Biden warns Trump could select two more Supreme Court justices if he wins election
President Joe Biden has warned of the possibility that Donald Trump could get to appoint two new Supreme Court justices if the former president wins November’s election.
Appearing at a star-studded fundraising gala on Saturday night, Biden explained on stage that “the next president is likely to have two new Supreme Court nominees.”
He added that Trump had previously appointed two justices who were “very negative in terms of the rights of individuals.”
“I think it is one of the scariest parts,” Biden said.
His comments came at the event held in Los Angeles, where the president was joined by host Jimmy Kimmel and former President Barack Obama – some Hollywood notables such as George Clooney and Julia Roberts also in attendance.
During an on-stage discussion with Kimmel and Obama, Kimmel explained that it had been almost two years since the “largely Trump-appointed” Supreme Courtjustices overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that was initially put in place to protect the right to have an abortion in the United States.
“These threats to abortion rights, to women’s rights, to even to birth control and IVF are not in our liberal imaginations anymore,” Kimmel said.
“These very personal, intimate decisions, are now being made by nine unelected judges — one of whom flies his flag upside down. One of the others drives around in a $267,000 gift on vacations,” the late show host added, making references to past controversies surrounding justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas.
“And I think we are all wondering, what can we do about this?” Kimmel said, posing the question to the current president.
Biden responded with a confident: “Elect me again.”
Biden went on to explain that the next president will possibly have two new