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Biden Says He'll Work On Supreme Court Reforms During Last Months In Office
President Biden on Wednesday said he intends to call for Supreme Court reform as he laid out his plans for his final six months in office. Biden delivered remarks from the Oval Office outlining his decision not to seek reelection, his first on-camera remarks since making that announcement on Sunday. In addition to explaining why he is ending his candidacy, he listed off his priorities for his remaining time as president. (Samuels, 7/24)
Before announcing his exit, Joe Biden expressed interest in reforming the Supreme Court. But, in the spirit of re-balancing the three branches of government, isn鈥檛 that a job for Congress? (7/25)
President Joe Biden was all set to announce a major initiative to reform the U.S. Supreme Court, just days before he suspended his re-election campaign and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris. The new presumptive nominee鈥檚 own plans regarding the Court now remain to be seen, but there are indications that Harris will move forward with similar proposals to create term limits and enforceable ethics rules for the justices. And there鈥檚 a real possibility that Harris will also support broader reform measures to increase the number of justices on the Court, and to limit the number of justices each president can nominate. (Kanu, 7/24)
In other Supreme Court news 鈥
A federal judge on Tuesday struck down a Biden administration ban on forced reset triggers, devices that allow semiautomatic weapons to fire at faster rates, citing the Supreme Court鈥檚 decision to overturn a ban on bump stocks last month. Judge Reed O鈥機onnor of the Northern District of Texas ruled in favor of guns-rights groups that had sued the U.S. Justice Department and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in 2023 challenging the ban. (Wu, 7/24)
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A cognitive neurologist shares reaction to the intense national discussion sparked by president's exit from 2024 race. "When I started to study age-related cognitive changes, the 鈥渙ld鈥 people we investigated were in their mid-60s. Today, people in their 60s tend to be thought of as middle-aged," said Kirk Daffner, a professor at Harvard Medical School and a cognitive neurologist at Brigham and Women鈥檚 Hospital. (Powell, 7/24)