How Biden’s Supreme Court reform push might play on the campaign trail

Published July 30, 2024 6:00am ET



President Joe Biden‘s trio of proposed changes to the Supreme Court stand next to no chance of becoming law. That doesn’t mean they can’t be useful for Democrats.

“In recent years, extreme opinions at the Supreme Court has handed down have undermined long-established civli rights principles and protections,” Biden said Monday in Austin, Texas. “In 2022 the court overruled Roe v. Wade and the right to choose. It had been the law of the land for 50 years. The following year the same court eviscerated affirmative action, which had been upheld or reaffirmed for nearly 50 years as well. And now there’s an extreme movement and agenda called Project 2025.”

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