At the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas, on Monday, Biden made an emotional pitch for his new plan for Supreme Court reform, which would implement three changes to “strengthen the guardrails of democracy”: a constitutional amendment stripping the president of immunity for crimes committed while in office; an 18-year term limit for justices; and a binding code of conduct for the Court.

“The courts determine the scale and scope of our laws. … In recent years, extreme opinions the Supreme Court has handed down have undermined long established civil rights principles and protections,” said Biden. “In two years, we will commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Imagine that moment and ask yourself: What do we want to be?”