arbitrary. It would reduce the chance that any single presidency radically alters the makeup of the court for generations to come. I support a system in which the president would appoint a justice every two years to spend 18 years in active service on the Supreme Court.

Third, I'm calling for a binding code of conduct for the Supreme Court. This is common sense. The court's current voluntary ethics code is weak and self-enforced. Justices should be required 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. Every other federal judge is bound by an enforceable code of conduct, and there is no reason for the Supreme Court to be exempt....

 

 

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NRSKarenRN said:

See President Biden's Washington Post OpEd today

My plan to reform the Supreme Court and ensure no president is above the law
 

 

Biden is old but wise and thoughtful and interested in making our republic more equitable.  Thank you for sharing that.  

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Washington Post Editorial Board supporting Biden's idea

Biden's Supreme Court reform plan could actually help make it less political

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...Each idea presents constitutional issues. It is not clear if life tenure for members of the federal judiciary can be changed through ordinary legislation or would require constitutional amendment. Similarly, any effort by Congress to impose a binding ethics code on the Supreme Court could violate the separation of powers. For now, though, it's enough to consider reform suggestions on their merits, which are real.

 

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NRSKarenRN said:

Washington Post Editorial Board supporting Biden's idea

Biden's Supreme Court reform plan could actually help make it less political

 

What a contrast between Biden's thinking and Trump's.  It's just crazy to me that any American would choose Trump when given a reasonable option.  Harris is more than reasonable.  

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toomuchbaloney said:

What a contrast between Biden's thinking and Trump's.  It's just crazy to me that any American would choose Trump when given a reasonable option.  Harris is more than reasonable.  

There's that word again....crazy.  MAGA's are a stewpot of stupidity and corruption.  It's literally crazy that anyone would vote in favor of that.  55 WH staff left between 2017 and 2019.  Another 22 have been indicted or awaiting adjudication.  I am amazed .  The gene pool is very diluted since social media.

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toomuchbaloney said:

Joe understands that an exit from the race is not called for nor wise. The pundits and talking heads sure are having a heyday.  Did you know that debate performance is not predictive of election results?  Lots and lots of people watched that debate and came away understanding exactly how dangerous and delusional of a candidate Biden is facing off against.  

What happened?  Why did Joe unwisely change his mind?

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Beerman said:

What happened?  Why did Joe unwisely change his mind?

Because Biden decided it was best for the party and country and he was right while I was wrong about the effect it would have on the party.  That makes sense since Biden is a wise and cognitively intact but very old man.  He changed his mind because he's not crazy like the GOP candidate and the DNC doesn't function like a cult of personality like the republican party does. 

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Beerman said:

What happened?  Why did Joe unwisely change his mind?

Why do you think it was unwise of Biden to change his mind?

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subee said:

Why do you think it was unwise of Biden to change his mind?

TMB was the one that said it would be an unwise decision, not Beerman.  Beerman is trying to play some sort of card with TMB by digging up something he said in the past.

toomuchbaloney said:

Because Biden decided it was best for the party and country and he was right while I was wrong about the effect it would have on the party.  That makes sense since Biden is a wise and cognitively intact but very old man.  He changed his mind because he's not crazy like the GOP candidate and the DNC doesn't function like a cult of personality like the republican party does. 

Brilliant answer. 

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Guess after that hard work they can't let it go.

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House Republicans have released their initial impeachment inquiry report on President Joe Biden, alleging an abuse of power and obstruction of justice in the financial dealings of his son Hunter Biden and family associates.

The nearly yearlong investigation by Republicans stops short of alleging any criminal wrongdoing by the president. Instead, the almost 300-page report out Monday, the opening day of the Democratic National Convention, covers familiar ground, asserting the Biden family traded on its "brand" in business ventures in corrupt ways that rise to the Constitution's high bar for impeachment.

https://www.npr.org/2024/08/19/nx-s1-5081313/biden-impeachment-report-house-republicans

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Tweety said:

Guess after that hard work they can't let it go.

https://www.npr.org/2024/08/19/nx-s1-5081313/biden-impeachment-report-house-republicans

It's embarrassing.  House Republicans have wasted lots of tax payer time and money chasing the petty personal politics of their presidential candidates and hopefuls.  From Bengazi to Hunter's laptop to crime boss Joe, the GOP has proven again and again that they are too often engaged in little more than expensive right wing grievance theater. As we've seen during Biden's administration, congressional Republicans are uniquely incapable of actually governing.  Some of those partisan bad actors represent very safe, very gerrymandered constituencies and their voters don't know or don't care.    

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toomuchbaloney said:

It's embarrassing.  House Republicans have wasted lots of tax payer time and money chasing the petty personal politics of their presidential candidates and hopefuls.  From Bengazi to Hunter's laptop to crime boss Joe, the GOP has proven again and again that they are too often engaged in little more than expensive right wing grievance theater. As we've seen during Biden's administration, congressional Republicans are uniquely incapable of actually governing.  Some of those partisan bad actors represent very safe, very gerrymandered constituencies and their voters don't know or don't care.    

Being an autodidact is too hard for people addled by disinformation, misinformation and Fox.

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