{"id":72292,"date":"2024-07-30T10:00:06","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T10:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/174c16bef30718f145d68d8c112d8e9f"},"modified":"2024-07-30T10:00:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T10:00:06","slug":"biden-caters-to-far-left-dark-money-groups-with-supreme-court-gimmick-critics-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/biden-caters-to-far-left-dark-money-groups-with-supreme-court-gimmick-critics-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden caters to &#8216;far-left&#8217; dark money groups with Supreme Court &#8216;gimmick,&#8217; critics say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"article-gating gated-overlay show-gate\" readability=\"24.90543071161\">\n<div class=\"article-gating-wrapper\" readability=\"28.62265917603\">\n<p>Join Fox News for access to this content<\/p>\n<p>You have reached your maximum number of articles. Log in or create an account FREE of charge to continue reading.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gating-legal tablet-desktop\" readability=\"21.43949044586\">By entering your email and pushing continue, you are agreeing to Fox News&#8217; <span class=\"waslinkname\">Terms of Use<\/span> and <span class=\"waslinkname\">Privacy Policy<\/span>, which includes our <span class=\"waslinkname\">Notice of Financial Incentive<\/span>. <\/div>\n<p><span>Please enter a valid email address.<\/span><\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-gating-footer\"><span class=\"waslinkname\">Having trouble? Click here.<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><span class=\"waslinkname\">President Biden\u2019s<\/span> push to impose radical changes to the Supreme Court caters to the left-wing base of the Democrat party from an administration that was once billed as a &#8220;moderate,&#8221; critics argue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">On Monday, Biden and Vice President Harris, who is now running at the top of the presidential ticket for Democrats in November, backed drastic measures for Congress to adopt, including term limits, ethics rules and a constitutional amendment to limit presidential immunity.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, in an op-ed published in the Washington Post, said he has &#8220;great respect for our institutions and separation of powers&#8221; but &#8220;what is happening now is not normal, and it undermines the public\u2019s confidence in the court\u2019s decisions, including those impacting personal freedoms. We now stand in a breach.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The move marks a nearly 180-degree pivot for Biden, who had generally bucked plans even from within his own party to make such changes <span class=\"waslinkname\">to the high court<\/span>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"waslinkname\"><strong>&#8216;STOP PRETENDING&#8217;: CONSERVATIVE ACTIVIST WANTS DEMS BEHIND SCOTUS ETHICS RULES TO TAKE THEIR OWN MEDICINE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/343\/192\/Joe-Biden-face-last-photo.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/686\/384\/Joe-Biden-face-last-photo.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/672\/378\/Joe-Biden-face-last-photo.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1344\/756\/Joe-Biden-face-last-photo.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/931\/523\/Joe-Biden-face-last-photo.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1862\/1046\/Joe-Biden-face-last-photo.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/720\/405\/Joe-Biden-face-last-photo.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1440\/810\/Joe-Biden-face-last-photo.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/biden-caters-to-far-left-dark-money-groups-with-supreme-court-gimmick-critics-say.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Biden stepping off of Air Force One\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><span>President Biden walks down the steps of Air Force One at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on July 17, 2024.<\/span> <span>(Susan Walsh\/AP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>During the early years of his political career in the Senate, Biden called President Franklin D. Roosevelt\u2019s plans to place term limits on older justices and packing the court &#8220;a bonehead idea.&#8221; Packing the court, or court packing, is a term for increasing the number of justices on a court.<\/p>\n<p>On the campaign trail in 2020, he resisted calls to expand the size of the court, saying that it would undermine its credibility.<\/p>\n<p>With Monday\u2019s announcement, Biden hasn\u2019t said he wants to pack the court. But on his way out the Oval Office door, he\u2019s endorsing plans from the most radical wing of his party.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The far-left calls to destroy the Supreme Court were answered first by a candidate desperate to save his failing campaign,&#8221; said Carrie Severino, president of Judicial Network.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"waslinkname\"><strong>BIDEN, HARRIS CALL FOR SUPREME COURT TERM LIMITS, CODE OF CONDUCT, LIMITS ON PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/343\/192\/GettyImages-2064217902.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/686\/384\/GettyImages-2064217902.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/672\/378\/GettyImages-2064217902.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1344\/756\/GettyImages-2064217902.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/931\/523\/GettyImages-2064217902.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1862\/1046\/GettyImages-2064217902.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/720\/405\/GettyImages-2064217902.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1440\/810\/GettyImages-2064217902.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/biden-caters-to-far-left-dark-money-groups-with-supreme-court-gimmick-critics-say-1.jpg\" alt=\"President Joe Biden\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><span>President Biden speaks at a campaign event at Pullman Yards in Atlanta on March 9, 2024.<\/span> <span>(Megan Varner\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Now they will be championed by a candidate who needs to cater to dark money groups in the Arabella Advisors network like Demand Justice, Fix the Court and a host of other pop-up groups funded by liberal billionaires,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Arabella Advisors is a <span class=\"waslinkname\">dark money fund<\/span> that feeds various left-wing causes. Notably, Harris\u2019 communications director, Brian Fallon, is the former head of Demand Justice, which is an Arabella-funded group that advocates for court packing.<\/p>\n<p>Fix the Court, another Arabella-connected group, pushes for term limits for Justices.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[Biden is] trying to gin up his base with this gimmick,&#8221; said GOP strategist Matt Gorman.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"waslinkname\"><strong>TRUMP IMMUNITY CASE: SUPREME COURT RULES EX-PRESIDENTS HAVE SUBSTANTIAL PROTECTION FROM PROSECUTION<\/strong><\/span><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/343\/192\/Kamala-Harris-Joe-Biden-2024-Election_10.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/686\/384\/Kamala-Harris-Joe-Biden-2024-Election_10.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/672\/378\/Kamala-Harris-Joe-Biden-2024-Election_10.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1344\/756\/Kamala-Harris-Joe-Biden-2024-Election_10.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/931\/523\/Kamala-Harris-Joe-Biden-2024-Election_10.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1862\/1046\/Kamala-Harris-Joe-Biden-2024-Election_10.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/720\/405\/Kamala-Harris-Joe-Biden-2024-Election_10.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1440\/810\/Kamala-Harris-Joe-Biden-2024-Election_10.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/biden-caters-to-far-left-dark-money-groups-with-supreme-court-gimmick-critics-say-2.jpg\" alt=\"Kamala Harris speaks at her Presidential Campaign headquarters in Wilmington\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><span>Vice President Harris<\/span> <span>(Erin Schaff\/Pool via Reuters)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The idea that Joe Biden would advocate for term limits is laughable. The left can\u2019t stand that they don\u2019t control the court, so they\u2019ll do whatever they can to take it by legislative force,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The ideological swing of the high court shifted when former President Trump appointed Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. The conservative block is certainly not always in a lockstep vote, but Democrats in Congress and in the White House have nevertheless claimed that about the Republican-appointed majority.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris want to end-run the Constitution and destroy the Supreme Court because they can&#8217;t control it,&#8221; said Severino.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Biden and Harris are declaring war on the separation of powers with this announcement,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>The Harris campaign did not respond to Fox News Digital&#8217;s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>White House spokesperson Andrew Bates responded, &#8220;As he stands up for the rule of law and the integrity of the Supreme Court, President Biden is grateful for the support these proposals are receiving from bipartisan legal experts, members of Congress, and large majorities of the American people.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"waslinkname\"><strong><u>&#8216;DANGEROUS&#8217; DEMOCRAT JUDICIAL ETHICS BILL WOULD ALLOW ANY &#8216;JACKALOON&#8217; TO DEMAND A RECUSAL, SEN. KENNEDY SAYS<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now, congressional Republicans have a choice to make: will they safeguard conflicts of interests on our nation\u2019s highest court and help presidents remain above the law, or will they side with Joe Biden, conservative former judges, and their own constituents to protect principals that should override any partisanship?&#8221; said Bates.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Notably, the Supreme Court last year adopted a new code of conduct after months of scrutiny from Democrats in Congress.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For the most part, these rules and principles are not new: The Court has long had the equivalent of common law ethics rules, that is, a body of rules derived from a variety of sources, including statutory provisions, the code that applies to other <span class=\"waslinkname\"><u>members of the federal judiciary<\/u><\/span>, ethics advisory opinions issued by the Judicial Conference Committee on Codes of Conduct, and historic practice,&#8221; a statement signed by all the justices said.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"waslinkname\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The absence of a Code, however, has led in recent years to the misunderstanding that the Justices of this Court, unlike all other jurists in this country, regard themselves as unrestricted by any ethics rules. To dispel this misunderstanding, we are issuing this Code, which largely represents a codification of principles that we have long regarded as governing our conduct,&#8221; it said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join Fox News for access to this content You have reached your maximum number of articles. Log in or create an account FREE of charge to continue reading. By entering your email and pushing continue, you are agreeing to Fox News&#8217; Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, which includes our Notice of Financial Incentive. 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