President Joe Biden has called for a set of sweeping reforms of the US Supreme Court, including a reversal of its recent decision granting immunity to presidents from prosecution over crimes committed while in office.
Speaking at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library in Austin to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act, Biden said he is proposing a new constitutional amendment that makes clear no President is above the law or immune from prosecution for crimes committed while in office.
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