Biden calls for major reform to US supreme court | First Thing
The president also decried the Trump immunity ruling and is proposing a constitutional amendment that explicitly applies the criminal code to presidents. Plus, the man who has ranked every Disney song
Good morning.
Joe Biden has said the recent US supreme court decision providing presidents some immunity from criminal prosecution was a fundamentally flawed [and] dangerous principle" as he called for significant reform of the nation's highest court.
What does Biden's amendment need to pass? Constitutional amendments require two-thirds of both the US House and Senate to vote for it, and then also the government of three-quarters of the states, making the proposal unlikely to go far at the moment.
Who do voters see most favorably? It's the former navy pilot and astronaut, Arizona senator Kelly, according to a recent poll.
When will Harris announce her pick? Whitmer, who is a Democratic campaign co-chair, said on Monday that she expected to know in the next six, seven days."
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