Joe Biden proposes US Supreme Court term limits and binding code of conduct

Joe Biden: 'This nation was founded on a simple yet profound principle: No one is above the law. Not the president of the United States. Not a justice on the Supreme Court of the United States'. Picture: Evan Vucci-Pool/Getty Images

President Joe Biden has proposed sweeping changes to the US Supreme Court, including term limits and a binding code of conduct for its nine justices, but a deeply divided Congress means the proposals have little chance of enactment.

Mr Biden called for the revamp, as well a constitutional amendment to eliminate broad presidential immunity recognised in a July 1 Supreme Court ruling involving former President Donald Trump, in an opinion piece published in the Washington Post. Mr Biden is due to deliver a speech at the presidential library of former President Lyndon B. Johnson in Austin, Texas, later in the day.