Speaker's Statement: Johnson Rips Biden's SCOTUS Overhaul Plan, 'Dead on Arrival in the House'

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson reacted to President Biden’s plan to overhaul the Supreme Court on Monday. Johnson said it’s all part of the Biden-Harris plan to delegitimize the highest court in the country.

“President Biden’s proposal to radically overhaul the U.S. Supreme Court would tilt the balance of power and erode not only the rule of law, but the American people’s faith in our system of justice,” Mr. Johnson, Louisiana Republican, said in a statement Monday.

“This proposal is the logical conclusion to the Biden-Harris administration and Congressional Democrats’ ongoing efforts to delegitimize the Supreme Court. Their calls to expand and pack the Court will soon resume,” he said. “It is telling that Democrats want to change the system that has guided our nation since its founding simply because they disagree with some of the Court’s recent decisions. This dangerous gambit of the Biden-Harris administration is dead on arrival in the House.”

President Biden’s proposal to radically overhaul the U.S. Supreme Court would tilt the balance of power and erode not only the rule of law, but the American people’s faith in our system of justice.

This proposal is the logical conclusion to the Biden-Harris Administration and…

— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) July 29, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris announced on Monday she is co-proposing the SCOTUS overhaul with Biden.

“President Biden and I are calling on Congress to pass important reforms – from imposing term limits for Justices’ active service, to requiring Justices to comply with binding ethics rules just like every other federal judge. And finally, in our democracy, no one should be above the law. So we must also ensure that no former President has immunity for crimes committed while in the White House.” Harris said in a statement.