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[Global Times Special Correspondent Wen Jian] US President Biden said on the 29th that the "extremism" of the US Supreme Court is undermining the public's trust in the institution. He asked Congress to establish term limits and ethical standards for the nine Supreme Court justices and urged Congress to approve a Supreme Court reform proposal to limit presidential immunity.

US President Biden Source: US media

The Associated Press reported on the 30th that Biden delivered a speech at the Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas on the 29th, detailing his views on the reform of the Supreme Court. He said: "We can and must prevent the abuse of presidential power and restore public trust in the Supreme Court." In his speech, Biden called for the abolition of the lifetime appointment system for Supreme Court justices and said that Congress should establish a new system in which the incumbent president appoints a justice every two years, and the appointee will serve on the Supreme Court for 18 years. Biden believes that term limits will help "reduce the possibility of any president exerting improper influence for a long time."

According to the Associated Press, Biden also urged Congress to pass a constitutional amendment to overturn a recent Supreme Court ruling that the former president was immune from prosecution. The ruling postponed the criminal trial against former US President Trump, who was accused of participating in an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The US "Politics News Network" said that Biden's constitutional amendment may not make any progress in dealing with practical issues, but it links the Supreme Court's ruling to Trump.

With less than 100 days to go before the election, Biden's proposal for Supreme Court reform is unlikely to be approved by a deeply divided Congress. Republican House Speaker Johnson called the proposal a "dangerous strategy" and said it would "die once it reaches the House of Representatives." Trump also said that the proposal would not bear fruit and Biden knew it.