Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said there are plans to roll out major overhauls to the Supreme Court if Democrats win control of the White House and both chambers of Congress.
Calls for implementing stricter rules for the Supreme Court from the Left have escalated in recent years, as complaints about alleged corruption and ethical lapses have plagued Republican-appointed justices.
"The Supreme Court has become a morass, both ethically and substantively," Schumer told NBC News.
Schumer said Democrats also plan to pursue President Joe Biden's stated goal of instituting 18-year term limits for justices, as well as an end to "Forum shopping," a practice in which litigants choose to have their cases heard before friendly judges in specific divisions.
The majority leader introduced a bill on Thursday called the "No Kings Act" to roll back the Supreme Court's presidential immunity ruling.
Republicans see Schumer and Biden's demands as a way to play offense, juicing Democratic excitement in an election year and undermining the Republican-appointed majority.
Even with control of the White House and both chambers, Schumer and Democrats would have to blow up the filibuster without a supermajority of 60 votes.
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