Is Joe Biden preparing one last major move as his presidency comes to an end?
While Biden has been quiet as his vice president, Kamala Harris, runs for office, one author believes Biden should do something major to the Supreme Court before his time in the White House comes to a close.
During a discussion with “Real Time” host Bill Maher, liberal author Fran Lebowitz called on Biden to “dissolve” the Supreme Court.
In an interview Saturday, Lebowitz, 73, railed against the high court, calling it “Trump’s harem” while blasting the presidential immunity ruling in the case involving the former president.
“It’s so disgraceful, this court, that it shouldn’t even be allowed to be called the Supreme Court,” she said. “It isn’t. It’s an insult to Motown to call it the Supreme Court. It’s not even a court… basically, it’s a harem. It’s Trump’s harem.
Author/crazy person Fran Lebowitz told Bill Maher that the Supreme Court is "Trump's harem" and Biden should take its immunity ruling to "dissolve the Supreme Court" pic.twitter.com/yEedBI1RpE
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“When they passed that law, that ruling, where they said ‘you’re not the president, you’re the king,’ which is what that ruling is, you can do whatever you want, you can never be held responsible, I thought, ‘You know, Biden is still the president. No one seems to notice,'” she said. “But I think Biden should dissolve the Supreme Court.”
Maher abruptly pushed back on Lebowitz saying, “dissolve the Supreme Court? Come on.”
“I’m the president, I’m the king now, like you said, and go home,'” Lebowitz replied.
“Okay. Good to see you’re centrist,” Maher replied sarcastically.
The Supreme Court issued a pivotal ruling in the presidential immunity case against former President Trump in July, declaring that a former president has substantial immunity from prosecution for official acts committed while in office, but not for unofficial acts. The move by the conservative-dominated court – including three justices nominated by Trump – means that the trial judge in the lower court case against Trump will now have to hold hearings on whether the charges against Trump were based on official acts by the then-president or unofficial ones.
According to Fox News, Biden did recently label it a “dangerous precedent” while calling for new reforms to the Supreme Court, including term limits and a new code of conduct, and to draft a new constitutional amendment that limits presidential immunity.