President calls immunity principle ‘dangerous’ in Austin speech, and proposes code of conduct and term limits
Joe Biden, in a Monday address calling for sweeping reforms of the US supreme court, said the recent decision granting some immunity to presidents from criminal prosecution makes them a king before the law.
Speaking in Austin at the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act, Biden said a president is no longer is restrained by the law and that this is “a fundamentally flawed principle, a dangerous principle”.
Continue reading…President calls immunity principle ‘dangerous’ in Austin speech, and proposes code of conduct and term limitsJoe Biden, in a Monday address calling for sweeping reforms of the US supreme court, said the recent decision granting some immunity to presidents from criminal prosecution makes them a king before the law.Speaking in Austin at the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act, Biden said a president is no longer is restrained by the law and that this is “a fundamentally flawed principle, a dangerous principle”. Continue reading…