Not Sports At All: My Dream Joe Biden Speech Right Now
The conservative members of the Supreme Court have lied to America. They testified in Congress that they would respect precedent. They have not. They swore an oath to serve the entire country, rather than their core constituents. They have not. Their actions bear all of the hallmarks of bad faith, and their actions are going to kill Americans. Not zygotes, not fetuses that may or not be viable later, but fully independent Americans who vote, pay taxes, and should not be forced by the state that they happen to live in to go through a pregnancy, and risk their lives at a factor of 20 times a safe and legal abortion, against their will.
Anyone who wants to believe that fertilized embryos are equivalent to children, and that women should be forced to give birth against their will, is willfully ignorant at best, and acting in bad faith at worst. The United States is one of the few countries in the world that is about to roll back reproductive rights in this century.
After a lot of consideration, I have decided that it will not do so on my watch.
The Supreme Court is out of control. It has been taken over by a dangerous cabal of individuals who cloak policy decisions in an indefensible philosophy that ignores centuries of social progress if and when it suits their personal interests.
As the head of a separate and equal branch of government, simply adhering to the rulings of a handful of suspect individuals with lifetime tenure is insanity.
I don't come to this judgment lightly. I have spent my life reaching across the aisle, bridging compromises, building relationships with people that don't agree with me very often. This is no longer tenable. Enabling people of bad faith is not the job of a competent Executive Branch. Just as Abraham Lincoln did not shrink from his beliefs when the Supreme Court attempted to make slavery a nation-wide tolerated practice in Dred Scott, I will act in accordance to not enabling forced pregnancy in Dobbs.
Towards that end, I am now directing my Administration and the Congress to do the following.
1) I am directing all members of the Executive Branch and Armed Services to the following point. Abortion services are now legal on every inch of federally owned land, no matter what state that land is in. Doctors and patients can contact my Administration to work out services across the United States. There will be a web site. Physical sites will be maintained and protected by active members of the United States military. Protestors at these sites will be subject to the discretionary security decisions of active members of the United States military.
2) I direct the Congress to immediately enact a Code of Conduct on the Supreme Court. This is the only Court in the land that does not have one. That's incorrect on its face.
3) I ask the Congress to immediately call for the impeachment of Clarence Thomas for complicity in the January 6th insurrection.
4) I ask for the Department of Justice to place Clarence and Ginni Thomas into custody pending criminal prosecution for their roles in the January 6th insurrection.
5) I cordially ask for all members of the current Court to tender their resignation, as the current institution has shown itself to be completely unsuited to the tasks at hand. As Justice Jackson is not a member of the current Court, she is the only Justice not subject to this request.
6) I ask the Congress to immediately call for the expansion of the Court to fifteen Justices, and for the term of each Justice to be limited to 12 years or less. So that all of the Justices are not up for renewal at once, they will be term-limited in groups of five for every four years.
This is being done purposefully to limit the power of individual Justices, and to ensure that corruption from longer terms no longer impacts the Court. The new Justices will be named by an independent bipartisan committee, and the new Court will be unable to issue rulings for less than a 10-5 majority.
To anyone who believes that the Constitution mandates that all of these changes are not permissible, I would request that you read the Constitution. You will find it has very little to say about how the Supreme Court should operate. That's because the Founders did not claim to have all of the answers, or that they thought public policy should freeze in place. That's a major reason why I'm calling for the resignation of all current Justices. They have shown through their actions to be acting in bad faith.
7) Similarly in terms of the current Court's desire to allow for concealed carry for handguns in areas that, tellingly, individual Justices do not have to live in, I am directing an immediate security detail to be in the presence of their homes and work areas at all times, with concealed carry for an undisclosed percentage of the detail. The days of ruling for others without being subject to those rules for yourself are at an end. If you don't like these rules, resign.
I realize that many will consider these changes to be dramatic or will classify them to be an over-reaction. Others will question my motives and claim they are being done for political gains only, given the current historic low in public confidence for the current Court. And to them, I say this.
This Court has squandered the public's trust. This Court has acted in bad faith. This Court has harmed America. This Court is an active threat and affront to American values.
This Court will atone.
Finally, this. Some will see this as a power grab by a standing President, and a weakening of an equal branch of government. To which I would say again, read the Constitution. Judicial review is not a power granted to the Court. Nine Justices isn't dictated. Lifetime tenure in the 18th century is not equivalent to lifetime tenure now.
And if you think I'm doing this to ensure re-election in 2024, one final point.
I'm now formally announcing that I will not seek, nor accept, my party's nomination in 2024.
Good night, and God Bless America.
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